Zig 0.16.0 released

The Zig project has announced version0.16.0 of the Zig programming language.

This release features 8 months of work: changesfrom 244 different contributors, spread among1183 commits.

Perhaps most notably, this release debuts I/Oas an Interface, but don't sleep on the LanguageChanges or enhancements to the Compiler,BuildSystem, Linker,Fuzzer,and Toolchainwhich are also included in this release.

LWN last covered Zig inDecember 2025.