kobweb VS vaadin-on-kotlin

Compare kobweb vs vaadin-on-kotlin and see what are their differences.

kobweb

A modern framework for full stack web apps in Kotlin, built upon Compose HTML (by varabyte)

vaadin-on-kotlin

Writing full-stack statically-typed web apps on JVM at its simplest (by mvysny)
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kobweb vaadin-on-kotlin
17 2
1,243 179
7.2% -
9.9 8.7
6 days ago 24 days ago
Kotlin Kotlin
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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kobweb

Posts with mentions or reviews of kobweb. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-20.
  • Kotlin Multiplatform User Survey: Q2 2023
    3 projects | /r/Kotlin | 20 Apr 2023
    Done, added "Other" and "None of the above" options. Thanks for the feedback! Btw, were you talking about this library: https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb?
  • On the Compose HTML rebranding (TL;DR - everything is fine!)
    8 projects | /r/Kotlin | 15 Apr 2023
    Aaaaand sourcemap config done: https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb/commit/84e17b710d92332efdb37abb887e546a7f03c73d
    8 projects | /r/Kotlin | 15 Apr 2023
    Here are two sites I'm in the process of writing. They're still early days, but if you want to measure them in lighthouse and compare them to React sites that you may know, they can serve a rough benchmark for Compose HTML: https://kobweb.varabyte.com/, https://bitspittle.dev/
    8 projects | /r/Kotlin | 15 Apr 2023
    Kobweb (my own project) - A framework for full stack web apps in Kotlin, built upon Compose HTML
  • JetBrains Compose is now Compose Multiplatform
    5 projects | /r/Kotlin | 12 Apr 2023
    (For people who don't know Kobweb, you can read more at https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb, but until I update it, please replace "Compose for Web" to "Compose HTML" in your head, thanks!)
  • How can I learn Kotlin web development?
    3 projects | /r/Kotlin | 26 Mar 2023
    I'm actively working on https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb, which builds on top of Compose for Web and adds some extra support to make it a little easier for Android developers to get into. (You will ultimately need to learn html / css but I believe Kobweb makes that a little easier to start getting used to it).
  • How relevant is it to use Kotlin for frontend development?
    2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 20 Feb 2023
    https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb is Compose for Web using DOM rendering instead of Canvas with a Jamstack like approach. Worth to try and if it later upgrade from Kotlin/JS to Kotlin/Wasm, it could really become something big …
  • Tech-stack for web application using Kotlin?
    6 projects | /r/Kotlin | 15 Feb 2023
    I'm working on https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb which is not mature, but you might want to check it out anyway?
  • The Potential of Kotlin/WASM
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Feb 2023
    This is indeed a very important point, and I care deeply about that.

    For Compose for Web, there has been I think a lot of debate to decide if the Web rendering should be Canvas or DOM based. At least for now, it seems the official support is focusing on Canvas rendering for pixel-perfect rendering, and it already works with Koltin/Wasm, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34779746. This choice is probably driven by Kotlin current mobile app main use case.

    But via community-driven project like https://github.com/varabyte/kobweb or https://github.com/mpetuska/kmdc, Compose for Web can also be a good Web citizen and perform DOM based rendering.

  • front-end framework for kotlin
    2 projects | /r/Kotlin | 22 Jun 2022
    I'm working on an opinionated framework on top of their framework called Kobweb, but depending on your goals it may be sightly too early to use it.

vaadin-on-kotlin

Posts with mentions or reviews of vaadin-on-kotlin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-17.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kobweb and vaadin-on-kotlin you can also consider the following projects:

ktor - Framework for quickly creating connected applications in Kotlin with minimal effort

javalin - A simple and modern Java and Kotlin web framework [Moved to: https://github.com/javalin/javalin]

kvision - Object oriented web framework for Kotlin/JS

Svelte - Cybernetically enhanced web apps

Doodle - A pure Kotlin UI framework for the Web (and desktop).

krawler - A web crawling framework written in Kotlin

GraphQL Kotlin - Libraries for running GraphQL in Kotlin

kog - 🌶 A simple Kotlin web framework inspired by Clojure's Ring.

lambda-kotlin-request-router - A REST request routing layer for AWS lambda handlers written in Kotlin

Kanary - A minimalist web framework for building REST APIs in Kotlin/Java.

Jooby - The modular web framework for Java and Kotlin