# Kotlin/anko

Pleasant Android application development

Repository: https://github.com/Kotlin/anko
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anko
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kotlin, android
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-05T08:59:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4367, "days_push": 2463, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15774, forks 1264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:14.081592+00:00)

## What it is
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 It is officially deprecated and no longer maintained by JetBrains.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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, database, logging, concurrency
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: android-sdk-helpers, layout-dsl, sqlite-dsl, coroutines, deprecated, android

## Member repositories
- Kotlin/anko (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.081592+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:05:32.670221+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kotlin/anko (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:14.081592+00:00, sha 1e7bc8f0eef1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.