Which projects work on Zig 0.17?
Each verdict comes from minimum_zig_version in the repository’s build.zig.zon. That is a floor: it only says the library does not demand a newer Zig than yours. It is not a build test. Zig is pre-1.0 and breaking changes between versions are normal, so a library declaring 0.14 can still fail on 0.17. Anything actually compiled in CI carries the “CI build passed” badge, and that check is not live yet.
Floor satisfied
987
65% of 1516
Needs newer Zig
26
Unusable until you upgrade
No version declared
503
Information gap — only a build test settles it
Long inactive
0
No push for over 18 months
Blocked: 26 popular projects need a newer Zig
If you are held on 0.17, these are the ones most likely to trip you up on the first screen.
!microzig / ZigEmbeddedGroup/microzig
MicroZig is a toolbox for building embedded applications in Zig.
74.6★ 2.32k!arocc / Vexu/aroccA modern fully featured C compiler.
69.2★ 1.86k!zignal / arrufat/zignalzero-dependency image processing library
62.0★ 482!zeptun / Noisemux/zeptunHigh-performance tun2socks engine in Zig with TCP, UDP, ICMP, SOCKS5, io_uring, and C API.
55.6★ 131!PassKeeZ / Zig-Sec/PassKeeZThis is a mirror. Work is continued on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/r4gus/PassKeeZ
55.1★ 83!sushi / beamivalice/sushiSushi engine runs very high quality quant model in Apple Silicon, using both STQ and EXL3 format with special tuning technology.
54.6★ 416!zlib / allyourcodebase/zlibzlib ported to the zig build system
53.6★ 65!jam / srijan-paul/jamFastest JS parser and semantic analyzer out there.
53.5★ 132!CrossCraft / CrossCraft/CrossCraftCrossCraft is an open-source Minecraft reimplementation: 🎮 Faithful, Version by Version 🌍 Native on PSP, 3DS, Switch & PC ⚡ Powered by Zig and Aether
53.0★ 125!dyn-loader / TibboddiT/dyn-loaderdlopen for zig, from static executables and without libc
52.3★ 56!zigscient / llogick/zigscientA Zig Language Server
52.2★ 217!zlist / here-Leslie-Lau/zlistA modern ls alternative written in Zig.
50.8★ 63!Zig-PSP / zPSP-Dev/Zig-PSPA project to bring the Zig Programming Language to the Sony PlayStation Portable!
50.1★ 136!whetuu / yamafaktory/whetuuAn opinionated, zero-config status line and history picker for fish, bash and zsh, written in Zig
50.1★ 47!yasos.zig / matgla/yasos.zigThis repository contains my new OS implementation written in zig language
47.4★ 42!zquic / GhostKellz/zquiczquic is a lightweight, high-performance QUIC (HTTP/3 transport layer) implementation written in pure Zig.
46.7★ 42!zig-js / zig-utils/zig-jsA JavaScript engine in pure Zig.
46.3★ 32!Gompute / OmarSiwy/GomputeAn inline OpenCL alternative in Zig, with Zero-Runtime Overhead
43.8★ 10!zqlite / GhostKellz/zqlitezqlite is a blazing-fast, standalone, embedded SQL-compatible database built from scratch in Zig.
43.5★ 18!libscrapli / scrapli/libscrapli42.7★ 17!zigscient-next / llogick/zigscient-nextUsing the Zig Compiler's Incremental Semantic Analysis as a Foundation for Near-instant Code Feedback via LSP
42.4★ 24!Aether / AetherEngine/AetherA cross-platform game engine written in Zig
42.2★ 12!zig-secretstack / jedisct1/zig-secretstackRun sensitive operations without leaving secrets around.
41.9★ 19!oop.zig / matgla/oop.zig41.7★ 22!zonfig / rdmsr/zonfigInteractive build configuration for Zig projects
39.3★ 10!zig-spirv-test-executor / Snektron/zig-spirv-test-executorZig SPIR-V testing utility
39.1★ 12Usable (top 100 by composite score)
1ghostty / ghostty-org/ghostty
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
90.7★ 63.5k2browser / lightpanda-io/browserLightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation
79.8★ 41.3k3libxev / mitchellh/libxevlibxev 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.
