Alex Voste

Posted on May 19

fz 2.0.0 NEXUS — package manager, BLAKE3 cache, and cross-compilation for C/ASM

#c #rust #go #opensource

Yesterday I shipped 1.9.0. Got a solid mix of hate and genuinely useful feedback. Didn't sleep. Took all of it personally. Built 2.0.0 instead.

No point dragging it out — here's everything I promised, shipped right now.

What's new

Dropped SHA256. Switched to BLAKE3 across the board.

File size	Before	After
10 MB	58 ms	8.7 ms

Package verification from the catalog uses BLAKE3 too.

The big one. Dependency management for C/ASM projects that doesn't make you want to quit programming.

fz pm add <repository>
fz pm remove <package>
fz pm update
fz pm list
fz pm search <query>
fz pm install
fz pm catalog

Dependencies live in .fz.yaml. Removal cleans up empty parent directories automatically. Backed by a community-driven JSON package catalog.

New flags: -shared, -cc-flag, -ld-flag. Build .so and .dylib targets without wiring things up by hand.

fz -target arm-linux-gnueabihf
fz -target riscv64-linux-gnu
fz -target x86_64-w64-mingw32

ARM, RISC-V, x86_64, i386. Compiler, assembler, and linker are selected automatically for the target triple.

fz -type static -lib mylib

Builds .a archives from object files via ar.

fz -compile-commands

Generates compile_commands.json for clangd and any compatible LSP client. Autocomplete and go-to-definition, no manual config.

Parallel builds with -j N
Linker scripts and text section address: -T, -Ttext
Fixed object file name collisions (hello.asm vs hello.s)
All golangci-lint warnings resolved: errcheck, govet, ineffassign
Context and timeouts for all network and git operations
Test coverage: utils 84%, linker 60%, assembler 60%, builder 56%

go install github.com/forgezero-cli/ForgeZero/cmd/fz@latest