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Top 5 Zig Language Projects

  1. zig

    Moved to Codeberg

    Project mention: multi_array_list.zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-04
  2. SaaSHub

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  3. roc

    A fast, friendly, functional language.

    Project mention: My Software North Star | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-07

    > In the near term, Bun choosing to switch from Zig to Rust specifically to fix all the memory errors seems to have done the Zig community some psychological damage.

    Meanwhile, some projects are doing the opposite, like going from Rust to Zig, here's an example from a podcast I recently listened to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSXGf3oN2yU

    Here's the project in question: https://github.com/roc-lang/roc

    I think Bun just got a lot of visibility because of the speed and scope of the migration, which both shook things up and I guess was good PR cause that made a lot of headlines.

  4. buzz

    👨‍🚀 buzz, A small/lightweight statically typed scripting language (by buzz-language)

    Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-09
  5. LoLa

    LoLa is a small programming language meant to be embedded into games.

  6. flint

    A pipeline-oriented system language for robust CLI tools. Transpiles to C99. Built in Zig. (by the-flint-lang)

    Project mention: Show HN: Flint – A compiled, pipeline-oriented language for CLI tooling | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-15
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source Language projects in Zig? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 zig 43,016
2 roc 5,697
3 buzz 1,490
4 LoLa 235
5 flint 32

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