76.8★ 3.60k4zls / zigtools/zlsA language server for Zig supporting developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition
76.3★ 5.32k5libvaxis / rockorager/libvaxisa modern tui library written in zig
76.2★ 2.04k6zig-clap / Hejsil/zig-clapCommand line argument parsing library
75.9★ 1.63k7roc / roc-lang/rocA fast, friendly, functional language.
72.2★ 6.19k8zBench / hendriknielaender/zBench📊 zig benchmark
71.2★ 2319native / vercel-labs/nativeToolkit for building native desktop apps
71.2★ 7.82k10zigimg / zigimg/zigimgZig library for reading and writing different image formats
70.5★ 85411x64dbg-mcp-server / duty1g/x64dbg-mcp-serverx64dbg-MCP Server is a native MCP (Model Context Protocol) plugin for x64dbg that exposes the debugger's full functionality over HTTP. Connect any MCP-compatible AI assistant and control x64dbg programmatically: set breakpoints, step through code, read memory, dump registers, and more. Built with Zig — zero dependencies, single-binary output, cros
68.9★ 2.77k12Cubyz / PixelGuys/CubyzVoxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.
68.8★ 3.75k13vulkan-zig / Snektron/vulkan-zigVulkan binding generator for Zig
68.8★ 93814github-stats / jstrieb/github-statsBetter GitHub statistics images for your profile, with stats from private repos too
68.7★ 3.56k15flow / neurocyte/flowFlow Control: a programmer's text editor
68.6★ 2.53k16fx / vercel-labs/fxUnix like coding agent
68.3★ 3.75k17zmx / neurosnap/zmxSession attach/detach for the terminal
67.9★ 2.27k18zig-protobuf / Arwalk/zig-protobufa protobuf implementation for zig.
67.8★ 44819TensorFold / ashhart/TensorFoldLLM Inference Engine for Metal, CUDA and Vulkan.
67.0★ 1.65k20zig-gamedev / zig-gamedev/zig-gamedevDev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications
66.9★ 2.88k21fizzy / fizzyedit/fizzyApplication and plugin framework written in Zig
66.5★ 1.50k22dvui / david-vanderson/dvuiImmediate Zig GUI for Apps and Games
66.5★ 1.74k23zine / kristoff-it/zineFast, Scalable, Flexible Static Site Generator (SSG)
66.4★ 1.63k24odiff / dmtrKovalenko/odiffA very fast SIMD-first image comparison library (with nodejs API)
66.4★ 3.29k25codex-auth / Loongphy/codex-authA CLI tool to switch and manage Codex accounts
66.0★ 2.85k26codedb / justrach/codedbZig code intelligence server and MCP toolset for AI agents. Fast tree, outline, symbol, search, read, edit, deps, snapshot, and remote GitHub repo queries.
65.4★ 1.40k27raylib-zig / raylib-zig/raylib-zigManually tweaked, auto-generated raylib bindings for zig. https://github.com/raysan5/raylib
65.0★ 1.93k28yuku / yuku-toolchain/yukuA correct, efficient compiler toolchain for JavaScript and TypeScript.
64.7★ 99129mlx-serve / ddalcu/mlx-serveNative LLM inference server for Apple Silicon. OpenAI + Anthropic API compatible. No Python. Zig backend, Swift frontend macOS app with chat, music, voice, video generation.
64.6★ 2.37k30superhtml / kristoff-it/superhtmlHTML Validator, Formatter, LSP, and Templating Language Library
64.5★ 1.40k31buzz / buzz-language/buzz👨🚀 buzz, A small/lightweight statically typed scripting language
64.5★ 1.55k32nullhub / nullclaw/nullhubManagement console for the Null ecosystem — install, configure, and monitor AI agents, orchestration workflows, task pipelines, and system health
64.4★ 1.80k33mtproto.zig / sleep3r/mtproto.zigKeep the people you love connected — a tiny self-hosted Telegram proxy that hides in plain HTTPS
63.7★ 2.20k34zig-toml / sam701/zig-tomlZig TOML (v1.0.0) parser
63.1★ 13935gooey / duanebester/gooeyGooey is a hybrid immediate/retained mode UI framework designed for building fast, GPU-rendered applications on macOS/Metal, WebAssembly/WebGPU, and Wayland/Vulkan
63.1★ 67136zigwin32 / marlersoft/zigwin32Zig bindings for Win32 generated by https://github.com/marlersoft/zigwin32gen
63.1★ 45737tokamak / cztomsik/tokamakWeb framework for Zig that leverages dependency injection for clean, modular application development.
