z-libs is the umbrella organization dedicated to modernizing systems programming without abandoning the C ecosystem. We are the team behind Zen C, the viral systems language, and a suite of header-only C/C++ libraries focused on high-performance and ergonomics.

Our Flagship Projects

Zen C: A modern language that solves C pain-points without leaving it. It features strong type safety, generics, and defer resource management, all while compiling to human-readable C.
The z-libs Suite: A collection of header-only, zero-dependency C libraries designed to outperform standard implementations. Some of them are:
- zmap: generic hash map (up to 40x faster than uthash)
- zvec & zlist: Type-safe dynamic arrays and linked lists using X-Macros.
- znet: Cross-platform networking in a single header.
- zstr: SSO-optimized strings with safer semantics.

Why Sponsor Us?

We are building the post-C infrastructure. Your sponsorship directly supports:

Compiler development: Ensuring Zen C remains stable, self-hosting, and production-ready.
Ecosystem growth: Maintaining many libraries (like zfile, zthread, zwasm) and developer tooling.
Interoperability research: We have already integrated with CUDA (GPU computing) and Cosmopolitan Libc (Portable Executables), and have further interoperability plans.

We are 100% open-source and community-driven. Join us in building the future of C.

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