# Appreciation For ZVM **URL:** \ **Category:** Showcase\ **Created:** [September 21, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677 "2026-09-21T23:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3dski7059](https://ziggit.dev/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/3/c5a1d2/32.png) [@3dski7059](https://ziggit.dev/u/3dski7059)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/1 "2026-09-21T23:25:05Z")
ZVM * * * Its been awhile since I’ve looked at zig. I’m a Kubuntu user and always find application installations cumbersome; out-of-date or non-existent packages, package management repo entry or not, AppImage, clone and build from repo. I also dislike installing everything as root under sudo. ZVM quickly installs multiple versions and allows me to manage them, and places them under my control. As small of a thing this is, I think it removes a lot of friction if everybody know about this utility. I couldn’t find another place to voice my appreciation, so it ended up here. ---
**Author:** ![HolyFenrir](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/holyfenrir/32/7923_2.png) [@HolyFenrir](https://ziggit.dev/u/HolyFenrir)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/2 "2026-09-22T00:09:11Z")
Same, ZVM is my go to zig manager. ---
**Author:** ![phcreery](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/phcreery/32/8539_2.png) [@phcreery](https://ziggit.dev/u/phcreery)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/3 "2026-09-22T01:06:35Z")
which one? - [GitHub - tristanisham/zvm: zvm (Zig Version Manager) lets you easily install/upgrade between different versions of Zig. · GitHub](https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm) - [GitHub - lispking/zvm: A fast, dependency-free version manager for Zig written in Zig. · GitHub](https://github.com/lispking/zvm) - [GitHub - hendriknielaender/zvm: ⚡ POSIX-compliant fast and simple zig version manager (zvm) · GitHub](https://github.com/hendriknielaender/zvm) I like the last one the best. ---
**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/lukeflo/32/7514_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/u/lukeflo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/4 "2026-09-22T07:41:09Z")
No offense, but wouldn’t it be better to open a thread like “My favorite Zig Version Managers” were users can discuss/present different favorite tools for the job, than opening appreciation threads for single tools? The latter version could end up in a large number of short soon-to-be-dead threads, while the first might start a real discussion and could point anyone to unknown projects. ---
**Author:** ![rminol](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/rminol/32/10186_2.png) [@rminol](https://ziggit.dev/u/rminol)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/5 "2026-09-22T15:07:54Z")
The first repository. [https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm](https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm) Isn’t this a joke 😂. That `zvm` written in Go 😂 ---
**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/lukeflo/32/7514_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/u/lukeflo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/6 "2026-09-22T16:28:58Z")
Maybe Claude and Codex just produce(d) better results in Go than in Zig… ---
**Author:** ![dxps](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/dxps/32/4398_2.png) [@dxps](https://ziggit.dev/u/dxps)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:37am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/7 "2026-09-24T08:37:54Z")
Nah … not necessarily. ---
**Author:** ![dxps](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/dxps/32/4398_2.png) [@dxps](https://ziggit.dev/u/dxps)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/8 "2026-09-24T08:39:05Z")
I am using that more generic [mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/) tool and I’m very happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![weskoerber](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/weskoerber/32/2129_2.png) [@weskoerber](https://ziggit.dev/u/weskoerber)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/9 "2026-09-28T18:47:38Z")
[Throw one more into the mix](https://codeberg.org/weskoerber/zvm.sh) 🤣 I actually renamed mine from _zvm_ to _zvm.sh_ after I found out I was late to the _zvm_ party `¯\_(ツ)_/¯` ---
**Author:** ![mike](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/mike/32/2076_2.png) [@mike](https://ziggit.dev/u/mike)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/10 "2026-10-01T08:27:03Z")
I’m liking [metazig](https://codeberg.org/platypro/metazig) I was using zigup until recently, but I wanted that zls automation too (previously wrote my own pwsh and sh scripts to fetch the right version before they had a version resolver). I saw zvm but also was a little sad to see it wasn’t written in Zig. I was gonna use anyzig since I had a good time with zigup, but the zls support wasn’t quite there yet (at least when testing on my system). ---
**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/lukeflo/32/7514_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://ziggit.dev/u/lukeflo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/11 "2026-10-01T08:34:49Z")
Funny, slowly this thread is turning into the general discussion thread about Zig version management tools, as suggested by me earlier. Thats cool 😁 So, I also add my favourite Zig manager called [`zxc`](https://codeberg.org/TemariVirus/zxc). It works very much like `anyzig` but also supports manual installation/deletion of versions, storing Zig version on local path basis (no `build.zig.zon` found), and interactive selection upon initial usage. Plus, its easy and lightweight. * * * PS: Maybe we could simply rename the thread to “My favourite Zig version management tool” or similar 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sietse2202](https://ziggit.dev/user_avatar/ziggit.dev/sietse2202/32/8385_2.png) [@Sietse2202](https://ziggit.dev/u/Sietse2202)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/appreciation-for-zvm/17677/12 "2026-10-01T14:49:57Z")
I use nix, sometimes with direnv. It fixes this entire class of problem, I can easily automatically get zig at the correct version for any project via a flake or nix shell. I also have a global thing set up so I can `nix develop dev#zig-latest` anywhere, and get a shell with zig 0.16. The best thing is, it also replaces rustup, neovim version managers, what have ya. And it’s a single tool!