The shell is an extensible implementation of Kotlin REPL with a rich set of features including:
The project is the former Sparklin shell migrated to the new Kotlin scripting and REPL infrastructure and converted to a generic Kotlin Language Interactive Shell.
The Apache Spark adaptation of it is located in a separate repository.
The previous version of the Sparklin is accessible in the sparklin
branch.
You can download archive from Maven Central:
bin/ki.sh
for Linux/Mac or bin\ki.bat
for WindowsInstall with SDKMAN! with the following command:
sdk install ki
After installation you can launch ki
with either ki
or ki.sh
comman.
On Arch Linux, there's an AUR package available.
After installation, you can run the shell through ki
.
Install with Homebrew with the following command:
brew install ki
Install with MacPorts with the following command:
sudo port install ki-shell
To build from source use:
git clone https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-interactive-shell
cd kotlin-interactive-shell
mvn -DskipTests package
It may be useful to build the project with a specific version of Kotlin. To do so use:
mvn -Dkotlin.version=1.4.10 -DskipTests package
To start the shell, run bin/ki.sh
on Linux and macOS. On Windows, use bin\ki.bat
instead.
To exit the shell, type :q
or :quit
.
The following options are supported:
:repository https://myrepo.org username=user password=pwd
:repository https://myrepo.org username:user password:pwd
:repository https:myrepo.org ./path/to/file
# properties file should contain
# username=john
# password=johnpwd