Guides for Kotlin scripting use case

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/Kotlin

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  • kotter

    A declarative, Kotlin-idiomatic API for writing dynamic console applications.

  • clikt

    Multiplatform command line interface parsing for Kotlin

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • mosaic

    An experimental tool for building console UI in Kotlin using the Jetpack Compose compiler/runtime (by JakeWharton)

  • Zircon

    Zircon is an extensible and user-friendly, multiplatform tile engine.

  • mordant

    Multiplatform text styling for Kotlin command-line applications

  • ktx

    npx for kotlin and the JVM! Install and execute jars or kotlin scripts just like any other command line utility. (by mpetuska)

  • kotlinx-cli

    Pure Kotlin implementation of a generic CLI parser.

    (And some less good ones https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-cli, despite being official)

  • InfluxDB

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  • github-workflows-kt

    Authoring GitHub Actions workflows in Kotlin. You won't go back to YAML!

    The github-workflows-kt project uses Kotlin scripting, and it recommends doing everything using main.kts, because it's easier.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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