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

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 Europe, governed by a European foundation, hosted entirely on European infrastructure. Licensed under EUPL-1.2.

kern is a backend programming language built in Europe 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.