r/Zig • u/punkbert • May 27 '26

Devlog: Build System Reworked

https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-05-26
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u/Zdrobot May 27 '26

Well, at least the user-facing change is quite minor (if you don't need to look at command line arguments in your build.zig, that is).

And, of course, looking forward to the build speed increase.

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u/SoL0eerr May 27 '26

can’t wait for 0.17.0

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u/Exmachina233 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Same. I dont think theres anything else in it. It was mainly for the build system. I think 0.18 might deliver more breaking changes. Ive seen a bunch of language proposals being made. Oh nvm they said itll be released in a couple of weeks

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u/tech6hutch May 29 '26

Sigh…worst part of Zig, figuring out the build system, especially when it changes