Top Zig repositories on GitHub

Modern systems language aimed at being a better C.

Ranked by stars across 388 Zig repositories on GitHub. Refreshed daily.

1
ghostty-org/ghostty★ 56,804 · ⑂ 2,934
👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
2
ziglang/zig★ 43,166 · ⑂ 3,063
Moved to Codeberg
- compiler
- zig
- language
3
lightpanda-io/browser★ 31,295 · ⑂ 1,383
Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation
- browser
- cdp
- headless
- playwright
- puppeteer
- zig
4
tigerbeetle/tigerbeetle★ 16,271 · ⑂ 840
The financial transactions database designed for mission critical safety and performance.
5
nullclaw/nullclaw★ 7,716 · ⑂ 907
Fastest, smallest, and fully autonomous AI assistant infrastructure written in Zig
- ai
- assistant
- personal
- zig
6
fairyglade/ly★ 7,400 · ⑂ 350
A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD (mirror of https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly).
- linux
- login
- pam
- tui
- zig
7
roc-lang/roc★ 5,730 · ⑂ 386
A fast, friendly, functional language.
- functional-language
- functional-programming
- language
- roc-lang
8
zigtools/zls★ 4,949 · ⑂ 435
A language server for Zig supporting developers with features like autocomplete and goto definition
- zig
- ziglang
- zls
- language-server
- language-server-protocol
- lsp
9
NilsIrl/dockerc★ 4,909 · ⑂ 107
container image to single executable compiler
- containers
- docker
- oci
- oci-image
10
hexops/mach★ 4,775 · ⑂ 209
zig game engine & graphics toolkit - mirror of https://code.hexops.com/hexops/mach
- game-engine
- gamedev
- zig
- ziglang
- open-source
- composable
11
vercel-labs/zero-native★ 4,212 · ⑂ 174
Build desktop + mobile apps with Zig and web UI
12
riverwm/river★ 4,157 · ⑂ 161
[mirror] A non-monolithic Wayland compositor
- wayland
- wayland-compositor
- window-manager
- zig
- wlroots
13
zml/zml★ 3,661 · ⑂ 155
Any model. Any hardware. Zero compromise. Built with @ziglang / @openxla / MLIR / @bazelbuild
- ai
- bazel
- hpc
- inference
- xla
- zig
14
PixelGuys/Cubyz★ 3,534 · ⑂ 221
Voxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.
- 3d-game
- voxel-game
- game
- voxel
- cubyz
- sandbox
15
mitchellh/libxev★ 3,526 · ⑂ 174
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.
- async
- c
- epoll
- io-uring
- kqueue
- wasi
16
jstrieb/github-stats★ 3,494 · ⑂ 752
Better GitHub statistics images for your profile, with stats from private repos too
- github-stats
- statistics
- profile
- visualizations
- github
- github-api
17
dmtrKovalenko/odiff★ 3,063 · ⑂ 106
A very fast SIMD-first image comparison library (with nodejs API)
- visual
- diff
- snapshot
- image-comparison
- testing-tool
- pixel-perfect
18
zig-gamedev/zig-gamedev★ 2,840 · ⑂ 187
Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications
- gamedev
- zig
- libraries
- demos
- graphics
- directx12
19
capy-ui/capy★ 2,656 · ⑂ 97
💻Build one codebase and get native UI on Windows, Linux and Web
- zig
- gui
- ui
- zig-package
- ziglang
- cross-platform
20
pedropark99/zig-book★ 2,621 · ⑂ 159
An open, technical and introductory book for the Zig programming language 📚📖
- book
- programming
- programming-language
- zig
- ziglang
- course
21
ZigEmbeddedGroup/microzig★ 2,196 · ⑂ 179
MicroZig is a toolbox for building embedded applications in Zig.
- ziglang
- zig-package
- zig
- embedded
- hal
22
Loongphy/codex-auth★ 2,136 · ⑂ 127
A CLI tool to switch and manage Codex accounts
- codex
- zig
23
neurocyte/flow★ 2,056 · ⑂ 109
Flow Control: a programmer's text editor
- language-server-client
- language-server-protocol
- text-editor
- tree-sitter
- tui
- zig
24
andrewrk/poop★ 1,971 · ⑂ 88
Performance Optimizer Observation Platform
25
rockorager/libvaxis★ 1,867 · ⑂ 138
a modern tui library written in zig
- tui
- zig
- zig-package

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