Dependency injection in kotlin? The android docs s...

# getting-started

[Sam Howes]

Dependency injection in kotlin?
The android docs say to use Hilt, which uses Dagger. The next top result is Koin…
I’m doing command line + server apps on jvm at the moment. Any recommendations?

[Matteo Mirk]

these are other nice libs you can check out:
• https://github.com/Rasalexman/KODI
• https://github.com/Kodein-Framework/Kodein-DI
• https://github.com/gouline/kapsule

[KamilH]

I think most of them are Service Locators. If you’re looking for DI library these two might be interesting for you:
• https://github.com/evant/kotlin-inject
• https://github.com/corbella83/PopKorn

[Marcus Brito]

There’s nothing really wrong with Guice if you’re comfortable with that (assuming you mean runtime dependency injection)

[Michael Evans]

I'm really liking koin https://insert-koin.io/

[Stephan Schroeder]

The one time we build a Kotlin server app without Spring, we used Ktor and Koin (which was very straightforward/lightweight and worked like a charm).

[Matteo Mirk]

@Sam Howes if you’re doing mostly CLI and server just discard the libs specific for Android, like Hilt

[Sam Howes]

@Matteo Mirk would you personally use Dagger over Koin?

[Matteo Mirk]

Both operate at compile-time, which is desirable to me. If the choice is just between the two, I’d go with Koin because I prefer using explicit DSL over annotations.

[Sam Howes]

Thanks!