Kotlin Debugger for VS Code
Debug Kotlin in VS Code without a separate language server
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Open-source Kotlin/JVM debugging for VS Code. Set breakpoints, inspect variables, step through code, and navigate call stacks without installing a separate Kotlin Language Server. Combine with Kotlin Jump for code navigation and indexing.
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PH · launched Oct 15, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 23%)
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- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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Partial A basic debug adapter can wrap existing JVM debugging interfaces, but correct Kotlin-specific behavior (inline functions, lambdas, variable mapping) and reliable stepping need deep language-tooling knowledge.
What it would actually take: The usual approach is a Debug Adapter Protocol server in Kotlin or Java that drives the JVM Debug Interface (JDI) for breakpoints, stepping, and variable inspection. The hard part is mapping Kotlin constructs (inline functions, coroutines, lambdas, smart casts, synthetic locals) back to source positions and readable values. That requires compiler and debugger internals experience and extensive testing against real Kotlin code.
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Attention rank: #24 of 93 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 343 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Kotlin Debugger for VS Code
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- Upvotes percentile
- 0.77
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- Open Source, Developer Tools, GitHub, Tech
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- kotlin debugger extension for vs code
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