Kotlin

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Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of Kotlin’s standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be more concise. Kotlin mainly targets the JVM, but also compiles to JavaScript (e.g., for frontend web applications using React) or native code (via LLVM); e.g., for native iOS apps sharing business logic with Android apps.

Release Released Security Support Latest
2.0 6 months ago
(21 May 2024)
Yes 2.0.21
(10 Oct 2024)
1.9 1 year and 5 months ago
(06 Jul 2023)
Ended 6 months ago
(21 May 2024)
1.9.25
(19 Jul 2024)
1.8 1 year and 11 months ago
(28 Dec 2022)
Ended 1 year and 5 months ago
(06 Jul 2023)
1.8.22
(07 Jun 2023)
1.7 2 years and 5 months ago
(09 Jun 2022)
Ended 1 year and 11 months ago
(28 Dec 2022)
1.7.22
(28 Nov 2022)
1.6 3 years ago
(15 Nov 2021)
Ended 2 years and 5 months ago
(09 Jun 2022)
1.6.21
(19 Apr 2022)
1.5 3 years and 7 months ago
(26 Apr 2021)
Ended 3 years ago
(29 Nov 2021)
1.5.32
(29 Nov 2021)
1.4 4 years ago
(14 Aug 2020)
Ended 3 years and 7 months ago
(26 Apr 2021)
1.4.32
(22 Mar 2021)
1.3 6 years ago
(29 Oct 2018)
Ended 4 years ago
(14 Aug 2020)
1.3.72
(15 Apr 2020)

Kotlin support policy is not clearly defined. But usually only the latest version sees active development and gets bug and security fixes.

API Compatibility

Development is supported for three previous API versions, along with the current stable one.

More information is available on the Kotlin website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
kotlinc-native -version
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