# LibreSSL This is the [protobuf-c runtime](https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/tree/master/protobuf-c), packaged for [Zig](https://ziglang.org/). ## Installation First, update your `build.zig.zon`: ``` # Initialize a `zig build` project if you haven't already zig init zig fetch --save ``` You can then import `protobuf_c` in your `build.zig` with: ```zig const protobuf_c_dependency = b.dependency("protobuf_c", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize, }); your_exe.linkLibrary(protobuf_c_dependency.artifact("protobuf_c")); ```