StackShareStackShare
Follow on
StackShare

Discover and share technology stacks from companies around the world.

Follow on

© 2025 StackShare. All rights reserved.

Product

  • Stacks
  • Tools
  • Feed

Company

  • About
  • Contact

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Ktor
ByHosamHosam

Ktor

#15in Microframeworks
Discussions2
Followers339
OverviewDiscussions2AdoptionAlternativesIntegrations
Try It

What is Ktor?

It is a framework for building asynchronous servers and clients in connected systems using the Kotlin programming language.

Ktor is a tool in the Microframeworks category of a tech stack.

Key Features

UnopinionatedAsynchronousTestable

Ktor Pros & Cons

Pros of Ktor

  • ✓Simple & Small
  • ✓Kotlin native
  • ✓Light weight
  • ✓High performance

Cons of Ktor

  • ✗Not self-explanatory: relies on Kotlin "magic"
  • ✗Relatively fresh technology - not a lot of expertise

Ktor Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Ktor?

ExpressJS

ExpressJS

Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.

Flask

Flask

Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.

Django REST framework

Django REST framework

It is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.

FastAPI

FastAPI

It is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.

Sinatra

Sinatra

Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.

Koa

Koa

Koa aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Through leveraging generators Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error-handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware.

Try It

Visit Website

Adoption

On StackShare

Ktor Integrations

Linux, Windows, IntelliJ IDEA, Kotlin, macOS are some of the popular tools that integrate with Ktor. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with Ktor.

Linux
Linux
Windows
Windows
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
Kotlin
Kotlin
macOS
macOS

Ktor Discussions

Discover why developers choose Ktor. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Manoj M
Manoj M

Student

Jul 17, 2022

Needs adviceonExpressJSExpressJSKtorKtor

We are going to develop a Carrier Advisor Application based on the AI And ML predictions. for this which backed language (ExpressJS or Ktor) is better to use?

0 views0
Comments
Shabana KHATRI -AWSINDIA-
Shabana KHATRI -AWSINDIA-

Jan 29, 2022

Needs adviceonKtorKtor

Is it advisable to switch to Ktor for Android ?

0 views0
Comments
Companies
26
APDRSH+20
Developers
151
SPTDCA+145