• Zig 0.16.0 released

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Wed Apr 15 06:40:09 2026

    The Zig project has announced version
    0.16.0 of the Zig programming language.

    This release features 8 months of work: changes
    from 244 different contributors, spread among
    1183 commits.

    Perhaps most notably, this release debuts I/O
    as an Interface, but don't sleep on the Language
    Changes or enhancements to the Compiler,
    Build
    System, Linker,
    Fuzzer,
    and Toolchain
    which are also included in this release.

    LWN last covered Zig in
    December 2025.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1067634/
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