63.0★ 64538known-folders / ziglibs/known-foldersProvides access to well-known folders across several operating systems
62.8★ 32839zigzag / meszmate/zigzagA Terminal UI framework for Zig
62.7★ 58640zig-curl / jiacai2050/zig-curlLibcurl bindings for Zig
62.4★ 15941zalgebra / kooparse/zalgebraLinear algebra library for games and real-time graphics.
62.4★ 33442zzz / tardy-org/zzzA framework for writing performant and reliable networked services.
62.4★ 79643zinc / zolotukhin/zincZig INferenCe Engine — Local LLM inference on AMD GPUs and Apple Silicon
62.3★ 52844noctty / amanthanvi/nocttyA fast, native terminal for Windows. Formerly winghostty. 🌙
62.2★ 51545linuxwave / orhun/linuxwaveGenerate music from the entropy of Linux 🐧🎵
62.2★ 66746skhd.zig / jackielii/skhd.zigSimple Hotkey Daemon for macOS, ported from skhd by asmvik
62.0★ 67847zli / xcaeser/zli📟 Build ergonomic, high-performance command-line tools (CLI) with zig.
61.9★ 33948wispterm / xuzhougeng/wisptermA cross-platform terminal workspace for remote development and AI agent workflows, powered by libghostty-vt
61.8★ 46749zig-webui / webui-dev/zig-webuiUse 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.
61.6★ 84350zeit / rockorager/zeita date and time library written in zig. Timezone, DST, and leap second aware
61.5★ 24651ziex / ziex-dev/ziexFull-stack web framework for Zig. HTML syntax within Zig code, just like JSX but for Zig!
61.4★ 41052latticedb / jeffhajewski/latticedbEmbedded single-file knowledge graph database with vector search and full-text search for AI/RAG apps
61.1★ 74553oxwm / tonybanters/oxwm61.1★ 1.03k54zig-args / ikskuh/zig-argsSimple-to-use argument parser with struct-based config
61.1★ 31255nanoui / justrach/nanouiDesktop apps in Zig, with native UI drawn on the GPU or a web frontend
61.0★ 81156revo / if-not-nil/revoa dynamic language for the joy of programming
60.8★ 58357zigmod / nektro/zigmod📦 A package manager for the Zig programming language.
60.7★ 94958zig-cookbook / zigcc/zig-cookbookSimple Zig programs that demonstrate good practices to accomplish common programming tasks.
60.6★ 1.19k59anyzig / marler8997/anyzigOne zig to rule them all.
60.6★ 55160ziggy / kristoff-it/ziggyA data serialization language for expressing clear API messages, config files, etc.
60.4★ 60461ziggity / simoarpe/ziggity⚡️ Ziggity an ultra fast, keyboard driven terminal UI for Git, written in Zig.
60.2★ 30462metrics.zig / karlseguin/metrics.zigPrometheus metrics for library and application developers
59.8★ 8563zio / lalinsky/zioAsync I/O framework for Zig
59.7★ 69164z2d / vancluever/z2dPure Zig 2D graphics library
59.5★ 31465lsp-kit / zigtools/lsp-kitThe necessary building blocks to develop LSP implementations in Zig.
59.5★ 17566zmath / zig-gamedev/zmathSIMD math library for Zig game developers
59.4★ 13367engine / pkmn/engineA minimal, complete, Pokémon battle simulation engine optimized for performance
59.3★ 37968zlob / dmtrKovalenko/zlob*Very* fast recursive file walking and globbing library for Zig, C, and Rust. With gitignore support. 100% POSIX compatible
59.3★ 24069httpx.zig / muhammad-fiaz/httpx.zighttpx.zig is a production-ready, high-performance HTTP client and server library for Zig, designed for building modern, robust, and scalable networked applications.
