# marler8997/zigup

Download and manage zig compilers.

Repository: https://github.com/marler8997/zigup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zigup
Language: Zig
License: MIT-0
License Family: permissive
Topics: zig, zig-compilers
Last push: 2025-06-14T23:23:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 26, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2286, "days_push": 445, "days_rel": 466, "gap_med": 70.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1126, forks 71 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:41.313445+00:00)

## What it is
A command-line tool for downloading and managing multiple Zig compiler versions. It stores compilers in a global install directory and manages a default version via PATH symlinks.

## Use cases
- install a specific zig compiler version
- switch default zig version
- manage multiple zig toolchains
- clean old zig compiler installs
- run a project with a specific zig version

## When to choose
- you need multiple zig versions installed side by side
- you want a simple single-binary version manager for zig

## When to avoid
- you want per-project automatic zig version selection (use anyzig instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: zig, version-manager, compiler-management, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- marler8997/zigup (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.313445+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:39:12.612894+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marler8997/zigup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:41.313445+00:00, sha 985f658c3f88)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.