zerolang

Build And Runtime

Building From Source

Build, use, and validate the local compiler checkout.

Use A Checkout Compiler

Use this page when you are working on Zerolang itself or testing a local compiler change. Public docs use zero; contributor notes cover checkout wrapper details.

Build

pnpm install
make -C native/zero-c
zero --version

Focused Loop

zero check examples/hello.graph
zero run examples/add.graph
zero build --emit exe --target linux-musl-x64 examples/add.graph --out .zero/out/add

Inspect graph and size facts:

zero inspect --json examples/systems-package
zero size --json examples/point.graph
zero targets

Explain diagnostics:

zero explain TAR002
zero explain --json TYP009

Validation

pnpm run conformance
pnpm run command-contracts:local
pnpm run native:test
pnpm run docs:build

Before ending an agent turn that changed the repository, run pnpm run conformance.

Native Targets

The documented native target names are:

  • darwin-arm64
  • darwin-x64
  • linux-arm64
  • linux-musl-arm64
  • linux-musl-x64
  • linux-x64
  • win32-arm64.exe
  • win32-x64.exe

Unsupported target or feature requests report diagnostics instead of silently choosing another backend.