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Ziex, a Zig web framework reaching its first release

Ziex, a Zig web framework reaching its first release

by nurulhudaapon·Jun 22, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidBig BrainShip It

13k req/sec SSR benchmarks crush Next.js, but web frameworks are a crowded category.

Strengths
  • •Real performance gains from Zig compilation vs interpreted runtimes.
  • •Hybrid rendering with client components compiled to WebAssembly.
  • •Deploy anywhere from standalone binaries to Cloudflare Workers.
Weaknesses
  • •Another web framework in an extremely saturated category.
  • •Zig language adoption still limited, restricting potential userbase.
Target Audience

Zig developers, performance-focused backend engineers

Similar To

Jetzig · Next.js · SolidStart

Post Description

https://ziex.dev

Ziex is a full-stack web framework for Zig. It now has most of the core pieces needed to build real applications and is preparing for its first public release (0.1.0), planned after Zig 0.17 stabilizes.

Some of the current features:

- Server-side rendering (fast by default)

- JSX-like UI syntax in Zig

- File-system routing

- Client components compiled to WebAssembly

- zx.db: built-in SQLite abstraction (uses D1 when deployed on - Cloudflare Workers)

- zx.kv: key-value storage abstraction (uses Cloudflare KV in production)

You can try Ziex without installing Zig using npm or bun:

`npm init ziex`

Example app built with it (Hacker News clone deployed to Cloudflare Workers):

https://hn.ziex.app

Feedback is welcome!

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