If you had $500 of tokens to burn until the end of the work week... What would you use them on?

🐘 Top 5 Gradle tasks for Kotlin Multiplatform 🐘 1. wasmJsBrowserDevelopmentRun 2. linkReleaseFrameworkIosArm64 3. kotlinUpgradeYarnLock 4. compileKotlinJvm 4. embedAndSignAppleFrameworkForXcode 5. firstNotNullOfOrNull

A quick reminder for the 3-year anniversary of this blog post: "KMM" is deprecated. As in, we no longer use "KMM" to talk about Kotlin Multiplatform for the mobile use case. It's all just called KMP now!

Update on the Name of Kotlin Multiplatform - The JetBrains Blog

From now on, “Kotlin Multiplatform” (KMP) is the preferred term when referring to the Kotlin technology for sharing code across different platforms, regardless of the combination of targets being discussed.

blog.jetbrains.com

It is hard to believe it has been 5 years since Compose 1.0.0! Amazing to have been a tiny part of this journey. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/five-years-of-jetpack-compose.html

Celebrating 5 years of Jetpack Compose

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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If you had $500 of tokens to burn until the end of the work week... What would you use them on?

POV: you tried opening Facebook but you're too quick on the keyboard

Some cool new features just dropped on https://klibs.io/ai You can now connect your agents with Klibsio using either MCP or a dedicated skill. Check out the page for more info!

Klibs.io — Search 4000+ KMP projects

AI-powered search engine for Kotlin Multiplatform projects. Explore the best KMP packages, access metadata, and learn about the authors.

klibs.io

Good news for all you AGP fans out there... IntelilJ IDEA 2026.2 Beta includes support for Android Gradle Plugin 9.1.0! Grab it from Toolbox today.

Having a 1 TB SSD means I can only try developing projects in one ecosystem at a time. There simply isn't enough storage to pull the dependencies for mobile things *and* Docker images for something backend-related at the same time...

Good morning to a new splash screen in @intellijidea.com 🎉 Happy cake day, @kotlinlang.org 🍰

If you have a "copy link" feature and you don't inject garbage into it... Thank you ❤️

Turns out that learning to create THING slowly, manually over time lets you gain experience with THING, and you can develop a fundamental understanding of what actually makes THING good. If the cost of creating THING drops to ~0, these skills and *taste* are what really matter.

We started publishing the recordings from KotlinConf on the Kotlin YouTube channel! Make sure you're subscribed to catch them all:

Kotlin by JetBrains - YouTube

Concise. Multiplatform. Fun.Kotlin is a concise, cross-platform programming language developed by JetBrains.Expand your Kotlin skills with the official YouTu...

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Kotlin Multiplatform – Build Cross-Platform Apps

Kotlin Multiplatform is a technology for reusing up to 100% of your code across Android, iOS, web, and desktop, with Compose Multiplatform for shared UIs.

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What's an important announcement without a blog post that dives into the full details? Nothing, I tell you! So here's all you need to know about the move from Amper to Kotlin Toolchain: blog.jetbrains.com/a... And of course, you also get lots of new features in this release!

Kotlin Toolchain 0.11: The Next Step for Amper - The JetBrains Blog

Amper 0.11.0 is out, and has evolved into the Kotlin Toolchain! It is now Alpha, and brings a ton of improvements with it.

blog.jetbrains.com

Why the heck does Google Maps on Android have an incognito mode

I have so much respect for library creators! And so does the Kotlin Foundation 😍. You can now get financial support for your library expansion with the grant program - entries close 14 July.

Kotlin by JetBrains@kotlinlang.org · 2mo ago

Applications are now open for a new round of the Kotlin Foundation Grant Program for library authors! If you're maintaining open-source Kotlin Multiplatform projects, including libraries, tools, and frameworks, apply here 👇 https://kotlinfoundation.org/news/grant-program-for-library-authors-2026/

The grants from the Kotlin Foundation are a great way to get support for significant projects in the Kotlin ecosystem! Read on below for the details:

Kotlin by JetBrains@kotlinlang.org · 2mo ago

Applications are now open for a new round of the Kotlin Foundation Grant Program for library authors! If you're maintaining open-source Kotlin Multiplatform projects, including libraries, tools, and frameworks, apply here 👇 https://kotlinfoundation.org/news/grant-program-for-library-authors-2026/

Latest hobby: muting people who post AI generated infographics about tech.

Pros of Maven Central: - It's centralized Cons of Maven Central: - It's centralized

🎉 Kotlin turns 15 this year! 🎉  As part of the celebration, we've brought the Kotlin Effect into real life – making everyday situations more concise, efficient, and fun. Explore the Kotlin Effect further: kotl.in/6xzc69

The projects produced by the KMP wizard are now also pushed to a GitHub repo, so you can monitor what exactly in there changes over time. (See the different branches for the different configurations!)

GitHub - Kotlin/kmp-wizard: Version history for Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard projects.

Version history for Kotlin Multiplatform Wizard projects. - Kotlin/kmp-wizard

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Doing a live Q&A in ~10 minutes about Compose Multiplatform, Compose Hot Reload, KMP in general, and who knows what else! Join us here:

Live Q&A with Márton Braun

We will talk about Compose Multiplatform, hot reload, custom styling and theming. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5440967191953408

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Back from vacation - let's go!

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What's your best advice for building things with KMP? Wrong answers only.

Boring advice, but important: be sure to keep your tools up-to-date to get the latest and greatest tooling features for Kotlin Multiplatform! For example, Android Studio Quail is finally based on IntelliJ 2026.1, so you get some new goodies with the KMP IDE plugin there.

I don't love it when conferences start accepting talk submissions before their CFP is closed. If you're going to do this, I think the CFP should clearly state that the final deadline is not the only one, and that earlier submissions will have a better chance of making it in.

KMP requires an umbrella module for native iOS integration, but what if you want to version/update multiple features independently? 💡 You can publish klibs of your KMP features (no binaries), and then build a final umbrella framework in the iOS project:

GitHub - zsmb13/ios-side-umbrella

Contribute to zsmb13/ios-side-umbrella development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Want your own little Kodee figurine? Well, you can now 3D print one, thanks to a creator in our community: