Open-weight coding models

Big models are rented.
Small models are owned.

Kiln will distill frontier-grade coding ability into open models that run on the machine you already own. No GPU. No account. No API key. Download once — it's yours.

$KILN · contract drops at launch · view
Kiln Smith  ·  1 GB  ·  Apache 2.0  ·  runs on your laptop  ·  yours forever  ·  Kiln Smith  ·  1 GB  ·  Apache 2.0  ·  runs on your laptop  ·  yours forever  · 
1 GBdownload
1.5 Bparameters
$0cost to run
Apache 2.0license
PLANNED SPECS — FINAL AT RELEASE

The code first.

Ask for a function, a fix, a script. Kiln Smith leads with code — the explanation fits in one sentence.
SIMULATED PREVIEW — MODEL IN TRAINING

Python
TypeScript
Fix a bug
Solidity

Three commands. Zero waiting room.

No account. No API key. Commands go live with the model release.

01

Install the runner

One binary. Windows, macOS, Linux.

curl kilnsmith.fun/install | sh
02

Pull the model

A gigabyte, fetched once, cached forever.

kiln pull kiln-smith-1.5b
03

Ask it something

Drop the quotes to open a REPL.

kiln run "reverse a string"

A model for every craft.

Each Kiln model will be fine-tuned from the base that suits its trade. We ship them one at a time — finished, never beta.

IN DEV

Kiln Smith

Writes and fixes production code in twelve languages. Code first, always.

SOON

Kiln Ledger

Reads transactions and contracts, then explains them like a senior auditor would.

SOON

Kiln Polyglot

Translates documentation and interfaces while keeping every term consistent.

Under the hood.

Nothing proprietary. Inspect everything.

Base modelOpen 1.5B instruct model · Apache 2.0
Fine-tuneLoRA — roughly 1% of weights touched
Precision4-bit quantized · ~1 GB on disk
RuntimeKiln runner · Windows / macOS / Linux
LicenseApache 2.0 · weights fully open

Will it run on my machine?

Kiln Smith will ask for about a gigabyte. Each block is half a gigabyte — two free blocks and you're in.

1 GB · Kiln Smithyour machine's memory
Token

One contract. Zero impostors.

$KILN coordinates the ecosystem — bounties for better models, rewards for honest benchmarks, votes on what gets built next. It unlocks nothing; the models are free regardless.

$KILN.
1,000,000,000 supplyDeploys at launch
0x… — revealed here at launch

Only trust the address published on this page. Kiln will never DM you a contract address. If it's not here, it's not us.

Questions, answered short.

Does it run on my computer?

That's the target: if it runs a browser, it runs Kiln Smith. The planned quantized build needs about 2 GB of free RAM — no dedicated GPU.

How good is a 1.5B model?

The target: good enough to draft, never good enough to trust blindly. Treat it like a fast junior: quick drafts, your review before anything ships.

Is it free?

Planned: running it is free, forever. The weights will be Apache 2.0 — download, modify, ship.

What is $KILN for?

$KILN coordinates the ecosystem: bounties for better models, rewards for honest benchmarks, votes on what gets built next. It doesn't unlock features — the models are free regardless.

Kiln Smith