Kotlin IDEs & Tools
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This page lists the IDEs and editors most commonly used to write Kotlin, with a link to each product’s official page. IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio offer the most complete Kotlin support, since Kotlin is developed by JetBrains, while the editor-based options cover lighter workflows.
IDEs
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IntelliJ IDEA — JetBrains' IDE, which bundles Kotlin support, refactoring and a Java-to-Kotlin converter.
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Android Studio — Google’s official IDE for Android, built on the IntelliJ platform with Kotlin as the default language.
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Eclipse Kotlin plugin — adds Kotlin editing and compilation to the Eclipse IDE.
Editors with extensions
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VS Code Kotlin extension — Kotlin language support for Visual Studio Code, powered by a language server.