Welcome to the Zig Standard Library book.
Search for a specific standard library module or explore additional references as they land. Each category stays in lockstep with Zig's lib/std/ tree, so you never chase stale references.
Categories
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of 11 total
Modules
69
context entries available
Collections
Collections & Containers
Data structures, buffer managers, and container abstractions for high-performance Zig code.
Algorithms
Algorithms & Numerics
Sorting, randomization, math helpers, and SIMD acceleration primitives.
Encoding
Text & Encoding
Formatting, serialization, and text-processing helpers for structured data.
Formats
Binary & Archive Formats
Utilities for structured file formats, archives, and semantic versioning.
Systems
Core Systems
Low-level concurrency, metaprogramming, memory, and language runtime building blocks.
Crypto
Cryptography & Hashing
Cryptographic primitives, hashing utilities, and secure random helpers.
Observability
Diagnostics & Observability
Logging, debugging, tracing, and progress reporting utilities.
Networking
Networking & Protocols
Transport stacks, HTTP client utilities, and URI helpers for networked applications.
Platform
Platform & Runtime
Operating system bindings, filesystem helpers, timers, and IO abstractions.
Testing
Testing & Quality
Testing harnesses, assertions, and quality-of-life helpers for validation.
Toolchain
Toolchain & Binaries
Build orchestration, target metadata, dynamic libraries, and binary format tooling.