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Zod is a TypeScript-first schema validation library created by Colin McDonnell and released in 2020. It enables developers to define schemas that validate data at runtime—from simple primitives to complex nested objects—while automatically inferring matching static TypeScript types, eliminating the need for duplicate type declarations. Zod operates with zero external dependencies and runs in Node.js and all modern browsers, with a core gzip bundle of approximately 2kb. The library follows a "parse, don't validate" philosophy: the .parse() and .safeParse() methods return strongly-typed, deep-cloned results on success and structured ZodError instances on failure. Zod 4, released as stable in 2025, delivered 14x faster string parsing, 6.5x faster object parsing, a 100x reduction in TypeScript compiler instantiations, and new capabilities including first-party JSON Schema conversion, template literal types, file schemas, and the Zod Mini tree-shakeable variant.