Zyn is a cross-platform build system for C and C++ projects, designed for simplicity, high performance, and powerful tooling. It manages compilation, dependency handling, linting, static analysis, and profiling in a unified way.

Maintained by Zyntraxis Corp, founded by Armen Baghdasaryan.

Zyn is distributed under the Zyntraxis License. See LICENSE for full terms.

• ✅ Linux (Ubuntu/Debian-based systems)

Download .deb package

url: https://github.com/zyntraxis/zyn/releases/tag/v2.0.0

sudo dpkg -i zyn_2.0.0.deb

• 🚀 Project scaffolding for C/C++
• 📦 Git and local dependency management
• 🔄 Automatic dependency resolution
• 🔒 Version locking with hash verification
• ⚡ Parallel dependency installation
• 🛠️ Multiple build configurations (debug/release)

zyn new my_project

cd my_project

zyn install https://github.com/fmtlib/[email protected]

zyn run --release

Generated project layout:

project/
├── .zyn/
│   ├── deps/      # Downloaded dependencies
│   ├── build/     # Dependency build outputs
│   └── lock/      # Version lock files
├── src/           # Source files
├── include/       # Headers
└── zyn.toml       # Project configuration

Example configuration:

[project]
name = "my_app"
version = "1.0.0"
language = "cpp"
standard = "c++20"
compiler = "clang++"

[settings.profiles.--release]
flags = [
    "-w -O3 -ffast-math -finline-functions -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -march=native -flto -DNDEBUG -fstrict-aliasing -fmerge-all-constants",
]
[settings.profiles.--debug]
flags = [
    "-g -O0 -DDEBUG -fno-inline -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined",
]
[settings.profiles.custom_profile]
flags = [
    "-g -O1",
]

[directories]
sources = "src"
include = "include"
build = ".zyn/build"

[dependencies]
fmt = { git = "https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git", tag = "9.1.0" }
boost = { path = "/opt/boost" }

[libraries]
lib_dirs = ["/usr/local/lib/build"]
libraries = ["pthread", "dl"]

[dependencies]
library = { git = "https://github.com/user/repo.git", tag = "v1.2.3" }

[dependencies]
mylib = { path = "../local/path" }

Version 2.3.0 introduces powerful new functionality: automatic generation of project configurations for popular IDEs. This greatly improves development workflow and makes it seamless to integrate Zyn-based C++ projects into:

• Visual Studio Code
• CLion
• QtCreator

zyn ide --clion
zyn ide --qtcreator

Each command creates the appropriate configuration files in a dedicated folder for your chosen IDE.

zyn ide --vscode Creates the .vscode/ directory with:

• c_cpp_properties.json — IntelliSense configuration and include paths
• tasks.json — build tasks using zyn run --release
• launch.json — debugging configuration using GDB Fully integrates with Visual Studio Code out of the box.

zyn ide --clion Creates .clion/CMakeLists.txt This allows CLion to open and work with your Zyn project immediately.

zyn ide --qtcreator Creates .qtcreator/ZynProject.pro Supports smooth integration with QtCreator without manual setup.

• Reads your zyn.toml for:

• Project name

• Language (c or cpp)

• Compiler path

• Language standard (c11, c++17, etc.)

• Include directories

• Automatically populates all config files with accurate, project-specific data.

zyn ide --vscode
# Generates full VSCode config in .vscode/

zyn ide --clion
# Generates CMakeLists.txt in .clion/

zyn ide --qtcreator
# Generates Qt project file in .qtcreator/

Zyn automatically:

• Detects header directories (include/, Include/)
• Generates appropriate compiler flags
• Supports CMake-based dependencies
• Maintains version locks in .zyn/lock/

• Commit zyn.toml and .zyn/lock/ to version control
• Use semantic versioning for tags
• Prefer tagged releases over branches
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• Run zyn update periodically