Thread: Rust vs. Zig in Reality: A (Somewhat) Friendly Debate

Rust vs. Zig in Reality: A (Somewhat) Friendly Debate (thenewstack.io)

L 23 pts 44 comments by dgv Aug 22, 2024 programmingrustvideozig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

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Rust vs. Zig in Reality: A (Somewhat) Friendly Debate (thenewstack.io)

HN 11 pts 3 comments by todsacerdoti Aug 22, 2024 Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

Zig Programming Language Blurs the Line Between Compile-Time and Run-Time (andrewkelley.me)

L 33 pts 14 comments by andrewrk Jan 30, 2017 ccompilersrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, written in Rust (github.com)

L 10 pts 0 comments by av Oct 9, 2017 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread

Writing a small ray tracer in Rust and Zig (nelari.us)

L 30 pts 1 comments by calvin Jul 2, 2019 graphicsprogrammingrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

rsfetch: Fast (~1ms execution time) and somewhat(?) minimal fetch program written in Rust (github.com)

L 12 pts 16 comments by Phate6660 Apr 28, 2020 linuxprogrammingrust Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Additional clarification: By "fetch", I mean "info fetch". Think of this as a neofetch alternative written in Rust.

Assorted thoughts on zig (and rust) (scattered-thoughts.net)

L 112 pts 60 comments by jamii Oct 20, 2020 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Rust, Zig, and the Futility of "Replacing" C (gavinhoward.com)

L 49 pts 163 comments by raymii Feb 28, 2021 crantrustsecurityzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Security / Privacy thread

Modern C/C++/Zig/D... build tools, Powerful dependency package integration (github.com)

L -1 pts 2 comments by ruki Mar 5, 2021 cc++dgoluaprogrammingrustshowswiftzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Apple / macOS / iOS thread

Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun (kevinlynagh.com)

L 118 pts 117 comments by kivikakk Mar 7, 2021 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

How safe is zig? (scattered-thoughts.net)

L 82 pts 42 comments by adaszko Mar 20, 2021 crustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Zig Makes Rust Cross-compilation Just Work (actually.fyi)

L 84 pts 38 comments by kristoff May 22, 2021 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Async engines in C++20, Rust, & Zig (youtube.com)

L 32 pts 2 comments by kristoff Aug 16, 2021 c++pltrustvideozig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

Reality check for Cloudflare Wasm Workers and Rust (nickb.dev)

L 7 pts 4 comments by napkindrawing Sep 23, 2021 performancerustwasm Web Development Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming Languages / CS Theory Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

a comparison of rust and zig (expandingman.gitlab.io)

L 65 pts 35 comments by g-w1 Jan 2, 2022 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Comparing Hare to Rust and Zig (blog.brixit.nl)

L 0 pts 0 comments by raymii May 3, 2022 programmingrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Some Thoughts on Zig (v5.chriskrycho.com)

L 68 pts 19 comments by chriskrycho Jul 22, 2022 pltrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

Memory safety in C++, Zig, & Rust (youtube.com)

L 17 pts 0 comments by pushcx Nov 2, 2022 c++rustvideozig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

When Zig is safer and faster than Rust (zackoverflow.dev)

L 70 pts 14 comments by technetium Mar 7, 2023 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Zig And Rust (matklad.github.io)

L 94 pts 43 comments by inactive-user Mar 27, 2023 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

When Zig Outshines Rust - Memory Efficient Enum Arrays (alic.dev)

L 65 pts 4 comments by dist1ll Sep 18, 2023 performancepltrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

Types comparison: Rust -> Zig (len.falken.directory)

L 10 pts 15 comments by LenFalken Nov 4, 2023 programmingrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Zig, Rust, and other languages (notes.eatonphil.com)

L 60 pts 49 comments by eatonphil Mar 15, 2024 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Rust & Zig Combined (youtube.com)

L 7 pts 1 comments by dgv May 20, 2024 rustvideozig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Why I am not yet ready to switch to Zig from Rust (medium.com)

L 38 pts 49 comments by av Jun 14, 2024 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

How I think about Zig and Rust (lewiscampbell.tech)

L 48 pts 51 comments by bitfield Jan 17, 2025 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Roc rewrites the compiler in Zig (gist.github.com)

L 108 pts 48 comments by alichraghi Feb 4, 2025 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Crabtime: Zig's Comptime in Rust (docs.rs)

L 70 pts 18 comments by gamache Mar 22, 2025 rustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General) thread

Zig And Rust (2023) (matklad.github.io)

L 25 pts 13 comments by runxiyu Jun 20, 2025 pltrustzig Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread

From Rust to Reality: The Hidden Journey of fetch_max (questdb.com)

L 41 pts 0 comments by fanf Sep 24, 2025 assemblycompilersrust Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming Languages / CS Theory thread