59.3★ 10970zmpl / jetzig-framework/zmplZmpl is a templating language written in Zig
59.1★ 25071zf / natecraddock/zfa commandline fuzzy finder and zig module designed for filtering filepaths
58.9★ 60972gdzig / gdzig/gdzigZig bindings for Godot 4
58.7★ 22673Deecy / Senryoku/DeecyDreamcast emulator written in Zig
58.6★ 24174zig-gobject / ianprime0509/zig-gobjectGObject bindings for Zig using GObject introspection
58.5★ 15175astroz / ATTron/astrozAstrodynamics and Spacecraft Toolkit. Features fast orbit prop, celestial precession, CCSDS parsing, RF parsing, fits image parsing, and more!
58.4★ 27776tardy / tardy-org/tardyAn asynchronous runtime for writing applications and services. Supports io_uring, epoll, kqueue, and poll for I/O.
58.4★ 30977zlint / DonIsaac/zlintA linter for the Zig programming language
58.2★ 31778keylogger / TheFox/keyloggerKeylogger for Windows.
58.2★ 22779zigdown / JacobCrabill/zigdownMarkdown toolset in Zig ⚡
58.0★ 13880Zigrad / Marco-Christiani/ZigradA deep learning framework built on an autograd engine with high level abstractions and low level control.
57.9★ 19781cova / 00JCIV00/covaCommands, Options, Values, Arguments. A simple yet robust cross-platform command line argument parsing library for Zig.
57.8★ 15282msvcup / marler8997/msvcupHermetic install of MSVC/SDK from the CLI
57.8★ 37283LibreScroll / EsportToys/LibreScrollSmooth inertial scrolling with any regular mouse.
57.8★ 23884zedis / barddoo/zedisOpinionated Redis in Zig
57.7★ 29785nanolight / justrach/nanolightA ⌘Space launcher for the Mac, drawn by nanoui: apps, math, Google suggestions with results in the panel, Grok and X
57.7★ 35686zigcli / jiacai2050/zigcliA toolkit for building command lines programs in Zig.
57.7★ 13487zlm / ziglibs/zlmZig linear mathemathics
57.7★ 28088zonvie / akiyosi/zonvie🧟 Zonvie is a Fast, feature-rich Neovim GUI built with Zig, native on macOS and Windows.
57.5★ 16089zigx / marler8997/zigx57.5★ 15390zbor / r4gus/zborThis is a mirror. Work is continued on codeberg: https://codeberg.org/r4gus/zbor
57.3★ 5991zwasm / zwasm/zwasmA fast, spec-compliant WebAssembly runtime written in Zig
57.3★ 19992PyOZ / pyozig/PyOZPyOZ - Zig's power meets Python's simplicity. Build blazing-fast extensions with zero boilerplate and zero Python C API headaches.
57.2★ 12293Tellurion / steventsvik/TellurionMission control for AI coding agents. Watch Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and a dozen more work live in one macOS terminal: live status, an editor that follows their edits, undo for any turn, approvals from your phone and local models. 20+ built-in tools, all on the site below. Built on Ghostty.
57.1★ 13894chilli / CogitatorTech/chilliA microframework for creating command-line applications in Zig
57.1★ 6195Opal / debpalash/OpalOpal — The open-source everything media player & browser. Jellyfin/Stremio/Kodi alternative for macOS, Linux & Windows.
56.6★ 12496neorex / alexrlocke/neorexA Rex-Native frontend for Neovim.
56.6★ 27297velocitty / valvesky/velocitty⚡ Lightning fast terminal.
56.5★ 19498uuid-zig / r4gus/uuid-zigThis is a Codeberg Mirror. Work is continued on codeberg: https://codeberg.org/r4gus/uuid-zig
56.2★ 4499movy / M64GitHub/movyA terminal graphics engine for rendering, effects, and animation. Built for games, engines, and visual frameworks.
56.1★ 101100s2s / ziglibs/s2sA zig binary serialization format.
56.1★ 166Information gap: 25 depended-on projects declare no version
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