diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/js/json2cdn/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/js/json2cdn/package.nix
index 08fe7deb843e..0628d91ed482 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/js/json2cdn/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/js/json2cdn/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   gradle_8,
   jre_headless,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
+  tests,
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "json2cdn";
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests.formats-cdn = tests.pkgs-lib.formats.passthru.entries.pass-cdnAtoms;
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Converts a JSON file to dzikoysk's CDN format";
     homepage = "https://github.com/uku3lig/json2cdn";
diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
index 5bf51a7e6fe6..e02a5803ae0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
@@ -310,6 +310,39 @@ rec {
 
   };
 
+  /* dzikoysk's CDN format, see https://github.com/dzikoysk/cdn
+
+    The result is almost identical to YAML when there are no nested properties,
+    but differs enough in the other case to warrant a separate format.
+    (see https://github.com/dzikoysk/cdn#supported-formats)
+
+    Currently used by Panda, Reposilite, and FunnyGuilds (as per the repo's readme).
+  */
+  cdn = {}: json {} // {
+    type = let
+      valueType = nullOr (oneOf [
+        bool
+        int
+        float
+        str
+        path
+        (attrsOf valueType)
+        (listOf valueType)
+      ]) // {
+        description = "CDN value";
+      };
+    in valueType;
+
+    generate = name: value: pkgs.callPackage ({ runCommand, json2cdn }: runCommand name {
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ json2cdn ];
+      value = builtins.toJSON value;
+      passAsFile = [ "value" ];
+      preferLocalBuild = true;
+    } ''
+      json2cdn "$valuePath" > $out
+    '') {};
+  };
+
   /* For configurations of Elixir project, like config.exs or runtime.exs
 
     Most Elixir project are configured using the [Config] Elixir DSL
diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
index 1c6f741353fa..2576c11b6687 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/tests/formats.nix
@@ -533,6 +533,40 @@ in runBuildTests {
     '';
   };
 
+  cdnAtoms = shouldPass {
+    format = formats.cdn { };
+    input = {
+      null = null;
+      false = false;
+      true = true;
+      int = 10;
+      float = 3.141;
+      str = "foo";
+      attrs.foo = null;
+      list = [
+        1
+        null
+      ];
+      path = ./formats.nix;
+    };
+    expected = ''
+      attrs {
+        "foo": null
+      }
+      "false": false
+      "float": 3.141
+      "int": 10
+      list [
+        1,
+        null
+      ]
+      "null": null
+      "path": "${./formats.nix}"
+      "str": "foo"
+      "true": true
+    '';
+  };
+
   # This test is responsible for
   #   1. testing type coercions
   #   2. providing a more readable example test