# Kiln in Zig - one frozen wire format, eleven from-scratch codecs

> Source: <https://ziggit.dev/t/kiln-in-zig-one-frozen-wire-format-eleven-from-scratch-codecs/18170#post_2>
> Published: 2026-11-01 18:27:24+00:00

**Kiln** in one line: the [Zig codec](https://github.com/leo-gan/gld-kiln-zig) is one of eleven

independent implementations, [all checked against the same golden
files](https://leo-gan.github.io/GLD.SerializerBenchmark/dashboard/?lang=mojo&dataset=suite&data=all%40all&mode=published&metric=ops&baseline=dagr-frozen-packed&log=1&cbase=mojo%7Cgld-kiln&ser=mojo%7Cgld-kiln&ser=mojo%7Cdagr-frozen-packed&ser=mojo%7Cdagr-packed&ser=mojo%7Cdagr-frozen&ser=mojo%7Cdagr-regular&ser=mojo%7Cmojo-protobuf&ser=mojo%7Cmojo-msgpack&ser=mojo%7Cmojo-json#compliance/all).

## 

`JSON` {“x”:9,“y”:-4} is serialized in 14 bytes, `Kiln` writes 8 bytes: 09 00 00 00 fc ff ff ff

 

 
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