diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-clippy.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-clippy.yml
index 51a75de39..0764362e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cargo-clippy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-clippy.yml
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run clippy
         run: |
           cd "${{ matrix.dir }}"
-          cargo clippy --all --tests -- -D warnings
+          cargo clippy --all --tests --benches -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo-criterion.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo-criterion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0df5e2349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo-criterion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - '**.rs'
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+      - '**/rust-toolchain.toml'
+      - .github/workflows/cargo-criterion.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**.rs'
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+      - '**/rust-toolchain.toml'
+      - .github/workflows/cargo-criterion.yml
+  workflow_dispatch:
+permissions: read-all
+name: cargo criterion
+jobs:
+  cargocriterion:
+    name: cargo criterion
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          cargo install cargo-criterion
+      - name: Rust Cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2.6.1
+      - name: Benchmark kcl library
+        shell: bash
+        run: |-
+          cd src/wasm-lib/kcl; cargo criterion
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee994879c..dd6a709ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*
 
+src/wasm-lib/.idea
+
 # rust
 src/wasm-lib/target
 src/wasm-lib/bindings
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2888fefb5..718cd6f7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "pretest": "yarn remove-importmeta",
     "test": "vitest --mode development",
     "test:nowatch": "vitest run --mode development",
-    "test:rust": "(cd src/wasm-lib && cargo test --all && cargo clippy --all --tests)",
+    "test:rust": "(cd src/wasm-lib && cargo test --all && cargo clippy --all --tests --benches)",
     "test:cov": "vitest run --coverage --mode development",
     "simpleserver:ci": "yarn pretest && http-server ./public --cors -p 3000 &",
     "simpleserver": "yarn pretest && http-server ./public --cors -p 3000",
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/Cargo.lock b/src/wasm-lib/Cargo.lock
index 420a3feb1..cb4cb7366 100644
--- a/src/wasm-lib/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -337,6 +343,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -374,6 +386,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "effd91f6c78e5a4ace8a5d3c0b6bfaec9e2baaef55f3efc00e45fb2e477ee926"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdf919175532b369853f5d5e20b26b43112613fd6fe7aee757e35f7a44642656"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defaa24ecc093c77630e6c15e17c51f5e187bf35ee514f4e2d67baaa96dae22b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half 1.8.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clang-sys"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -507,6 +546,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -716,7 +791,7 @@ checksum = "832a761f35ab3e6664babfbdc6cef35a4860e816ec3916dcfd0882954e98a8a8"
 dependencies = [
  "bit_field",
  "flume",
- "half",
+ "half 2.2.1",
  "lebe",
  "miniz_oxide",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -983,6 +1058,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "half"
+version = "1.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eabb4a44450da02c90444cf74558da904edde8fb4e9035a9a6a4e15445af0bd7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -1287,6 +1368,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bson",
  "clap",
+ "criterion",
  "dashmap",
  "derive-docs",
  "expectorate",
@@ -1606,6 +1688,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44d11de466f4a3006fe8a5e7ec84e93b79c70cb992ae0aa0eb631ad2df8abfe2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openapitor"
 version = "0.0.9"
@@ -1839,6 +1927,34 @@ version = "0.3.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2c224ba00d7cadd4d5c660deaf2098e5e80e07846537c51f9cfa4be50c1fd45"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e76628b4d3a7581389a35d5b6e2139607ad7c75b17aed325f210aa91f4a9609"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38f6d39893cca0701371e3c27294f09797214b86f1fb951b89ade8ec04e2abab"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
 version = "0.17.10"
@@ -2853,6 +2969,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "time-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/Cargo.toml b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/Cargo.toml
index 84802b874..3922eb20b 100644
--- a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ panic = "abort"
 debug = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.5.1"
 expectorate = "1.0.7"
 itertools = "0.11.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time"] }
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "compiler_benchmark"
+harness = false
diff --git a/src/wasm-lib/kcl/benches/compiler_benchmark.rs b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/benches/compiler_benchmark.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc0ffa452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wasm-lib/kcl/benches/compiler_benchmark.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+
+pub fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("parse + lex cube program", |b| b.iter(lex_and_parse_cube));
+}
+
+fn lex_and_parse_cube() {
+    let program = r#"
+fn cube = (pos, scale) => {
+  const sg = startSketchAt(pos)
+    |> line([0, scale], %)
+    |> line([scale, 0], %)
+    |> line([0, -scale], %)
+
+  return sg
+}
+
+const b1 = cube([0,0], 10)
+const pt1 = b1[0]
+show(b1)"#;
+    let tokens = kcl_lib::tokeniser::lexer(program);
+    let parser = kcl_lib::parser::Parser::new(tokens);
+    parser.ast().unwrap();
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);