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ZLM

Zig Lifecycle Manager simplifies the management of application lifecycles, providing a structured approach to initialization, runtime, and graceful shutdown.

ZLM (Zig Lifecycle Manager)

ZLM is a lightweight and modular lifecycle manager for Zig applications. It helps you coordinate structured startup, dependency-aware initialization, and graceful shutdown of components like servers, workers, and subsystems.

Features

  • ✅ Dependency-ordered start and stop functions
  • ✅ Signal-based graceful shutdown (SIGINT, SIGTERM)
  • ✅ Thread support for background components
  • ✅ Lightweight Context system for cancellation and timeouts
  • ✅ Simple Channel system for inter-thread communication
  • ⚙️ Modular architecture: manager, context, channel

Use Cases

  • HTTP servers
  • Background job workers
  • Service orchestration
  • Graceful CLI tools