Amper Update April 2025 – IDE and CLI Feature Drop!

Amper 0.6.0 is out, with improvements to both the IDE and CLI experience. Read on for all of the details, and see the release notes for the full list of changes and bug fixes.

To get support for Amper’s latest features, use IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 Beta (or newer).

IDE improvements

Improved template workflows

Templates allow you to share common configuration between multiple modules. This release adds new refactoring features to the IDE, making it easier to work with templates.

You can extract configuration from a module to a template using the extract refactoring shortcut or an intention action:

You can also inline configuration from a template to the modules where it’s used, with either intention actions or refactoring shortcuts:

Convenience aliases

To help you find the settings entries you want to configure, even if you’re not sure what their exact name is, this release adds aliases for certain settings:

Automatic conversion of dependencies

If you’re copying dependencies specified with Gradle syntax, they are automatically converted into the correct format for Amper on paste:

New project tree design

The project tree in IntelliJ IDEA has updated icons to represent Amper modules, source sets, and folders that contain nested Amper modules:

CLI improvements

The show command group

This version of Amper introduces several improvements to the CLI experience. The various commands that help you inspect the project are now grouped under the show command:

Usage: amper show []  []...

  Shows information about some aspect the project (modules, tasks, effective
  settings...). See help for details.

Commands:
  modules   List all modules in the project
  settings  Print the effective Amper settings of each module
  tasks     List all tasks in the project and their dependencies

New init experience

The amper init command for creating new projects now offers interactive selection between available templates, making it easier to get started:

Cleaner logs

We’ve reduced the amount of logs that are output by default and introduced coloring to differentiate log levels. See the difference below for a build specifically set to use --log-level=debug and then a regular build:

Tab completion

If you’re using bash, zsh, or fish, you can now generate an autocomplete file to source as part of your shell’s configuration. This allows you to get tab completion for Amper commands.

First, generate the completion script, specifying the shell you use:

./amper generate-completion zsh > ~/amper-completion.sh

Then, load the script in your shell (this can be added to .bashrc, .zshrc, or similar configuration files to load it automatically):

source ~/amper-completion.sh

Tab completion should now be available:

Updated dependency versions

Amper now uses Kotlin 2.1.20, including language version 2.1 by default (language version 2.2 is also available to try experimental features). It also includes Compose 1.7.3 and kotlinx.serialization 1.8.0.

Update your existing projects

To update a project using the standalone version of Amper, use the new update command, introduced in the previous release:

./amper update

If you’re using a Gradle-based Amper project, update your plugin version to 0.6.0:

plugins {
   id("org.jetbrains.amper.settings.plugin").version("0.6.0")
}

Try Amper

To get started with Amper, take a look at the sample projects in the repository.

To enjoy full support for the latest Amper features, use IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 Beta (or newer).

Share your feedback

Amper is still experimental and under active development. You can provide feedback about your experience by joining the discussion in the Kotlinlang Slack’s #amper channel or sharing your suggestions and ideas in a YouTrack issue. Your input and use cases help shape the future of Amper!