Top 5 Zig MacOS Projects

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1. mlx-serve

   1 1 1,127 9.5 Zig

   Native LLM inference server for Apple Silicon. OpenAI + Anthropic API compatible. No Python. Includes MLX Core macOS app with chat, agent mode, and tool calling.

   

   Project mention: Run Claude Code locally for free: mlx-serve on Apple Silicon | dev.to | 2026-07-03

2. Kargo

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3. skhd.zig

   2 1 624 9.3 Zig

   Simple Hotkey Daemon for macOS, ported from skhd by koekeishiya

   

   Project mention: Simple Hotkey Daemon for macOS, Ported to Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-03

4. gooey

   3 5 119 - Zig

   Gooey is a hybrid immediate/retained mode UI framework designed for building fast, GPU-rendered applications on macOS/Metal, WebAssembly/WebGPU, and Wayland/Vulkan (by duanebester)

   

   Project mention: Gooey: A GPU-accelerated UI framework for Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-03

   https://github.com/duanebester/gooey/blob/main/docs/architec...

   I wonder if this is just what we get now: low quality code, expressed rapidly. We are excited by the promise only to be disappointed by the reality of the implementation.

   There are still a few new things around that are carefully and thoughtfully developed and put out into the world. zig itself. MitchellH's ghostty. And there's still all the older foundations of really wonderful, robust, software created by people like Linus Torvalds and couple of generations of open source devs, that applied great skill, ingenuity and hard work to produce the very best software.

   But I fear that I'm in for a period of lamentation as we get wave after wave of promising sounding developments, but where the reality is low quality, LLM generated crap that you really shouldn't use if you want secure, stable performant, production-ready software.

   Seems like perhaps we've been through a golden age of really great software and that know it's coming to a close.

5. zccinfo

   4 1 6 7.3 Zig

   A Fast Zig CLI tool that displays Claude Code information

   

   Project mention: Show HN: ZCCInfo – Fast status line for Claude Code written in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-11

6. nana

   5 1 2 9.1 Zig

   a text editor even a chimp could use (by emmettmcdow)

   

   Project mention: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (September 2025) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-29

   I'm working on a notes app that is as simple as Apple notes, but has native markdown support and uses semantic search.

   Uses SwiftUI for the UI, and Zig does most of the heavy lifting on the backend. It's inspired by ghostty which uses a similar setup[1].

   Right now it only works for Mac, but I'll be porting to iOS as soon as I get the markdown renderer polished. It's not available to the public yet, but I'm using it as my daily driver and hope to release it later this year. I've open sourced it.

   1. https://ghostty.org/

   2. https://github.com/emmettmcdow/nana

7. AppSignal

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   Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

   

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