JetBrains/amper

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived no_license

Adoption not part of the score

1748 stars · 53 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Amper is a build tool for Kotlin and Java with a focus on user experience and IDE tooling, supporting Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose. The repository has been archived and the project moved into the JetBrains Kotlin Toolchain repository.

Use cases

• build kotlin multiplatform projects
• replace gradle with a simpler kotlin build tool
• build java projects with better ide integration
• build compose multiplatform apps
• configure jvm builds with yaml

When to choose

• you want a simpler, tooling-first alternative to Gradle for Kotlin/Java projects
• you are already using the Kotlin Toolchain where Amper now lives
• you build Kotlin Multiplatform or Compose projects and value IDE integration

When to avoid

• you need a build tool maintained in this original repository, which is archived
• you rely on the vast Gradle plugin ecosystem
• you need highly customized build logic beyond Amper's declarative model

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

build-tool developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cross-platform jvm kotlin java kotlin-multiplatform jetbrains compose-multiplatform archived-repository tooling build-tool intellij

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