Currently Zig has the same issues as Rust in this context, primarily depending on a compiler that's too complex for a single person to maintain if necessary.

But in Zig's case it seems there's a pretty good chance that will change if they're able to drop LLVM in the future.

I doubt it, unless it sorts out its use after free issues, embraces binary distribution used in commercial world, and gets adoption by an OS vendor.

Jai is also on the que