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October 20, 2026

Naked Package Metadata

Naked packages are ones that do not include a build manifest (build.zig.zon file). This is typically due to them being maintained by third parties outside the Zig ecosystem.

Until now, those package hashes looked like: N-V-__8AAA7lSAA6p7eRmPGVeA9uHmeiJ2DX-ISiPliRJ8Y7

This is because, without a build.zig.zon file, there was no name and version to use in the package hash. Furthermore, those packages have brittle hashes because they included all fetched files without any filter, which may accidentally have included unwanted hidden files that nonetheless cause the package hash to change. Or, the package might have contained symlinks that cannot be created on a particular OS.…