Amper becomes Kotlin Toolchain

NickJun 23, 2026

I was wondering when version 0.11 of Amper might be released, only to discover that it has been rebranded as the Kotlin Toolchain.

Other than the rebrand, it doesn't look like much has changed. The main difference seems to be that the script needed to bootstrap a project can now be installed globally, via SDKMAN or a curl command (or an invocation of Powershell for those on Windows).

It's not perfect, and there are a few rough edges - e.g., the progress bar not working in the Linux terminal available on work PCs, or the fact that it doesn't currently play well with applications that read from standard input - but hopefully those rough edges will be smoothed out in due time.

It certainly offers a simpler and more streamlined experience than Gradle, making it preferable for teaching purposes.


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