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Kiln

Status: Alpha

Reproducible dev environments that start instantly.

Category
Developer tools
Platforms
macOS · Linux · CLI
Since
2026
Domain
kiln.bahukhandi-labs.com

Getting started

Introduction

The model: declare, resolve, enter.

Kiln reads a declarative file, resolves every tool to a content hash, materialises anything missing into a shared store, and puts the result on your PATH.

toml
# kiln.toml
[tools]
node = "22.11.0"
rust = "1.84.0"
postgres = "17.2"

[env]
DATABASE_URL = "postgres://localhost:5432/dev"

[scripts]
dev = "npm run dev"