Integrating modern generative AI capabilities into Kotlin applications shouldn’t require juggling raw HTTP clients or bridging disparate Java libraries. Today, we’re excited to announce the 1.0 release of the Google Gen AI SDK for Kotlin (google-genai-kotlin). You can dive right into the code, explore runnable samples, and star the project today on GitHub at googleapis/kotlin-genai.
Built from the ground up as a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) library, the SDK brings idiomatic Kotlin paradigms (including first-class Coroutines, asynchronous Flow streaming, and immutable data classes with named and default parameters) to developers targeting both the JVM (backend services, serverless functions, desktop) and Android.
The SDK provides a unified surface to interact with both the Gemini Developer API (Google AI Studio) and the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (on Google Cloud) with minimal configuration tweaks.
1. Getting started: Adding the dependency
The SDK is published to Maven Central under com.google.genai:google-genai-kotlin.
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
For multiplatform applications, add the dependency to your commonMain source set:
