---
key: pl/zig
kind: plang
name: "Zig"
url: https://plangs.page/zig
---

# Zig

> System programming language designed as an improvement over C/C++ with native error handling and performance enhancements.

Imperative, general-purpose, statically typed system programming language designed to improve upon C/C++'s features, focusing on robust error handling and performance without hidden control flows or a preprocessor.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2015
- Homepage: https://ziglang.org
- GitHub: https://github.com/ziglang/zig
- Languish ranking: #53

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Concurrent](https://plangs.page/paradigm/concurrent)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)

### Platforms

- [ARM](https://plangs.page/platform/arm)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [RISC-V](https://plangs.page/platform/riscv)
- [WASM](https://plangs.page/platform/wasm)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)
- [x86-64](https://plangs.page/platform/x86-64)

### Type Systems

- [Flow-Sensitive](https://plangs.page/type-system/flow)
- [Generic](https://plangs.page/type-system/generic)
- [Inferred](https://plangs.page/type-system/inferred)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)
- [Structural](https://plangs.page/type-system/structural)

### Compiles To

- [WebAssembly](https://plangs.page/webassembly)

### Influenced By

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Go](https://plangs.page/go)
- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)
- [Rust](https://plangs.page/rust)

### Influenced

- [Bun](https://plangs.page/bun)

### Written With

- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Zig](https://plangs.page/zig)

### Used to Write

- [Bun](https://plangs.page/bun)
- [Zig](https://plangs.page/zig)

### Licenses

- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Assembler](https://plangs.page/tag/asm)
- [Better-C](https://plangs.page/tag/better-c)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Embedded System](https://plangs.page/tag/embedded)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Testing](https://plangs.page/tag/testing)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)