Trending Zig Projects

This page lists the top trending Zig projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending Zig Projects

  1. browser

    Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation

  2. zzz

    A framework for writing performant and reliable networked services.

  3. zig-book

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

  4. http.zig

    An HTTP/1.1 server for zig

  5. raylib-zig

    Manually tweaked, auto-generated raylib bindings for zig. https://github.com/raysan5/raylib

  6. zine

    Fast, Scalable, Flexible Static Site Generator (SSG) (by kristoff-it)

  7. flow

    Flow Control: a programmer's text editor (by neurocyte)

  8. zig-webui

    Use any web browser or WebView as GUI, with Zig in the backend and modern web technologies in the frontend, all in a lightweight portable library.

  9. zigimg

    Zig library for reading and writing different image formats

  10. ziggy-pydust

    A toolkit for building Python extensions in Zig.

  11. ghostty

    👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.

  12. vulkan-zig

    Vulkan binding generator for Zig

  13. poop

    Performance Optimizer Observation Platform

  14. zf

    a commandline fuzzy finder and zig module designed for filtering filepaths

  15. microzig

    MicroZig is a toolbox for building embedded applications in Zig.

  16. dockerc

    container image to single executable compiler

  17. zml

    Any model. Any hardware. Zero compromise. Built with @ziglang / @openxla / MLIR / @bazelbuild

  18. zig-clap

    Command line argument parsing library

  19. pixi

    Pixel art editor made with Zig. (by foxnne)

  20. zls

    A Zig language server supporting Zig developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition

  21. libxev

    libxev is a cross-platform, high-performance event loop that provides abstractions for non-blocking IO, timers, events, and more and works on Linux (io_uring or epoll), macOS (kqueue), and Wasm + WASI. Available as both a Zig and C API.

  22. zig-cookbook

    Simple Zig programs that demonstrate good practices to accomplish common programming tasks.

  23. capy

    💻Build one codebase and get native UI on Windows, Linux and Web

  24. electrobun

    Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with Typescript.

  25. tigerbeetle

    The financial transactions database designed for mission critical safety and performance.

  26. crypto-ecosystems

    A taxonomy for open source cryptocurrency, blockchain, and decentralized ecosystems

  27. zap

    An asynchronous runtime with a focus on performance and resource efficiency. (by kprotty)

  28. spice

    Fine-grained parallelism with sub-nanosecond overhead in Zig

  29. arocc

    A modern fully featured C compiler.

  30. zigmod

    📦 A package manager for the Zig programming language.

  31. Cubyz

    Voxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.

  32. mach

    zig game engine & graphics toolkit

  33. toy-lang

    Toy language for experimentation and fun.

  34. zig-network

    A smallest-common-subset of socket functions for crossplatform networking, TCP & UDP

  35. ly

    display manager with console UI

  36. zigup

    Download and manage zig compilers.

  37. linuxwave

    Generate music from the entropy of Linux 🐧🎵

  38. mewz

    A unikernel designed specifically for running Wasm applications and compatible with WASI

  39. pgzx

    Create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig.

  40. zig

    General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

  41. zig-gamedev

    Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications

  42. languages

    Compare languages (by bddicken)

  43. cyber

    Fast and concurrent scripting.

  44. river

    [mirror] A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (by riverwm)

  45. buzz

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

  46. bun

    Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

  47. mecha

    A parser combinator library for Zig (by Hejsil)

  48. ziglings

    Learn the Zig programming language by fixing tiny broken programs.

  49. pluto

    An x86 kernel written in Zig (by ZystemOS)

  50. graffiti

    HTML/CSS engine for node.js and deno.

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

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

Project Growth
1 browser 12.6%
2 zzz 12.1%
3 zig-book 11.6%
4 http.zig 9.7%
5 raylib-zig 8.6%
6 zine 8.1%
7 flow 7.6%
8 zig-webui 7.3%
9 zigimg 6.4%
10 ziggy-pydust 5.7%
11 ghostty 5.6%
12 vulkan-zig 5.4%
13 poop 5.4%
14 zf 5.2%
15 microzig 4.8%
16 dockerc 4.6%
17 zml 4.4%
18 zig-clap 4.3%
19 pixi 3.9%
20 zls 3.7%
21 libxev 3.7%
22 zig-cookbook 3.6%
23 capy 3.5%
24 electrobun 3.4%
25 tigerbeetle 3.3%
26 crypto-ecosystems 3.2%
27 zap 3.1%
28 spice 3.1%
29 arocc 3.1%
30 zigmod 3.0%
31 Cubyz 3.0%
32 mach 3.0%
33 toy-lang 2.8%
34 zig-network 2.5%
35 ly 2.5%
36 zigup 2.3%
37 linuxwave 2.2%
38 mewz 2.1%
39 pgzx 1.9%
40 zig 1.9%
41 zig-gamedev 1.8%
42 languages 1.6%
43 cyber 1.5%
44 river 1.5%
45 buzz 1.5%
46 bun 1.2%
47 mecha 1.0%
48 ziglings 0.5%
49 pluto 0.0%
50 graffiti -0.1%

Did you know that Zig is
the 22nd most popular programming language
based on number of references?