rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

cargo-zigbuild is a Cargo subcommand that uses zig as the linker to make cross-compiling Rust projects easier. It supports building for many targets including macOS, Linux, and Windows from any host platform.

Use cases

• cross-compile a Rust binary for aarch64 Linux from x86_64
• build macOS binaries from a Linux CI machine
• avoid installing platform-specific C cross toolchains
• build Python extension modules for multiple platforms
• simplify Rust cross-compilation in Docker CI pipelines

When to choose

• you need to cross-compile Rust projects with C dependencies without manual toolchain setup
• you want to build for macOS from Linux or Windows
• you want a drop-in cargo build replacement for cross targets

When to avoid

• you only build for the host platform
• your project requires target-specific toolchains zig cannot provide
• you need MSVC-compatible Windows builds

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

build-tool compiler developer-tools cli developer-tools cross-platform windows rust cli cross-compilation zig cargo-subcommand rust command-line linux macos docker

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