InsertKoinIO/koin 4.2.0 on GitHub

Kotlin 2.3.20

New Features

Ktor 3.4 DI Bridge — Full integration with Ktor's new DI system (ktor-server-di), bridging Ktor ↔ Koin dependency injection both ways
Dagger Bridge (koin-dagger-bridge) — New module to help inject Koin components from Dagger side
AndroidX Navigation 3 support — Entry point provider with metadata parameter passing (animations, etc.), generic EntryProvider, and navigation scopes
Navigation Scope for Compose Nav 2 — Added scoped navigation support for Compose Navigation 2
Lazy Modules — Parallel loading at startup for improved performance, with benchmarks
strictOverride option — New definition option to override explicitly
koinActivityInject — Helper to retrieve dependencies against Activity scope
Koin Compiler Stubs — Added stubs for KoinApplication.modules() functions
KoinApplication.withConfiguration() — New configuration support

Performance & Stability

Core Resolver V2 — Fixed parameter stack propagation, injected params handling, and child scope/ViewModel scope resolution
Scope Resolution & Thread Safety — Performance optimization with safer ScopeFactory protecting all operations from parallel calls
ThreadLocal loading optimization — Avoid cost per Scope (#2306)
getAll no longer sorted by default — Instances come as declared; sort on purpose if needed
Params stack access optimization

Bug Fixes

Fix sharedKoinViewModel with type-safe navigation routes (#2293)
Fix qualified name usage in WASM (#2312)
Fix premature release of scope & context in Compose — don't drop in onForgotten (#2274)
Fix crashing declarations for LocalKoinScope & LocalKoinApplication
Fix Compose Koin Context Loader and Entry Points (#2327)
Fix CoreResolution with Child Scopes / ViewModelScope (#2325)
Fix Scope Archetypes Qualifier in plugin support functions
Fix qualifier conversion

Breaking Changes

Dependencies