Zen C Language Support

February 15, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

This extension provides comprehensive language support for Zen C, featuring syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, error detection, and more through the official Zen C Language Server.

Features

  • Syntax highlighting for .zc files
  • Intelligent code completion
  • Error detection and diagnostics
  • Go to definition and references
  • Find all references
  • Hover information
  • Document symbols and outline
  • Rename symbol support
  • Code formatting
  • Signature help

Requirements

  • Zen C compiler installed and accessible in your PATH
  • The zc lsp command must be working correctly

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following commands:

  • zen-c.restartLanguageServer: Restarts the Zen C language server
  • zen-c.run: Compile and run the current Zen C program
  • zen-c.build: Compile the current file to an executable
  • zen-c.check: Check the current file for errors
  • zen-c.repl: Start the Zen C interactive REPL
  • zen-c.transpile: Transpile the current file to C code

Configuration

  • zen-c.cCompiler: Specifies the C compiler to use for building Zen C programs. Options are gcc, clang, tcc, and zig. Defaults to gcc.

Known Issues

None at this time.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of Zen C language support extension.

Development

To develop this extension:

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Run npm install to install dependencies
  3. Open the project in VS Code
  4. Press F5 to launch the extension in a new Extension Development Host window

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit issues and pull requests on the GitHub repository.