Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I compare two popular backends among Kotlin developers: Spring Boot and Ktor.
I will compare them in four categories to help you pick the backend that fits to you.

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00:00 - Intro
01:06 - Core Differences
03:52 - Maturity
06:22 - Ease of use
20:32 - Personal Experience
24:40 - Outro