zig Command Examples

The Zig compiler and toolchain. More information: https://ziglang.org.

• Compile the project in the current directory:

zig build

• Compile and run the project in the current directory:

zig build run

• Initialize a zig build application:

zig init-exe

• Initialize a zig build library:

zig init-lib

• Create and run a test build:

zig test {{path/to/file.zig}}

• Reformat Zig source into canonical form:

zig fmt {{path/to/file.zig}}

• Use Zig as a drop-in C compiler:

zig cc {{path/to/file.c}}

• Use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler:

zig c++ {{path/to/file.cpp}}