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Kotlin Multiplatform
Share code between Android, iOS, web, and desktop from a single Kotlin codebase
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Scalability
very high
Performance
very high
Learning Curve
steep
Maturity
stable
Languages: Kotlin
Architecture: cross-platform, native, shared-logic
When to Use
- +Native + code sharing
- +Android team expanding to iOS
- +Shared business logic
When Not to Use
- -Web-first team
- -Simple apps
- -No Kotlin experience
Strengths
- Native performance
- Code sharing
- Kotlin ecosystem
- JetBrains backing
Weaknesses
- Kotlin learning curve
- iOS integration complexity
- Tooling maturing
Operations
Maintenance
medium
Monitoring
medium
Backup/Recovery
moderate
Hosting: self-hosted
Quick Facts
- Category
- Mobile Framework
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- large
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- rapidly growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- low
- Data Portability
- moderate
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
smallmediumlargeenterprise
Use Cases
- Shared business logic
- Cross-platform apps
- SDK development
- Enterprise apps
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