ZIG(1)

✨ ZIG 💅

okay bestie, so zig is the manual page for zig 0.16.0 — it's the whole compiler + toolchain in one gorgeous little binary and it does SO much, like genuinely the main character of build systems 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zig [command] [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you give it a command and some options and it goes ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

🎀 Commands 🎀

• build — build a project from build.zig 🏗️
• fetch — copy a package into the global cache and print its hash 🔥
• init — initialize a Zig package in the current directory, fresh start energy 🐣
• build-exe — create an executable from source or object files 👑
• build-lib — create a library from source or object files 📚
• build-obj — create an object from source or object files 🧊
• test — perform unit testing (yes queen, test ur code) 🧪
• test-obj — create an object for unit testing 🧪
• run — create an executable and run it immediately, no thoughts just go 💨
• ast-check — look for simple compile errors in any set of files 🔍
• fmt — reformat Zig source into canonical form, slay 💅
• reduce — minimize a bug report (tiny bug, big drama) 🐛
• translate-c — convert C code to Zig code 🔄
• ar — combine object files into a static archive 📦
• cc — use Zig as a drop-in C compiler 🌈
• c++ — use Zig as a drop-in C++ compiler 🌈
• dlltool — use Zig as a drop-in dlltool.exe 🪟
• lib — use Zig as a drop-in lib.exe 🪟
• objcopy — manipulate executables and relocatables 🔧
• objdump — print information about executables and relocatables 🖨️
• ranlib — use Zig as a drop-in ranlib 📇
• rc — use Zig as a drop-in rc.exe 🪟
• env — print lib path, std path, cache directory, and version 🌍
• help — print this help and exit 🆘
• std — view standard library documentation in a browser 🌐
• libc — display native libc paths file or validate one 🧷
• targets — list available compilation targets 🎯
• version — print version number and exit 🔢
• zen — print Zen of Zig and exit 🧘

🌟 General Options 🌟

• -h, --help — print command-specific usage 🫶

fr fr bestie, that's the whole page. every command, every flag, no notes. iykyk 💜

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and that's a wrap, gorgeous — this page is from zig 0.16.0, dated April 2026 🌸 go write some Zig, you're gonna eat 💅✨