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Top 7 Zig programming-language Projects

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  1. zig-book

    An open, technical and introductory book for the Zig programming language 📚📖

    Project mention: Zig by Example | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-08

    - Free online book [Introduction to Zig](https://pedropark99.github.io/zig-book) by Pedro Park. Project-based

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  3. toy-lang

    Toy language for experimentation and fun.

  4. LoLa

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

  5. zigself

    An implementation of the Self programming language in Zig

  6. ClojureWasm

    An independent Clojure runtime implemented in Zig, optimized for high-performance native execution and deep WebAssembly runtime integration.

    Project mention: Clojure, Reimplemented in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-23

  7. element-0

    A small embeddable Lisp for the Zig ecosystem λ

    Project mention: Show HN: Element 0 – A small embeddable Lisp written in Zig | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-11

    It comes with an interpreter written in Zig and a small standard library.

    The project is open source, and feedback is welcome.

    Project's GitHub repo: https://github.com/habedi/element-0

  8. gale

    Strongly-typed, minimal-ish, stack-based development at storm-force speed.

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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  • Zig by Example

    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jun 2026

  • Zig Book – An open, technical and introductory book for Zig

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2025

  • Why Zig Feels More Practical Than Rust

    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2025

  • A new language inspired by Go

    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 May 2025

  • Red Programming Language

    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 May 2025

  • I'm sorry honey, it's just not working out. Our relationship worked when we were younger, but we're both older now and we've grown apart. This issue is to fully eliminate LLVM, Clang, and LLD libraries from the Zig project.

    3 projects | /r/programmingcirclejerk | 29 Jun 2023

  • Announcement: the Diatom programming language v0.6.0.alpha

    2 projects | /r/rust | 3 Mar 2023
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What are some of the best open-source programming-language projects in Zig? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 zig-book 2,591
2 toy-lang 601
3 LoLa 235
4 zigself 218
5 ClojureWasm 104
6 element-0 26
7 gale 13

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