Build

On this page, I will show you how to build ZipponDB from source.

1. Get Zig

First thing first, go get zig.

2. Clone repo

Simple enough, clone ZipponDB repository and cd into it.

git clone https://github.com/MrBounty/ZipponDB
cd ZipponDB

3. Config

In lib/config.zig you will find a config file. There is few parameters and they are comptime for now (can't change from cli). But more will be added.

Parameter	Default	Description
MAX_FILE_SIZE	1Mb	Max size of each individual file where data is store.
CPU_CORE	16	Number of thread the pool will use. (At least 4 recommended for db > 100Mb)

4. build

zig build

Create 2 binaries in zig-out/bin:

• zippondb: The database CLI.
• benchmark: Run and print a benchmark.

build run

zig build run

Build and run the CLI.

build benchmark

zig build benchmark

Build and run the benchmark.

build test

zig build test

Build and run tests.