Many programs don't require a sophisticated UI.
This project provides a super simple Kotlin console API -- and simple console- and compose-based implementations for Web, Android, iOS and desktop/JVM.
open class Konsole {
open fun println(message: Any? = "")
open fun readln(label: String? = null, callback: (String) -> Unit)
suspend fun readln(label: String? = null): String // Implemented based on the callback variant
}
The goal is to make it super easy to write simple Kotlin programs that run on all platforms and look "ok" utilizing a chat-like appearance.
Of course a console API is not the "right" interface for everything, but it might be a good starting point to test out an idea or to demonstrate a programming concept without investing heavily into UI development. And there are modern applications using this kind of dialog interface, for instance assistant plugins or chat bots.
:composeApp:run -- run the "Desktop" demo as a compose GUI app
-q --console=plain :demo:jvmRun -- run the JVM command line demo
:composeApp:wasmJsBrowserDevelopmentRun -- run the compose browser demo