zigo

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zigo

Download and manage Zig compilers.

zigo is a dependency free binary program.

Inspired by zigup, zvm, scoop

Install

• Download from releases.

unzip ./zigo-linux-amd64.zip
chmod +x ./zigo
./zigo

• From source: go install github.com/nopdan/zigo@latest

Add ~/.zig/current to the environment variable.

Usage

zigo <version>

Download the specified version of zig compiler and set it as default.

examples: zigo 0.11.0, zigo master

❯ ./zigo master
downloading https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-linux-x86_64-0.12.0-dev.374+742030a8f.tar.xz...
progress:  42.96 MiB / 42.96 MiB  ( 100.0 % )  13.96 MiB/s
done. save cache to /home/cx/.cache/zigo/zig-linux-x86_64-0.12.0-dev.374+742030a8f.tar.xz
installing master => 0.12.0-dev.374+742030a8f...
successfully installed!
❯ zig version
0.12.0-dev.374+742030a8f

zigo use <version>

Set the specific installed version as the default.

zigo ls

List installed compiler versions.

❯ ./zigo ls
* master => 0.12.0-dev.312+cb6201715
  0.11.0
  0.12.0-dev.307+7827265ea
  0.12.0-dev.312+cb6201715

zigo rm <version>

Remove the specified compiler.

Append -f or --force to force deletion.

Use zigo rm --all or zigo rm -a to remove all installed compilers.

❯ ./zigo rm 0.10.1
removed 0.10.1

❯ ./zigo rm 0.11.0
cannot remove the version you are using.
❯ ./zigo rm 0.11.0 -f
removing 0.11.0... done.

zigo clean

Clean up unused dev version compilers.

❯ ./zigo ls
* master => 0.12.0-dev.353+4a44b7993
  0.11.0
  0.12.0-dev.312+cb6201715
  0.12.0-dev.352+4d29b3967
  0.12.0-dev.353+4a44b7993
❯ ./zigo clean
removed 0.12.0-dev.312+cb6201715
removed 0.12.0-dev.352+4d29b3967
❯ ./zigo ls
* master => 0.12.0-dev.353+4a44b7993
  0.11.0
  0.12.0-dev.353+4a44b7993

zigo mv <install-dir>

Move the zig installation directory.

Default installation directory is ~/.zig.

zigo -h

Print help message.

Build

Install Go 1.21.0+

git clone https://github.com/nopdan/zigo.git
cd zigo
go mod tidy
go build