ktlint
An anti-bikeshedding Kotlin linter with built-in formatter (by ktlint)
dokka
API documentation engine for Kotlin (by Kotlin)
| ktlint | dokka | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | |
| 6,705 | 3,777 | |
| 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| 9.4 | 9.1 | |
| 6 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| Kotlin | Kotlin | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ktlint
Posts with mentions or reviews of ktlint.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-10.
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Setting up linting/formatting for an Android project
In my experience, I have faced these issues while trying to keep the code style consistent across the team - 1. ktlint and "Reformat Code" in Android Studio produce different outputs. This causes issues as most developers find it easier to use "Reformat Code" in AS but if you have a ktlint check on CI, the checks sometimes fail. 2. Different AS versions produce different `codeStyles.xml` file. Sometimes, on updating AS, it automatically adds new rules to the `codeStyles.xml` file. These rules might not be compatible with ktlint and might only work on specific AS versions.
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Modern Android Development in 2023
Ktlint
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Three features in Android Studio that maybe you've missed
Not even an Android Studio-specific feature, but rather a feature of the underlying IntelliJ. Just select Code > Analyze code > Silent code cleanup and your entire project will be cleaned up using the default linter (this can be combined awesomely with Ktlint).
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Ask HN: What is a modern Java environment?
Ktlint + Detekt: Kotlin linting/static analysis (https://ktlint.github.io, https://detekt.github.io/detekt)
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Adding Klint to my Android apps
Refs. Klint Page Klint Github
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Supercharge your Kotlin Project
Linting is the process of analyzing code for potential errors and one of the ways we can do that in Kotlin is using Ktlint. As per the documentation:
dokka
Posts with mentions or reviews of dokka.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-13.
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Visualize all Kotlin Interface's in a Repo
You could also use https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/ to similar effect.
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We’ve redesigned multi-module documentation in the new Dokka!
There's also this issue that we want to fix soon: https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/issues/1795 long story short is that if we migrate from JSONs to plain .js files, we should be able to view the documentation without the webserver
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ktlint and dokka you can also consider the following projects:
detekt - Static code analysis for Kotlin
kscript - Scripting enhancements for Kotlin
ktfmt-gradle - A Gradle plugin to apply ktfmt to your builds, and reformat you Kotlin source code like a glimpse 🧹🐘
jtransc - Bytecode to source converting Java & Kotlin code into JavaScript, C++, D, C#, PHP, AS3, Dart and Haxe and run it everywhere. Also use JVM code in your favourite language as a library.
sonarlint-intellij - SonarQube plugin for JetBrains IDEs providing code quality and security feedback directly in the IDE