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How “zig” trended on Hacker News

“Zig” was mentioned 22,012 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2025 with 1,144 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “zig” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “zig”

1. 1.Bun: Fast JavaScript runtime, transpiler, and NPM client written in Zig 1,431 points · 314 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service 1,066 points · 615 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg 927 points · 893 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Zig cc: A drop-in replacement for GCC/Clang 831 points · 288 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Zig self hosted compiler is now capable of building itself 752 points · 274 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun 743 points · 387 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Open-source Zig book 692 points · 390 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Why is Zig so cool? 565 points · 506 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Pledging $300k to the Zig Software Foundation 544 points · 192 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Zig's comptime is bonkers good 469 points · 265 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Crabtime: Zig’s Comptime in Rust 466 points · 195 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Things Zig comptime won't do 466 points · 244 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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