Press kit

Everything you need to write about kern. Logo files, boilerplate text, key facts, and brand guidelines.

Version: 1.2.0
License: EUPL-1.2
Tests: 2,241
Stdlib modules: 435
Source host: Codeberg (DE)
Country: Netherlands
Governance: Dutch foundation

Boilerplate

One-liner

kern is the first backend programming language designed after GDPR, large language models, and container-native infrastructure became requirements.

Short description, 50 words

kern is a European backend programming language that enforces GDPR at the type system level, includes AI inference and RAG in the standard library, and ships with native container management. Built in the Netherlands, governed by a European foundation, hosted entirely on European infrastructure. Licensed under EUPL-1.2.

Full description, 100 words

kern is a backend programming language built in the Netherlands for the world developers actually live in today. GDPR compliance is enforced by the type system: you cannot accidentally send personal data to the wrong place, because the compiler will not let you. AI is in the standard library with European providers by default, privacy-aware, and EU AI Act compliant. Container management is a first-class language feature. The entire toolchain — from git forge to package registry to CI to hosting — runs on European infrastructure governed by Europeans. kern combines Python's readability, Go's deployment model, Node's async, and TypeScript's type safety.