使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 ki

项目链接

• 主页
• 上游文档
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• ki

项目历史

The project grew out of Sparklin. The repository README describes it as the former Sparklin shell migrated to Kotlin's newer scripting and REPL infrastructure and generalized into the Kotlin Language Interactive Shell. Early GitHub releases in 2018 were still named Sparklin; by 2021 the release stream and JetBrains announcement presented it as `ki`.

采用历史

The README documents distribution through Maven Central archives, SDKMAN!, Arch Linux AUR, Homebrew, and MacPorts. JetBrains' 2021 Kotlin blog post positioned `ki` as a better standalone shell alongside the built-in `kotlinc` and IntelliJ IDEA REPL options.

使用方式

Package users install `ki` to try Kotlin snippets, load JVM dependencies from Maven coordinates during an interactive session, inspect declared symbols, and run a Kotlin REPL from a terminal without opening an IDE.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

`ki` matters because it is an official Kotlin-team package that turns a language REPL into something closer to a shell-oriented package-manager experience: install a launcher, pull dependencies by coordinates, and explore JVM libraries interactively.

时间线

• 2017: Kotlin/kotlin-interactive-shell repository created on GitHub.
• 2018: GitHub releases were published under the Sparklin name.
• 2021: JetBrains announced `ki` as the next interactive shell for Kotlin.
• 2022: The 0.4.x release series continued under the Kotlin Language Interactive Shell repository.

Related projects

• The README points to Kotlin/kotlin-spark-shell as the Apache Spark adaptation and keeps the earlier Sparklin version in a separate repository branch.

来源

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/04/ki-the-next-interactive-shell-for-kotlin/
• https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-interactive-shell
• https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-interactive-shell/releases
• https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-spark-shell