zig - Man Page

• 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

tldr.sh

zig [command] [options]

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

run

Create executable and run immediately

ast-check

Look for simple compile errors in any set of files

fmt

Reformat Zig source into canonical form

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

General Options:

-h,  --help

Print command-specific usage