# Zamak

> A statically typed, Python-like programming language that compiles through C to standalone native executables, with tooling for AI coding agents.

Zamak is an open-source, statically typed programming language created by rayL-K and developed under VeyraLux. Its syntax follows Python's readability, and its compiler produces standalone native executables. The current release is v0.1.1, which the README describes as an early release.

## What It Is

Zamak is a compiled language toolchain driven by the `zam` command. Programs use indentation-based blocks and Python-style operators and built-ins. The compiler generates C and builds it with MSVC, GCC, or Clang, so the resulting executable runs without Zamak installed. Ownership rules manage memory without a garbage collector, and the project says users never write lifetime annotations. Integer overflow, division by zero, and out-of-bounds indexes stop the program with a clear error.

## Workflow and tooling

The `zam` command creates projects, checks types and ownership (`zam check`, which needs no C compiler), formats, tests, builds, runs, and generates HTML API docs. It also handles packages through a package index, with `zam add`, `zam search`, and `zam publish`. Modules are cached by content, so a one-line edit rebuilds only the changed module. A VS Code extension and the `zam lsp` language server provide diagnostics, completion, hover, go to definition, and formatting. C functions can be called through `extern fn` declarations.

## Support for AI coding agents

Every diagnostic carries a stable code such as ZM301 and usually a suggested fix, and `zam check --json` emits diagnostics as JSON. `zam new --template ai` creates a project with a Claude Code skill file, an AGENTS.md guide, and an .mcp.json file. `zam mcp` runs an MCP server whose tools check, build, run, test, and format code, explain diagnostic codes, and look up docs.

## Current Status

The README says syntax and cache formats might still change before 1.0 and recommends waiting before production use. It documents that threads and networking are not yet supported, C functions take and return only numbers, booleans, and strings, and there is no REPL. Performance and size comparisons against C, Rust, Go, Java, Node.js, and Python are project-published benchmark claims. The Zamak Book offers guided chapters in English and Chinese.

## Features
- Python-like syntax with static typing
- Ownership-based memory safety without a garbage collector
- Compiles through C to standalone native executables
- Runtime checks for integer overflow, division by zero, and bounds
- Diagnostics with stable codes and JSON output
- Content-based module caching for fast rebuilds
- Built-in package management and package index
- C interop via extern fn
- Built-in test runner, formatter, and doc generator
- MCP server (zam mcp) for AI agents
- AI project template with skill file and AGENTS.md
- Language server and VS Code extension

## Integrations
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Model Context Protocol, VS Code, MSVC, GCC, Clang, npm

## Platforms
WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, API, VSC_EXTENSION, CLI

## Pricing
Open Source

## Version
0.1.1

## Links
- Website: https://zamak.veyralux.org
- Documentation: https://zamak.veyralux.org
- Repository: https://github.com/VeyraLux/Zamak
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/zamak