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The Zig community is decentralized. Anyone is free to start and maintain their own space for the community to gather, and edit this wiki page to add a link. There is no concept of "official" or "unofficial", however, each gathering place has its own moderators and rules.

When adding a new community, please append it at the end of the existing list as a form of courtesy.

See the Compiler development section (near the end of this page) for communities dedicated to Zig compiler development collaboration.

General discussion

IRC

Discord (English)

Discord (International)

Tencent QQ

Telegram

Matrix / Element

Zulip

  • zig-lang
    • Admin: Aria Elfren (Zulip username)
    • Rules: Same as IRC (for now)

Revolt

Slack

Shpong

WhatsApp

Email List

Forums

Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [zig]

Moderators and rules here are governed by Stack Overflow.

Lemmy

Merchandise

Streams

SHOWTIME

The show where members of the Zig community share code and ideas.

https://zig.show/

  • YouTube
  • Newsletter
  • Apply to Speak
  • Discord
    The Zig SHOWTIME Discord server serves as a coordination tool for organizing the show, and as a place where people invested in the success of Zig can socialize and collaborate together on new projects. The main goal of this space is to create a community of creators (be it code, blogs, videos, or undefined), so that we can all make the most out of our Zig experience. Nobody is born knowing Zig so everyone is welcome to have fun in this server but, if you're unsure whether Zig is the right language for you, it's recommended you check out first other Zig communities as they might be more focused on helping newcomers to the language.

Individuals

Learning resources

Blog posts

Collection of blog posts

Others

Reddit

(This section written by Andrew Kelley)

I used to moderate the /r/zig subreddit. During the Reddit protests in June 2023, I decided to permanently shut down /r/zig, making it private, encouraging users to head to ziggit.dev instead.

A troll messaged Reddit admins and gained moderator access to /r/zig, re-opened the subreddit, and started doing juvenile vandalism for a few weeks, before deciding they had enough fun and abandoning the place.

Next, Jens Goldberg messaged the Reddit admins and managed to become a moderator of /r/zig. He's pretty hands-off, does not do a lot of moderation, lets the Reddit voting system handle disagreements.

While the subreddit was private, the vast majority of valuable people moved to other communities. Most of the people who remained were riff raff, willing to tolerate trolling and more interested in Reddit as a platform than Zig as a project.

Now, the Zig subreddit is a complete wasteland, and I personally advise against going there. In fact I have deleted my entire Reddit account.

I don't have the time or energy to evaluate most Zig communities so I can neither endorse nor anti-endorse them, however, the Zig subreddit is an exception.

It's an awful place and I stand by my decision to permanently close it. I am unhappy that it was reopened against my will.

X (formerly twitter)

Compiler development

These communities are focused on Zig compiler development collaboration.

Warning

If you're a newcomer and want help learning Zig look into general discussion communities that have a space dedicated to on boarding newcomers

Zulip

  • ZSF Compiler Development
    • Moderators:
    • Rules:
      • Treat each other with kindness and respect.
      • No discussion of things that are both controversial and off-topic.
      • Be constructive.
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