--- title: Can JetBrains give backend devs a way to write... description: JetBrains is exploring whether Compose Multiplatform could extend to server-rendered UI for the web, letting backend developers write component-based UIs in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-give-backend-devs-a-way-to-write-server-rendered-ui-in-kotlin--bgzyudwhj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Can JetBrains give backend devs a way to write server-rendered UI in Kotlin? | daily.dev og:description: JetBrains is exploring whether Compose Multiplatform could extend to server-rendered UI for the web, letting backend developers write component-based UIs in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-give-backend-devs-a-way-to-write-server-rendered-ui-in-kotlin--bgzyudwhj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bGzYUDwHJ.png og:image:alt: Can JetBrains give backend devs a way to write server-rendered UI in Kotlin? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Can JetBrains give backend devs a way to write server-rendered UI in Kotlin? **[Kotlin Backend Guild](https://daily.dev/sources/kotlinbackendguild)** · [@henrybrown](https://daily.dev/henrybrown) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JetBrains is exploring whether Compose Multiplatform could extend to server-rendered UI for the web, letting backend developers write component-based UIs in Kotlin. The team is in early talks with maintainers of Kobweb, Kilua, and Summon, and the Spring team has reportedly expressed interest in experimenting once a JVM target is added to Compose HTML. Nothing is shipped yet; this is exploratory discussion about direction. ## Content This speculative post explores the possibility of using Compose Multiplatform to provide the ability to write component-based UIs for targeting the web on the server. The exciting quote: “We are already talking to framework maintainers from Kobweb, Kilua, and Summon to gather their perspective, as well as the Spring team, which has expressed interest in experimenting once a JVM target is added to Compose HTML.” [https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/08/exploring-compose-html-for-server-side-rendering/](https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026/08/exploring-compose-html-for-server-side-rendering/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Exploring Compose HTML for Server Side Rendering](https://daily.dev/posts/exploring-compose-html-for-server-side-rendering-mpyptshna) · JetBrains · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Kotlin Weekly \#530](https://daily.dev/posts/kotlin-weekly-530-l4m31orey) · Kotlin Weekly · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why we love multiplatform with Kotlin and Compose](https://daily.dev/posts/why-we-love-multiplatform-with-kotlin-and-compose-ygw5twyaa) · Q42 Engineering · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Compose & kotlinx.html](https://daily.dev/posts/compose-kotlinx-html-bwnvtjbsl) · Jake Wharton · 3 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#jetbrains](https://daily.dev/tags/jetbrains), [#compose-multiplatform](https://daily.dev/tags/compose-multiplatform) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-give-backend-devs-a-way-to-write-server-rendered-ui-in-kotlin--bgzyudwhj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/can-jetbrains-give-backend-devs-a-way-to-write-server-rendered-ui-in-kotlin--bgzyudwhj","headline":"Can JetBrains give backend devs a way to write server-rendered UI in Kotlin?","text":"JetBrains is exploring whether Compose Multiplatform could extend to server-rendered UI for the web, letting backend developers write component-based UIs in Kotlin. 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