In this release we're significantly expanding the zx setup capabilities.

zx@lite

Just core functions without extras, ~7x smaller than the full version. #1131

npm i zx@lite npm i zx@8.5.0-lite

Detailed comparison: zx/versions

import { $ } from 'zx' await $`echo foo`

Channels

We have completely reforged the distribution flow. Now zx is available in multiple formats:

• npmjs
• GH npm
• GH repo
• GH docker
• JSR
• Homebrew

# npm pkg from registry.npmjs.org npm i zx # install directly from the GH npm i google/zx # from GH the npm registry npm i --registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com @google/zx # fetch from the JSR # https://jsr.io/docs/using-packages # [@webpod](https://github.com/webpod) is temporary JSR scope until @google/zx becomes ready, we'll migrate later npx jsr add @webpod/zx deno add jsr:@webpod/zx # homebrew formula # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/z/zx.rb brew install zx

#1141... #1157

Docker

If you'd prefer to run zx in a container, you can pull the image from the GH docker registry. node:22-alpine is used as a base. #1142 #1145

docker pull ghcr.io/google/zx:8.5.0 docker run -t ghcr.io/google/zx:8.5.0 -e="await \$({verbose: true})\`echo foo\`" docker run -t -i -v ./:/script ghcr.io/google/zx:8.5.0 script/t.js

Chores

• Introduced fetch pipe helper to bypass string size limits #1130 #977

const p1 = fetch('https://example.com').pipe($`cat`) const p2 = fetch('https://example.com').pipe`cat`

• Added glob.sync shortcut #1135

import { glob } from 'zx' const packages = glob.sync(['package.json', 'packages/*/package.json'])

• Restored CLI flags and envars symmetry #1137 #1138

ZX_REGISTRY='https://custom-registry.example.com' zx script.js

• Enhanced errors stacktrace formatting #1166
• Improved 3rd party licenses digest #1140
• Enabled zizmor checks #1126
• Docs improvements #1128 #1134 #1136 #1164