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C/C++ Projects Packaged for Zig

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All Your Codebase...are belong to us, but we'd be delighted to give them back! We package C/C++ projects for Zig so you can reliably compile (and cross‑compile!) them. This offers convenience for Zig users and shows maintainers what a build.zig file looks like.

Our work adds a Zig dependency but removes others: Make, CMake, autoconf, bash/batch/PowerShell scripts, Clang, system package managers, Docker/CI matrix jobs. Zig is a full build system, compiler, package manager, and cross‑compiler, eliminating system‑wide settings while keeping optional opt‑ins.

If you maintain a packaged project, upstream anything you need. Open an issue to let us archive our repo and redirect users. Use the Issues section for integration questions, but keep system dependencies no higher than our version, or opt for System Library Integration.

To contribute, ping Kristoff and follow the repo checklist: MIT‑style license, no Zig‑specific bindings, target latest Zig, use first strategy unless patching, add CI that passes zig build, keep tags like zig, zig‑package, and maintain occasionally.