Zest (Zig-powered Embedded Systems Tool) is a modern, high-performance build system and distribution kit for embedded Linux. It aims to provide the flexibility of OpenWrt and the simplicity of Buildroot, while leveraging the safety and cross-compilation prowess of the Zig toolchain.
Traditional embedded build systems often suffer from "Makefile-hell" and global state issues. Zest replaces fragile shell scripting with a strictly typed, declarative build graph in Zig.
The goal is to move from "building a system" to "composing a system" from isolated, reproducible components.