# zigzap/zap

blazingly fast backends in zig

Repository: https://github.com/zigzap/zap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zigzap-zap
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: http, zig, blazingly, fast, rest, api, zig-package
Last push: 2026-06-01T18:59:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 45, longevity 94
- inputs: {"age_days": 1329, "days_push": 93, "days_rel": 370, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3412, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.473977+00:00)

## What it is
Zap is a fast, robust web microframework for Zig that wraps the facil.io C networking library to build HTTP servers and REST APIs. It provides an App/Endpoint-based API with optional TLS support via OpenSSL.

## Use cases
- build a rest api in zig
- replace flask backends with a fast native server
- serve http endpoints with low latency
- build a microframework-style web backend
- host https endpoints using openssl
- write high-performance  apis

## When to choose
- you write backends in Zig and need a fast, stable HTTP framework
- you want a lightweight Flask-like microframework with native performance
- you deploy on Linux or macOS and need production-proven robustness

## When to avoid
- you need Windows support natively (use WSL2 or Docker instead)
- you need extensive documentation or a large ecosystem
- your team does not use Zig

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, http-server, routing, api-framework, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: zig, facil-io, rest-api, microframework, http, tls, openssl, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- zigzap/zap (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.473977+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 2026-08-29T18:38:30.423113+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zigzap/zap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.473977+00:00, sha 8fe4d711ce95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.