Ktor CLI

Ktor CLI is a command-line tool that brings the capability to create and run Ktor applications from the command line.

Install CLI tools

macOS

You can install Ktor CLI tools on macOS using Homebrew as follows:

1. Add a Ktor repository using the brew tap command:

   brew tap ktorio/ktor
   

2. Install Ktor CLI tools using brew install:

   brew install --build-from-source ktor\
   

Linux

On Linux, you can install Ktor CLI tools using snap:

snap install --beta --classic ktor

Available commands

You can get a list of Ktor commands available to you by typing ktor --help.

Create a project

To create a new Ktor project, pass a project name to the ktor generate command:

ktor generate ktor-sample

This command generates a simple Ktor project that uses the Gradle build system with Kotlin DSL.

Run a project

To run the existing Ktor application, use the ktor start command. This command accepts the name of the directory where the project is placed:

ktor start ktor-sample

With the default configuration, the terminal should show the following message:

[main] INFO  ktor.application - Responding at http://0.0.0.0:8080

This means that the server is ready to accept requests at the http://0.0.0.0:8080 address.