Install Zig from a Package Manager

Note: Official builds of master branch and releases are available for download.

When using a package manager, it is best to use a tagged release rather than using an option to install a development version.

See Repology for an overview of which package management systems and operating systems Zig has already been packaged for, and what the current packaged version is.

Arch Linux

pacman -S zig

DragonFlyBSD (ravenports)

ravensw install zig-single-standard

Fedora

dnf install zig

Fedora Silverblue

rpm-ostree install zig

FreeBSD

pkg install lang/zig

Gentoo

# Building from sources
emerge -av dev-lang/zig
# Official ziglang.org static build
emerge -av dev-lang/zig-bin

Homebrew

brew install zig

MacPorts

port install zig

NixOS

Rather than installing development binaries globally, create a shell.nix for your project:

# shell.nix
let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
in
  pkgs.mkShell {
    packages = [
      pkgs.zig
      # other deps here
    ];
  }

Then run nix-shell to enter a development shell with zig available.

Ubuntu (snap)

snap install zig --classic --beta

Void Linux

xbps-install -Su zig

Windows (winget)

winget install zig.zig

Windows (choco)

choco install zig

Windows (scoop)

scoop install zig

Termux

pkg i zig