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  • Provide financial support to Kotlin ecosystem projects.
  • Control incompatible changes to the language.
  • Preserve the Kotlin trademarks.

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  • 2.5M
    developers regularly write
    Kotlin code.
  • 1.65M
    GitHub repositories currently use Kotlin as a primary language.
  • 400+
    universities all over the world are teaching Kotlin.

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highlights from 2024

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February 20, 2025

Building a Better Developer Experience: A Collaboration Between Gradle, Google, and JetBrains

Developers are at the heart of everything we do. You are the ones who create all of those new things to make the world better. To do that effectively, you need tools to rely on that are powerful yet easy to use. That’s why Kotlin was created. But the language is only a part of the story – you needRead more

February 17, 2025

The Kotlin Foundation Annual Report 2024

Our 2024 Annual Report is now available, offering an overview of last year’s initiatives and milestones within the Kotlin ecosystem. The report covers significant programs such as the Kotlin Multiplatform Student Contest, the Grants Program, and our ongoing involvement in Google Summer of CodeRead more

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KotlinConf 2024 Keynote
KotlinConf 2024 Keynote
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