Ziggy

A data serialization language for expressing clear API messages, config files, etc.

Status

Alpha, using Ziggy now means participating in its development.

At a glance

.id = @uuid("..."),
.time = 1710085168,
.payload = Command {
  .do = @action("clear_chat"),
  .sender = "kristoff-it",
  .roles = ["admin", "mod"],
  .extra = {
    "agent": "Mozilla/5.0",
    "os": "Linux/x64", 
  },
}

Value Types

Ziggy values can be of the following types:

• Bytes "🧑‍🚀", "\x1B[?1000h gang", \\multiline
• Numbers 123_000, 1.23, 0xff_ff_ff, 0o7_5_5, 0b01_01_01
• Null null
• Bool true, false
• Custom Literals @date("2020-12-01"), @v("1.0.0"), @foo("bar")
• Array [1, 2, 3]
• Struct { .fixed = "schema" }, Named { .for = "unions of structs" }
• Map { "custom": "keys" }

Documentation

See the official website: https://ziggy-lang.io

Development

In order to build with nix using the correct dependencies pease keep updated the deps.nix file every time the build.zig.zon is changed. In order to do so use

nix run .#update-deps