Compatibility and versions
Compose Multiplatform releases ship separately from Kotlin and Jetpack Compose releases. This page contains information about Compose Multiplatform releases, the compatibility between different releases, and the release cycles.
Supported platforms
Compose Multiplatform 1.6.11 supports the following platforms:
Android
iOS
macOS (x86-64, arm64)
Windows (x86-64)
Linux (x86-64, arm64)
Web browsers
Limitations of Compose Multiplatform for desktop releases
Compose Multiplatform for desktop has the following limitations:
Only JDK 11 or later is supported due to the memory management scheme used in Skia bindings.
Only JDK 17 or later is supported for packaging native distributions due to
jpackagelimitations.There is a known issue with OpenJDK 11.0.12 when switching keyboard layouts on macOS. This issue isn't reproducible in OpenJDK 11.0.15.
Kotlin compatibility
Compose Multiplatform requires Compose Compiler Gradle plugin applied with the same version as the Kotlin one. See Migrating a Compose Multiplatform project for details.
Jetpack Compose and Compose Multiplatform release cycles
Compose Multiplatform shares a lot of code with Jetpack Compose for Android, a framework developed by Google. We align our Compose Multiplatform release cycle with the release cycle of Jetpack Compose so that the common code is properly tested and stabilized.
When a new version of Jetpack Compose is released, we:
Use the release commit as a base for the next Compose Multiplatform version.
Add support for new platform features.
Stabilize all platforms.
Release a new version of Compose Multiplatform.
The gap between a Compose Multiplatform release and a Jetpack Compose release is usually 1–3 months.
When you build your application for Android, the artifacts published by Google are used. For example, if you apply the Compose Multiplatform 1.5.0 Gradle plugin and add implementation(compose.material3) to your dependencies, then your project will use the androidx.compose.material3:material3:1.1.1 artifact in the Android target ( but org.jetbrains.compose.material3:material3:1.5.0 in other targets). See the following table to find out exactly which version of Jetpack Compose artifact is used:
Compose Multiplatform version | Jetpack Compose version | Jetpack Compose Material3 version |
|---|---|---|
1.6.7 | 1.2.1 | |
1.6.7 | 1.2.1 | |
1.6.4 | 1.2.1 | |
1.6.3 | 1.2.1 | |
1.6.1 | 1.2.0 | |
1.5.4 | 1.1.2 | |
1.5.4 | 1.1.2 | |
1.5.4 | 1.1.2 | |
1.5.0 | 1.1.1 | |
1.5.0 | 1.1.1 | |
1.4.3 | 1.0.1 | |
1.4.3 | 1.0.1 | |
1.4.0 | 1.0.1 | |
1.3.3 | 1.0.1 | |
1.3.3 | 1.0.1 | |
1.2.1 | 1.0.0-alpha14 | |
1.2.1 | 1.0.0-alpha14 | |
1.1.0 | 1.0.0-alpha05 | |
1.1.0 | 1.0.0-alpha05 | |
1.1.0-beta02 | 1.0.0-alpha03 | |
1.1.0-beta02 | 1.0.0-alpha03 |