cargo-zigbuild

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# cargo-zigbuild\n\n[![CI](https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/actions?query=workflow%3ACI)\n[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/cargo-zigbuild.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/cargo-zigbuild)\n[![docs.rs](https://docs.rs/cargo-zigbuild/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/cargo-zigbuild/)\n[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/cargo-zigbuild.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/cargo-zigbuild)\n[![Docker Image](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/messense/cargo-zigbuild.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://hub.docker.com/r/messense/cargo-zigbuild/)\n\n\u003e \ud83d\ude80 Help me to become a full-time open-source developer by [sponsoring me on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/messense)\n\nCompile Cargo project with [zig](https://github.com/ziglang/zig) as [linker](https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replacement-gcc-clang.html) for\n[easier cross compiling](https://actually.fyi/posts/zig-makes-rust-cross-compilation-just-work/).\n\n## Installation\n\n```bash\ncargo install --locked cargo-zigbuild\n```\n\nYou can also install it using pip which will also install [`ziglang`](https://pypi.org/project/ziglang/) automatically:\n\n```bash\npip install cargo-zigbuild\n```\n\nWe also provide Docker images which has macOS SDK pre-installed in addition to cargo-zigbuild and Rust, for example to build for x86_64 macOS:\n\n- Linux docker image ([ghcr.io](https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/pkgs/container/cargo-zigbuild), [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/messense/cargo-zigbuild)):\n```bash\ndocker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/io -w /io ghcr.io/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild \\\n  cargo zigbuild --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin\n```\n\n[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/cargo-zigbuild.svg?columns=4)](https://repology.org/project/cargo-zigbuild/versions)\n\n## Usage\n\n1. Install [zig](https://ziglang.org/) following the [official documentation](https://ziglang.org/learn/getting-started/#installing-zig),\non mac",
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