--- title: Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally... description: A preview of a Codemotion Madrid 2026 talk by JetBrains' Wout Werkman comparing Java's Virtual Threads (Project Loom, introduced in Java 21) with Kotlin's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally There? | daily.dev og:description: A preview of a Codemotion Madrid 2026 talk by JetBrains' Wout Werkman comparing Java's Virtual Threads (Project Loom, introduced in Java 21) with Kotlin's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cvtTFhCqG.png og:image:alt: Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally There? 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. # Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally There? **[Codemotion](https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion)** · 4 min read · 52 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A preview of a Codemotion Madrid 2026 talk by JetBrains' Wout Werkman comparing Java's Virtual Threads (Project Loom, introduced in Java 21) with Kotlin's coroutines. The piece covers the history of Java's concurrency limitations, how Kotlin coroutines addressed them, and how Java responded with Virtual Threads, Scoped Values, and Structured Concurrency APIs. The central question is whether Java has finally closed the gap with Kotlin's long-standing concurrency model. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jakhongirshohkhudoyorov** · 4 upvotes > trash **@ar0m** · 1 upvotes > coroutine should dead ten years ago. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Project Loom in IntelliJ IDEA: Virtual Threads, Scoped Values, and Structured Concurrency](https://daily.dev/posts/project-loom-in-intellij-idea-virtual-threads-scoped-values-and-structured-concurrency-553sohxk8) · JetBrains · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Modern Java - Past](https://daily.dev/posts/modern-java---past-egxgtpb3k) · nipafx \(Nicolai Parlog\) · 15 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally There?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg"},"datePublished":"2026-03-30T09:24:34.379Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T09:25:00.434Z","description":"A preview of a Codemotion Madrid 2026 talk by JetBrains' Wout Werkman comparing Java's Virtual Threads (Project Loom, introduced in Java 21) with Kotlin's...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/17a154a15a8c78723362569f58569825?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/17a154a15a8c78723362569f58569825?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Codemotion","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Codemotion","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/008c4c0fe1ba4cd3b6a6740d442d242b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":52},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"java,kotlin","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Codemotion","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/codemotion"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Virtual Threads vs. Coroutines in 2026: Is Java Finally There?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/virtual-threads-vs-coroutines-in-2026-is-java-finally-there--cvttfhcqg","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"trash","datePublished":"2026-04-01T05:27:40.967Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cvtTFhCqG#c-hnulzYxS9","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jakhongirshoh Khudoyorov","url":"https://daily.dev/jakhongirshohkhudoyorov","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK00YthNniTZAJeX530Jd8AT2-2HDySVsaFqLu2aSo3jglzew=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"coroutine should dead ten years ago.","datePublished":"2026-04-03T00:45:08.728Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cvtTFhCqG#c-CcSyWCgjW","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ar0m","url":"https://daily.dev/ar0m","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4lqY0l5--/f_auto/v1725843026/avatars/avatar_rWZOrL7aN8EfLSLFAQQon"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```