ZIG(1)

📦 version 0.15.2~us1, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

ok so this is the manual page for zig — it's the Zig compiler AND the build tool, like a two-for-one slay ✨ (and yeah bestie, it's page ZIG(1) from the User Commands section, iykyk 🎀)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zig [command] [options]

like… you give it a command, you optionally give it options, and it does the thing 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the whole roster of commands. every single one. no skipping, we don't do that here 💅

🎀 Commands

  • build — Build project from build.zig 🔥
  • fetch — Copy a package into global cache and print its hash
  • init — Initialize a Zig package in the current directory
  • build-exe — Create executable from source or object files
  • build-lib — Create library from source or object files
  • build-obj — Create object from source or object files
  • test — Perform unit testing
  • test-obj — Create object for unit testing
  • run — Create executable and run immediately (no thoughts, just vibes 🏃♀️)
  • ast-check — Look for simple compile errors in any set of files
  • fmt — Reformat Zig source into canonical form (glow-up for your code ✨)
  • reduce — Minimize a bug report
  • translate-c — Convert C code to Zig code
  • ar — Use Zig as a drop-in archiver
  • 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
  • ranlib — Use Zig as a drop-in ranlib
  • objcopy — Use Zig as a drop-in objcopy
  • 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 🧘♀️ (main character energy fr)

🫶 General Options

  • -h, --help — Print command-specific usage

and that's the whole thing bestie, you're so welcome 💜 this was the zig page for version zig 0.15.2, dated November 2025 — go forth and compile something iconic 👑🌈⭐

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