zero-native

name	zero-native
description	Discovery skill for zero-native, a Zig desktop app shell for building native apps with web UIs. Use when the user asks what zero-native is, how to build a zero-native app, scaffold a frontend app, configure app.zon, choose a WebView engine, add bridge commands, package an app, test a running app, or automate a zero-native WebView shell.
allowed-tools	Bash(zero-native:*), Bash(npx zero-native:*)
hidden	true

zero-native

zero-native is a Zig desktop app shell for building native desktop apps with web UIs. It uses the platform WebView for small native-footprint apps and can bundle Chromium through CEF where supported.

Start here

This file is a discovery stub for agents that installed zero-native once with a skills installer such as npx skills add zero-native. Before implementing or explaining zero-native app work, use the installed CLI to discover and load the current skill content:

zero-native skills list
zero-native skills get core
zero-native skills get core --full

Use zero-native skills get core for initial orientation. Use zero-native skills get core --full for implementation tasks because it includes the reference files for project anatomy, runtime, frontend assets, bridge/security/native capabilities, packaging, and debugging. Use zero-native skills get automation when testing a running app, taking snapshots, requesting reloads, or using the built-in automation server.

Quick orientation

npm install -g zero-native
zero-native init my_app --frontend next
cd my_app
zig build run

Generated apps center on app.zon, src/main.zig, src/runner.zig, build.zig, and frontend/. Inspect those files before editing an existing app.