just so i understand i see people from G around this subject does it mean that google is involved in jetpack compose? as opposed to jetbrains?

They are not opposed. They work together.

Well, we (Google) created Jetpack Compose for Android. We work closely with JetBrains on Kotlin and Android Studio, and now JetBrains is making a desktop version of Compose (submitting all their changes to the Jetpack Compose repository)

yes, compose desktop is part of the same upstream repository: https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:compose/

thanks to all who helped me wrapping my head around it

@Adam Powell Just curious, why compose-navigation is kept under a different repo - https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:navigation/navigation-compose/ ? Any plans to eventually add it to compose repo?

It's part of the jetpack navigation component rather than part of compose itself