Last week ZVM crossed an important milestone: 600 stars on GitHub! I never thought when I first started working on ZVM that it would become an essential tool for so many Zig developers. I still don’t really know how most people use it. I don’t have any analytics or automatic error reporting built into the program. The only feedback I get is from issues created on GitHub and unsolicited feedback people send me on Twitter. The fact that the feedback has been so kind is incredible.

I really care about ZVM being a reliable tool. I hate when you just want to get something done, and out of nowhere your flow is broken. Or when you have to relearn your favorite tool because of an update. I can’t claim that ZVM has always been 100% reliable. I’ve renamed some commands and downgraded others. Depending on a third party host for downloads sometimes means that Zig’s maintainers introduce bugs or temporarily break ZVM functionality, but I’ve always tried to maintain a high level of quality. I think the fact that we’ve gotten to more than 600 stars through mostly word of mouth speaks to that. In the coming months I’ll continue to work on ZVM, facilitating open source contributions, adding features where necessary, and working to build out infrastructure that removes our dependency on the Zig CDN. I also want to thank everyone who has taken the time to contribute, use, or ever just view the repository. I appreciate the fact that something I’ve started has had such an impact. I hope to replicate my success with future projects, but for the meantime. I’m just happy to have a little piece of me on your machine making your life a bit easier. Thanks.