Using Zig to build more

• C/C++ projects
  • All Your Codebase | Loris Cro’s Blog
    • All Your Codebase
      • no GiNaC yet
• help rust to cross-compile
  • rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild
    • Compile Cargo project with zig as linker for easier cross compiling
• help PyPI to store less
  • The Python Package Index Should Get Rid Of Its Training Wheels | Loris Cro’s Blog
  • zig is also available as a PyPI package
    • ziglang · PyPI
• zig alternative to PyO3/maturin: Build and publish crates with pyo3, cffi and uniffi bindings as well as rust binaries as python packages
  • spiraldb/ziggy-pydust: A toolkit for building Python extensions in Zig.
    • the orginal template that ueses poetry
    • the community template that uses uv and hatchling
      • where hatchling seems to be a better build backend than setup tools post 3.12 for projects with native extensions and custom build hooks
      • see also Why Hatch? - Hatch