News

Stay up to date with the latest from the http4k ecosystem. In this section, you’ll find updates about new releases, features, and important changes to the library. Whether it’s about new integrations, performance improvements, or enhancements to the developer experience, this is the place to learn about what’s happening in the http4k ecosystem.

We also share exciting use cases, contributions from the community, and announcements about upcoming events. Check back often to keep informed about how http4k continues to evolve and how it can help you build better web applications.

http4k Platform v5 - New Servers, Loom, TracerBullet, OpenAI plugin SDK and more
June 2023
There's a new major http4k release! Read about all the new things the team have been working on for http4k v5.
Add typesafe 12-factor configuration to http4k apps with Environments
October 2021
An overview of how to configure http4k applications using the http4k-config module
Reassurance to http4k users regarding JCenter shutdown
February 2021
Announcement regarding JCenter shutdown
http4k v4 - 17 platforms and counting...
January 2021
There's a new major http4k release! Read about all the new stuff the team have been working on for http4k v4.
http4k Toolbox - Guns for show, knives for a pro
November 2020
An introduction to the http4k Toolbox website and CLI.
Nanoservices - The Power of Composition
October 2020
You thought that microservices were a thing? Pah! The powerful abstractions in the http4k toolkit allow you to write entire useful apps which fit in a Tweet.
A retrospective on http4k v3
September 2020
In preparation for the upcoming release of v4, the http4k team thought we'd do a bit of a retrospective about all the things that have gone in the >260 releases of v3.
Documenting http4k APIs with OpenApi3
May 2019
An overview of the OpenApi3 support available in the http4k library.
Websockets. But typesafe. And testable. Without the Server.
December 2017
An overview of typesafe Websocket support in http4k
Server as a Function. In Kotlin. Typesafe. Without the Server.
November 2017
An overview of the Kotlin "Server as a Function" library, http4k
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