What if Conan could provide Zig with library information

.ci/docker/conan-tests

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ENV PY37=3.7.9 \
     BAZEL_7=7.6.2 \
     BAZEL_8=8.4.2 \
     BAZEL_9=9.1.0 \
+    ZIG=0.16.0 \
     EMSDK=4.0.22 \
     INTEL_ONEAPI_VERSION=2026.0
 
@@ -175,6 +176,11 @@ RUN wget https://github.com/premake/premake-core/releases/download/v5.0.0-beta4/
     tar -xvzf premake-5.0.0-beta4-linux.tar.gz && chmod +x premake5 && mkdir /usr/share/premake && \
     mv premake5 /usr/share/premake
 
+RUN wget https://ziglang.org/download/$ZIG/zig-x86_64-linux-$ZIG.tar.xz && \
+    tar -xJf zig-x86_64-linux-$ZIG.tar.xz && \
+    mv zig-x86_64-linux-$ZIG /usr/share/zig-$ZIG && \
+    rm zig-x86_64-linux-$ZIG.tar.xz
+
 RUN cd /tmp && \
     mkdir qbs && \
     cd qbs && \

.github/workflows/osx-tests.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
             ~/Applications/bazel/7.6.2
             ~/Applications/bazel/8.4.2
             ~/Applications/bazel/9.1.0
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-macos26-conan-tools-cache
+            ~/Applications/zig/0.16.0
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-macos26-conan-tools-cache-zig0160
 
       - name: Build CMake old versions not available for ARM
         if: steps.cache-tools.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -114,6 +115,18 @@ jobs:
             chmod +x ${HOME}/Applications/bazel/${version}/bazel
           done
 
+      - name: Install Zig
+        if: steps.cache-tools.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          version=0.16.0
+          wget -q -O zig-${version}.tar.xz https://ziglang.org/download/${version}/zig-aarch64-macos-${version}.tar.xz
+          tar -xJf zig-${version}.tar.xz
+          mkdir -p ${HOME}/Applications/zig
+          mv zig-aarch64-macos-${version} ${HOME}/Applications/zig/${version}
+          rm zig-${version}.tar.xz
+          ${HOME}/Applications/zig/${version}/zig version
+
   osx_tests:
     needs: osx_setup
     runs-on: macos-26
@@ -146,7 +159,8 @@ jobs:
             ~/Applications/bazel/7.6.2
             ~/Applications/bazel/8.4.2
             ~/Applications/bazel/9.1.0
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-macos26-conan-tools-cache
+            ~/Applications/zig/0.16.0
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-macos26-conan-tools-cache-zig0160
 
       - name: Select Xcode 26.4.1
         run: |

.github/workflows/win-tests.yml

@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ jobs:
             C:\tools\bazel\7.6.2
             C:\tools\bazel\8.4.2
             C:\tools\bazel\9.1.0
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-conan-tools-cache
+            C:\tools\zig\0.16.0
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-conan-tools-cache-zig0160
 
       - name: Install CMake versions
         if: steps.cache-tools.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -232,6 +233,24 @@ jobs:
               Remove-Item $zipFile
           }
 
+      - name: Install Zig
+        if: steps.cache-tools.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          $version = "0.16.0"
+          Write-Host "Downloading Zig $version for Windows..."
+          $url = "https://ziglang.org/download/$version/zig-x86_64-windows-$version.zip"
+          $zipFile = "zig-$version-windows-x86_64.zip"
+          $tmpDir = "C:\tools\zig_tmp"
+          Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $zipFile
+          Expand-Archive -Path $zipFile -DestinationPath $tmpDir -Force
+          if (-not (Test-Path "C:\tools\zig")) {
+              New-Item -Path "C:\tools\zig" -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
+          }
+          Move-Item -Path "$tmpDir\zig-x86_64-windows-$version" -Destination "C:\tools\zig\$version"
+          Remove-Item $zipFile
+          Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $tmpDir
+          & "C:\tools\zig\$version\zig.exe" version
+
       - name: Prepare environment for functional tests
         run: |
           git config --global core.autocrlf false

conan/internal/api/install/generators.py

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
                "QbsDeps": "conan.tools.qbs",
                "QbsProfile": "conan.tools.qbs",
                "CPSDeps": "conan.tools.cps",
-               "ROSEnv": "conan.tools.ros"
+               "ROSEnv": "conan.tools.ros",
+               "ZigDeps": "conan.tools.zig"
                }
 
 

conan/tools/zig/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from conan.tools.zig.zigdeps import ZigDeps