ZLS is a non-official implementation of the Language Server Protocol for Zig in Zig. It provides developers with IDE features in their editor.
This repository contains build scripts to produce the unofficial Debian packages (.deb) for Zls hosted at debian.griffo.io
Currently supported debian distros are:
- Bookworm
- Trixie
- Sid
This is an unofficial community project to provide a package that's easy to install on Debian. If you're looking for the Zls source code, see zigtools/zls.
curl -sS https://debian.griffo.io/EA0F721D231FDD3A0A17B9AC7808B4DD62C41256.asc | gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian.griffo.io.gpg
echo "deb https://debian.griffo.io/apt $(lsb_release -sc 2>/dev/null) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.griffo.io.list
sudo apt install zls- Download the .deb package for your Debian version available on the Releases page.
- Install the downloaded .deb package.
sudo dpkg -i <filename>.debTo update to a new version, just follow any of the installation methods above. There's no need to uninstall the old version; it will be updated correctly.
I want to have an easy-to-install Zls package for Debian, so I'm doing what I can to make it happen. If you want to test locally, you should be able to run build_zls_debian.sh on your own Debian system, only requirement is docker.
- Produce a .deb package on GitHub Releases
- Set up a debian mirror for easier updates
- This repo is not open for issues related to zls. This repo is only for unofficial Debian packaging.
- This repository is based on the amazing work of Mike Kasberg and his Zig Ubuntu packages

