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Why Open Quest Format froze its file format at v0.1 while the packages keep changing

Open Quest Format has two version numbers. The file format was frozen at OQF1 in the first release and can only grow by appending columns, while the TypeScript packages stay 0.x and are still allowed to break their API. This post explains why the two are kept apart and how the append-only rule works.

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Oct 5, 2026

Measuring the OQF compact format: 677 tokens against 1,200 for JSON

I measured Open Quest Format's compact serialization against its own JSON output on the reference quest to see where the bytes and tokens go, and what the line format costs in return.

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Sep 30, 2026