Is there any way to precompile a main.kts script?

# scripting

[eygraber]

Is there any way to precompile a main.kts script?

[darkmoon_uk]

If your use-case is just faster execution from yor own CLI, then kscript will do this for you (really well!)

[gildor]

I believe there is already caching of script in standard kotli, but probaly you want not just precompile kts, but also include dependencies, right?

[gildor]

Because just to precompile class itself is enough just call kotlinc your-script.kts

[eygraber]

@darkmoon_uk I was originally using kscript but I needed slightly more functionality than they offer. I was wondering if kotlinc caught up to it yet.

@gildor yes, I want to include dependencies

[gildor]

If you want to include all runtime dependencies you need fat jar which will include all the dependencies, not just script compilation

I would recomemnd just to use standard Kotlin JVM project with Gradle instead, it gives a lot more flexibility with minimal setup