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Zig2016–2026
ziglang / zig

zig

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

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Where it is used

  • Bun — Bun used the Zig programming language to implement its initial version of the runtime and tooling. This establishes Bun as a shipped product that was written in Zig. Source

What people are saying

My favorite of his https://x.com/joelreymont/status/1990981118783352952 > Claude discovered a bug in the Zig compiler and is in the process of fixing it! ...a few minutes…

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Also in these discussions

Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 7:56:55 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year681 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-01-08 12:54:33 UTC to 2026-09-19 17:18:26 UTC.

02550751001252016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 1 submissions, 8 comments20162017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 21 mentions; 2 submissions, 19 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 34 mentions; 2 submissions, 32 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 60 mentions; 3 submissions, 57 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 111 mentions; 4 submissions, 107 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 93 mentions; 8 submissions, 85 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 113 mentions; 12 submissions, 101 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 85 mentions; 5 submissions, 80 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 124 mentions; 9 submissions, 115 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 26 mentions; 1 submissions, 25 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC918
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC21219
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC34232
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC60357
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1114107
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC93885
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC11312101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC85580
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1249115
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC26125

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