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Kotlin/anko

Pleasant Android application development observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Kotlin/anko · Kotlin · Apache-2.0 (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4367
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2463
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

15774 stars · 1264 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Anko is a Kotlin library that simplifies Android application development with helpers for intents, dialogs, logging, a DSL for dynamic layouts, and SQLite query utilities. It is officially deprecated and no longer maintained by JetBrains.

Use cases

  • write android layouts in kotlin without xml
  • simplify android sqlite cursor parsing
  • show dialogs and toasts with less boilerplate
  • start activities and share intents from kotlin
  • run async code inside click listeners with coroutines

When to choose

  • maintaining a legacy Android project already using Anko
  • learning how Kotlin DSLs for Android UI evolved historically

When to avoid

  • starting a new Android project - it is deprecated
  • wanting long-term support or updates
  • building modern UIs - use Jetpack Compose instead

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

ui-components database logging concurrency mobile-development android-tools developer-tools jvm android-sdk-helpers layout-dsl sqlite-dsl coroutines deprecated android

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Kotlin/ankomain10

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