MinZ is an experimental compiler toolchain for writing programs for Z80 machines with modern language features. Nanz is its main source language; Frill, C, Pascal, ABAP and other frontends also feed the shared HIR → MIR2 pipeline. The repository includes a Z80 assembler and emulators, so a small program can go from source to execution here.
The project is active research: examples and targets have different levels of maturity. Start with a runnable program below; use the current handover, ranked backlog, and dated technical audit for measured status.
Install Go, then from the repository root:
git clone https://github.com/oisee/minz.git
cd minz
make -C minzc mz mza mze
mkdir -p build
minzc/mz examples/nanz/hello_cpm.nanz --target cpm -o build/hello.a80
minzc/mza build/hello.a80 -o build/hello.com
minzc/mze build/hello.com -t cpmThe emulator prints Hello!. The Nanz source is small enough to modify and rerun. For more programs, see fun and examples.
| ObjC plasma | Nanz canvas | Nanz rotozoomer |
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| ObjC source | Nanz source | Nanz source |
These images are current MIR2 VM canvas renders. Build mzv with make -C minzc mzv, then run python3 scripts/build_rotozoomer_gif.py to regenerate the GIF (requires Pillow). Run cd minzc && go test ./pkg/c89 ./pkg/nanz -run '^(TestPlasmaRender|TestCanvasImplShowcase|TestRotozoomerGallery)$' -count=1 to compare the gallery with the current source. The CP/M example above exercises the Z80 path. Gallery verification · Rotozoomer details.
- Nanz language book and Frill guide
- Compiler architecture and MIR2 guide
- Installation, contributing, and documentation catalog
- Reports, research, and project backlog
MinZ is released under the MIT license.