Installation

Download the latest release from the GitHub releases page.

Requirements

• Zig 0.16.0 - the compiler and build system
• Qt 6.8.2 development libraries (Core, Gui, Widgets)
• GCC or Clang - for linking C++ code (Qt is written in C++)
• libstdc++ or libc++ - C++ standard library
• pkg-config - helps find Qt headers and libraries

Zig

Download the tarball for your architecture from ziglang.org/download, extract it, and put the zig binary in your PATH.

Linux

Debian / Ubuntu / Mint

sudo apt install gcc libstdc++-14-dev-$(dpkg --print-architecture)-cross qt6-base-dev

Fedora

sudo dnf install gcc libstdc++-devel qt6-qtbase-devel

Arch

sudo pacman -S gcc qt6-base

openSUSE

sudo zypper install qt6-base-devel

FreeBSD

sudo pkg install qt6-base

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/dayvster/zenkai.git
cd zenkai
zig build

Binary at zig-out/bin/zenkai.

Zig fetches the following automatically when you run zig build:

• libqt6zig - Zig bindings for Qt6
• ziglua - Zig bindings for Lua

Verify

./zig-out/bin/zenkai --help