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 project with library and executable:

zig init

• Create and run a test build:

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

• Cross compile, build and run a project for x86_64 architecture and windows operating system:

zig build run -fwine -Dtarget=x86_64-windows

• Reformat Zig source into canonical form:

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

• Translate a C file to zig:

zig translate-c -lc {{path/to/file.c}}

• Use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler:

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