Is there a page or issue somewhere that has the s...

# fleet

[Romain Komorn]

Is there a page or issue somewhere that has the status of Fleet on macOS vs other platforms? I've seen at least one place where "Fleet supports KMP only on macOS" (for whatever definition of "supports"). I don't have anything running macOS at the moment, so I'm trying to figure out if it's worth embarking on using Fleet for KMP work on Windows "yet".

[Richard]

The issue is the platform/Apple itself. Apple only allows Apple development on their platform (macOS).

[Richard]

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/kotlin-multiplatform-dev/faq.html#which-operating-systems-can-work-with-kotlin-multiplatform

[Romain Komorn]

Right, but the wording is "Fleet supports Kotlin Multiplatform only on macOS" , not "Fleet supports KMP with iOS targets only on macOS".

If the problem with the tutorial on that page is that you need a Mac because one of the targets is iOS, then the current wording's confusing.

[Richard]

You can compile apple target on non apple machines now -> https://kotlinlang.org/docs/multiplatform-publish-lib.html#compilation-for-apple-targets
but as it's still experimental they probably haven't yet changed the wording yet.

For now it's probably best to have an apple as soon as you add an apple target.

[Romain Komorn]

I don't have an Apple target which is why I don't particularly care about any of that.

I'm just trying to get a sense of whether I'm should expect to run into issues with KMP and Fleet on Windows just because I'm not using a Mac (even though I'm not targeting any Apple platform) because "Fleet supports Kotlin Multiplatform only on macOS".

Basically, the difference between "you need macOS if you target Apple platforms" and "you need macOS no matter what because JetBrains is only actively working on KMP support in Fleet on that platform".

[Richard]

I agree, the wording could be better. You should be totally fine to develop KMP related stuff on Windows when you don't need apple as target. You should also be fine when you have apple as target you will just not be able to run anything apple target related. Btw on a side note, I am not from JetBrains, just a lurker trying to help 😉

[Romain Komorn]

Yes I realize that (the lurker bit). 🙂

[Romain Komorn]

I shall give Fleet a shot then.

[Richard]

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/02/kotlin-multiplatform-tooling-shifting-gears/

Maybe not ;-)

[Romain Komorn]

🤣

[Romain Komorn]

What a world we live in.

[Romain Komorn]

Right back to IntelliJ I go then.