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Zero-Copy · Buffer-Only · High Performance

High-performance logic. Shared at the byte level.

Write your app's logic once in TypeScript. Run it natively with zero-copy binary buffers. No JSON overhead. No compromises.

How it works

One source of truth. Binary performance.

1. Define your Spec & State

Declare interfaces for your logic and state. Codegen creates native models automatically.

typescript
// playground.spec.ts
export interface PlaygroundState {
  count: number
  activity: string
}

export interface PlaygroundSpec {
  increment(step: number): Promise<PlaygroundState>
  processBuffer(buffer: ArrayBuffer): Promise<ArrayBuffer>
}
2. Write Binary Logic

Logic runs in JS. Move data via YolkBin or raw ArrayBuffers with zero intermediate copies.

typescript
// index.ts (Business Logic)
async function increment(step: number): Promise<State> {
  count += step
  return state() // SSOT: JS pushes new state to Native
}

async function processBuffer(buffer: ArrayBuffer) {
  const view = new Uint8Array(buffer)
  // Zero-copy byte manipulation
  view[0] = 255 - view[0]
  return buffer
}
3. Reactive Native UI

Native ViewModels are reactive to the JS heap. UI updates automatically when state mutates.

swift
// Swift Implementation
actor AppPlaygroundModule: PlaygroundModule {
  // Logic is in TS, UI is reactive to State struct
  func increment(step: Double) async throws -> PlaygroundState {
    // ... bridge handles the rest
  }

  func processBuffer(buffer: Data) async throws -> Data {
    // Shared memory pointer access
    return buffer
  }
}

Architected for Performance

Bridging the gap between the flexibility of JS and the power of Native.

Buffer-Only Bridge

JSON is eliminated. All data crosses the bridge as raw binary buffers using the high-performance YolkBin protocol.

Zero-Copy Memory

Direct shared-memory access between JS and Native. Perfect for media-heavy or real-time data processing.

Reactive SSOT

JavaScript owns the application state. Native is a reactive view, receiving binary updates via a subscription model.

End-to-End Typing

Unified codegen for logic proxies, native protocols, and state models. Mismatches are caught at compile time.

Polyglot Runtime

Production-ready support for JavaScriptCore (Apple) and QuickJS (Android), with a unified binary interface.

Async-First

Naturally bridges Swift async/await and Kotlin coroutines to standard TypeScript Promises.

Trusted by industry leaders

Completely real quotes from completely real people.

I have rewritten this in Rust. It is now 0.3ms faster and nobody on my team understands it. Ship it.
LT
Linus Thor
Maintainer, Penguix OS
I asked our 10x engineer to evaluate Yolk. He said it works on his machine. We have been unable to reach him since.
SJ
Steve Jabs
CEO, Fruit Computer Company
Noch ein verdammtes, bescheuertes JS-Framework. Ich werde euch alle abfackeln, ihr degeneriertes Pack!
AH
Adolphe H.
Estafette, German Silicium AG
Look, we tried Excel macros, okay? A total disaster. A catastrophe. They kept crashing all the time, very weak, very sad. But this framework? It’s huge. We built a beautiful wall between the business logic and the UI. The greatest technological wall in history, maybe of all time. The logic is very smart, a very high IQ, believe me. Nobody separates things better than us, it’s incredible.
DT
Donald Trompe
Former President, Trump Enterprises LLC
I told the board that a single drop of TypeScript could detect any bug in the entire application. They believed me. We raised four hundred million dollars. It turns out Yolk actually does what I lied about. I am writing this from a minimum-security facility where I have finally achieved the 'purity' I always talked about. 10/10 would defraud again.
EH
Elizabeth H.
Former CEO, Theranos-JS
I have become death, the destroyer of legacy codebases. I thought we were just building a type-safe bridge, but the chain reaction of Promises was uncontrollable. The entire production environment vanished in a flash of amber-colored light. My conscience is clear: the implementation was elegant, and the fallout was minimal.
JF
J. Robert Floppenheimer
Director, Manhattan Project (Legacy)