# Stately, a Kotlin Multiplatform Library - Kevin Galligan

DevFeed: [Stately, a Kotlin Multiplatform Library - Kevin Galligan](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stately-a-kotlin-multiplatform-library-kevin-galligan-38322.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/stately-kotlin-multiplatform-library>)

Published: 2018-10-29T19:05:11Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin Multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [kotlin-native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin-native.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>)

Tags: [built-by-touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/built-by-touchlab.md>), [code-sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-sharing.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [kotlin-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-native.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multiplatform.md>), [press](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/press.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces Stately, a Kotlin Multiplatform library for Kotlin/Native and multiplatform concurrency. It describes expect/actual utilities and frozen, shareable collection classes for maintaining mutable collections across threads, while explaining Kotlin/Native's concurrency rules and recommending that Stately be used sparingly.

## Source excerpt

Kevin Galligan releases Stately, a collection of structures and utilities designed to facilitate Kotlin/Native and multiplatform concurrency.