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Version
0.17 of the Zig programming language has been released.

This release features 5 months of work: changes from
206 different contributors, spread among 925
commits.

Originally predicted to be shorter, this release cycle ended up [being]
substantial, with the Build
System reworked, including the introduction of the Build
Server Protocol, and the ELF Linker
enhanced to the point where we expect Incremental
Compilation to work for everyone on x86_64-linux.

LWN last covered Zig in
December 2025.