diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 23e2fe4..b7a20be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         build:
-        - bun
-        - clang
-        - deno
-        - fortran
-        - gcc
-        - java
-        - kotlin
-        - node
-        - python3
-        - ruby
-        - rust
-        - scala
+        # - bun
+        # - clang
+        # - deno
+        # - fortran
+        # - gcc
+        # - java
+        # - kotlin
+        # - node
+        # - python3
+        # - ruby
+        # - rust
+        # - scala
+        - zig
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -49,7 +50,25 @@ jobs:
       - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
         with:
           deno-version: "~1"
-      - run: just setup
+      - run: |
+          sudo apt install -y build-essential cargo clang curl gfortran jq kotlin moreutils nodejs rustc scala tar wget xz-utils
+          cargo install timers
+          cargo install hyperfine
+          cargo install ripgrep --features 'pcre2'
+
+          df -h
+          mkdir -p /opt/zig && cd $_
+          wget --quiet -O zig.tar.xz $(curl --silent https://ziglang.org/download/index.json | jq -r '.[keys_unsorted[1]]["x86_64-linux"].tarball')
+          tar -xvf zig.tar.xz >/dev/null
+          zig_path="$PWD/$(tar -tf zig.tar.xz | head -n1)"
+          echo "$zig_path" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          export PATH="$PATH:$zig_path"
+          cd -
+
+          df -h
+          echo $PATH
+          which zig
+
       # do the thing
       - run: just measure ${{ matrix.build }}
       # report
@@ -64,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Download Results
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: .
       - run: sudo apt-get install nodejs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 332904d..9d3ef5f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ build
 results
 *.class
 *.json
+*.o
 java/
 kotlin/
 scala/
diff --git a/count.zig b/count.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43f6038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/count.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var i: u32 = 0;
+    while (i < 1_000_000_000) : (i += 1) {}
+    std.debug.print("{}\n", .{i});
+}
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 625318e..14b577b 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 _default:
   just -l
 
-setup:
-  #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  set -euxo pipefail
-  if [ ! -z "${CI:-}" ]; then
-    sudo apt-get install build-essential cargo clang curl gfortran jq kotlin moreutils nodejs rustc scala
-    cargo install timers
-    cargo install hyperfine
-    cargo install ripgrep --features 'pcre2'
-  fi
+@_check +CMDS:
+    echo {{CMDS}} | xargs -n1 sh -c 'if ! command -v $1 >/dev/null 2>&1 /dev/null; then echo "$1 is required!"; exit 1; fi' bash
+
+setup: (_check "npm")
   cd scripts && npm install
 
 build what:
@@ -45,45 +40,48 @@ summary results:
 
 # languages
 
-build-gcc:
+build-gcc: (_check "gcc")
   gcc -O3 ./count.c
   echo './a.out' > CMD
 
-build-clang:
+build-clang: (_check "clang")
   clang -O3 ./count.c
   echo './a.out' > CMD
 
-build-rust:
+build-rust: (_check "rustc")
   rustc -C opt-level=3 ./count.rs
   echo './count' > CMD
 
-build-fortran:
+build-fortran: (_check "gfortran")
   gfortran -O3 ./count.f90
   echo './a.out' > CMD
 
-build-java:
+build-java: (_check "javac java")
   javac count.java
   echo 'java count' > CMD
 
-build-scala:
+build-scala: (_check "scalac scala")
   scalac count.scala
   echo 'scala count' > CMD
 
-build-kotlin:
+build-kotlin: (_check "kotlinc java")
   kotlinc count.kt -include-runtime -d count.jar
   echo 'java -jar count.jar' > CMD
 
-build-ruby:
+build-ruby: (_check "ruby")
   echo 'ruby count.rb' > CMD
 
-build-python3:
+build-python3: (_check "python3")
   echo 'python3 count.py' > CMD
 
-build-node:
+build-node: (_check "node")
   echo 'node count.js' > CMD
 
-build-deno:
+build-deno: (_check "deno")
   echo 'deno run count.js' > CMD
 
-build-bun:
+build-bun: (_check "bun")
   echo 'bun run count.js' > CMD
+
+build-zig: (_check "zig")
+  zig build-exe -O ReleaseFast ./count.zig
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