pinocchio-development
Pinocchio Development Guide
Build blazing-fast Solana programs with Pinocchio - a zero-dependency, zero-copy framework that delivers 88-95% compute unit reduction and 40% smaller binaries compared to traditional approaches.
Overview
Pinocchio is Anza's minimalist Rust library for writing Solana programs without the heavyweight solana-program crate. It treats incoming transaction data as a single byte slice, reading it in-place via zero-copy techniques.
Performance Comparison
| Metric | Anchor | Native (solana-program) | Pinocchio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Token Transfer CU | ~6,000 | ~4,500 | ~600-800 |
| Binary Size | Large | Medium | Small (-40%) |
| Heap Allocation | Required | Required | Optional |
| Dependencies | Many | Several | Zero* |
*Only Solana SDK types for on-chain execution
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