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Compose Hot Reload: Make changes to your UI code in a Compose Multiplatform application, and see the results in real time. No restarts required. Compose Hot Reload runs your application on the JetBrains Runtime and intelligently reloads your code whenever it is changed. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/JetBrains/compose-hot-reload · Kotlin · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

87/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 95
  • Longevity 48
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 13.0
  • age_days: 685
  • days_rel: 33
  • days_push: 11
  • n_releases_24m: 39

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1416 stars · 44 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

JetBrains' Compose Hot Reload is a Gradle plugin and runtime that lets developers change UI code in Compose Multiplatform applications and see results instantly without restarting. It runs the app on the JetBrains Runtime and intelligently reloads changed code.

Use cases

  • hot reload Compose Multiplatform UI during development
  • see UI changes in real time without restarting the app
  • speed up desktop UI iteration in Kotlin
  • live-edit Compose code on JVM

When to choose

  • developing Compose Multiplatform apps with a JVM/desktop target
  • iterating quickly on Compose UI design

When to avoid

  • project has no JVM target
  • using older Kotlin or Compose Multiplatform versions

Facets

library · maturity active

build-tool developer-tools frontend cross-platform developer-tools jvm cli desktop

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
JetBrains/compose-hot-reloadmain87

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