diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8024855..79cdbf3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ node_modules/**
 package/**
 target/**
 .cpcache/
+benchmark/bench.edn
+benchmark/bench.transit
diff --git a/benchmark/bench_edn.js b/benchmark/bench_edn.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae32ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench_edn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+const str = fs.readFileSync('bench.edn').toString()
+
+const { decode } = require('../package/index').edn
+
+var runs = 100
+const times = []
+
+while (runs--) {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  const res = decode(str, true)
+  const end = Date.now()
+  const ms = end - start
+  console.log(ms)
+  times.push(ms)
+}
+
+const sum = times.reduce((x, y) => x + y)
+const avg = sum / times.length
+
+console.log(avg)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/bench_transit.js b/benchmark/bench_transit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b862ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench_transit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const str = fs.readFileSync('./bench.transit').toString()
+const { decodeTransit } = require('../package/index').edn
+
+var runs = 100
+const times = []
+
+while (runs--) {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  const res = decodeTransit(str, true)
+  const end = Date.now()
+  const ms = end - start
+  console.log(ms)
+  times.push(ms)
+}
+
+const sum = times.reduce((x, y) => x + y)
+const avg = sum / times.length
+
+console.log(avg)
diff --git a/benchmark/bench_transit_js.js b/benchmark/bench_transit_js.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..246b53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bench_transit_js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+const str = fs.readFileSync('./bench.transit').toString()
+const decodeTransit = require('../decode.js')
+
+var runs = 100
+const times = []
+
+while (runs--) {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  const res = decodeTransit(str, true)
+  const end = Date.now()
+  const ms = end - start
+  console.log(ms)
+  times.push(ms)
+}
+
+const sum = times.reduce((x, y) => x + y)
+const avg = sum / times.length
+
+console.log(avg)
diff --git a/decode.js b/decode.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..428d3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+const t = require('transit-js')
+
+const opts = {
+  mapBuilder: {
+    init: function() {
+      return {}
+    },
+    add: function(m, k, v) {
+      m[k] = v
+      return m
+    },
+    finalize: function(m) {
+      return m
+    }
+  },
+
+  arrayBuilder: {
+    init: function() {
+      return []
+    },
+    add: (ret, val, node) => {
+      // this is how keywords are defined, not sure why
+      if (val._name) {
+        ret.push(`:${val._name}`)
+      } else {
+        ret.push(val)
+      }
+      return ret
+    },
+    finalize: (ret, node) => {
+      return ret
+    }
+  },
+
+  handlers: {
+    set: rep => {
+      return rep
+    },
+    list: rep => {
+      return rep
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const r = t.reader('json', opts)
+
+module.exports = transitStr => {
+  return r.read(transitStr)
+}
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 8a2ce9c..fbcf899 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-{:deps {org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.238"}}
+{:deps {org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.10.238"}
+        com.cognitect/transit-cljs {:mvn/version "0.8.256"}}
  :paths ["src" "test"]}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6435281..4c0f14b 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (defproject cljs-tools "0.0.1"
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]
-                 [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.10.238"]]
-  :plugins [[lein-cljsbuild "1.1.5"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.0"]
+                 [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.10.597"]
+                 [com.cognitect/transit-cljs "0.8.256"]]
+  :plugins [[lein-cljsbuild "1.1.7"]]
   :cljsbuild {:builds [{:id "release"
                         :source-paths ["src"]
                         :compiler {:main yd.module
diff --git a/src/yd/edn.cljs b/src/yd/edn.cljs
index 2f1cd98..2f4c4d1 100644
--- a/src/yd/edn.cljs
+++ b/src/yd/edn.cljs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (ns yd.edn
   (:require [clojure.walk :refer (postwalk)]
             [clojure.string :refer (replace includes?)]
-            [cljs.reader :refer (read-string)]))
+            [cljs.reader :refer (read-string)]
+            [yd.transit]))
 
 
 (defn keylike? [k-str]
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@
   (read-string data))
 
 
+(defn read-transit [transit-str]
+  (let [r (t/reader :json)]
+     (t/read r transit-str)))
+
+
 (defn try-read [value]
   (try
     (read-data value)
@@ -76,5 +82,11 @@
   (cond-> (read-data edn-str)
     keywordize? (walk print-kw identity)
     true clj->js))
+
+
+(defn decode-transit [transit-str keywordize?]
+  (cond-> (yd.transit/decode transit-str)
+    keywordize? (walk print-kw identity)
+    true clj->js))
     
 
diff --git a/src/yd/module.cljs b/src/yd/module.cljs
index 4b76fe3..fa5e0ab 100644
--- a/src/yd/module.cljs
+++ b/src/yd/module.cljs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns yd.module
-  (:require [yd.edn :refer (encode decode)]))
+  (:require [yd.edn :refer (encode decode decode-transit)]))
 
 
 (def edn #js {})
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 (aset edn "decode" decode)
 
 
+(aset edn "decodeTransit" decode-transit)
+
+
 (aset js/module.exports "edn" edn)
diff --git a/src/yd/transit.cljs b/src/yd/transit.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e57cb01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yd/transit.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+(ns yd.transit
+  (:require [cognitect.transit :as t]))
+
+
+(defn encode [data]
+  (let [w (t/writer :json)]
+    (t/write w data)))
+
+
+(defn decode [transit-str]
+  (let [r (t/reader :json)]
+     (t/read r transit-str)))
+