Zig's New Compiler Drops Lightpanda Browser Builds from 60s to 10s
jedisct1 · x · 2026-08-12
Open-source AI browser project Lightpanda announced that local builds have been slashed from 60 seconds to 10 seconds thanks to Zig's new self-hosted compiler.
This 6x speedup is achieved via the opt-in -Ddevfast=true flag on the main branch (Linux x86-64 only). The PR disables LLVM and dynamically links V8 to accelerate Debug mode builds.
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