If you haven’t heard of Jetpack Compose, where have you been lately? Google created this declarative UI framework to replace the standard XML layout engine in Android. Compose lets developers create their layouts and accompanying logic all in Kotlin. JetBrains, the company behind Kotlin, also got in on the Compose action and is working on porting it to both desktop and the web.
JetBrains Compose for Desktop and Web has been in development for a while now. It’s had a public pre-alpha “Technology Preview” that developers can use to create cross-platform apps in Compose. I’ve personally used it for my Samsung Firmware Downloader app, and it works pretty well.
Today, JetBrains is promoting its version of Compose to alpha. That means a more stable API, along with some new features and changes.

If you haven’t heard of Jetpack Compose, where have you been lately? Google created this declarative UI framework to replace the standard XML layout engine in Android. Compose lets developers create their layouts and accompanying logic all in Kotlin. JetBrains, the company behind Kotlin, also got in on the Compose action and is working on porting it to both desktop and the web.

JetBrains Compose for Desktop and Web has been in development for a while now. It’s had a public pre-alpha “Technology Preview” that developers can use to create cross-platform apps in Compose. I’ve personally used it for my Samsung Firmware Downloader app, and it works pretty well.

Today, JetBrains is promoting its version of Compose to alpha. That means a more stable API, along with some new features and changes.

JetBrains Compose for Desktop and Web is now in alpha