2.0.0 (2026-09-29)

This major release upgrades KHipster to support JHipster 9.4.0, introduces full Gradle Kotlin DSL (.gradle.kts) support, modernizes the generator architecture with native ECMAScript Modules (ESM), and updates Kotlin linting and static analysis tools.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• JHipster 9.4.0 baseline: Projects are now generated using JHipster 9 standards.
• Node.js runtime requirement: Requires Node.js ^22.18.0 || >=24.11.0 (Node 24 recommended).
• ESM package: The generator is now packaged as native ESM ("type": "module").

🚀 Highlights & New Features

• JHipster 9 Support: Full alignment with upstream generator-jhipster 9.4.0.
• Gradle Kotlin DSL: Added support for Kotlin DSL build scripts (build.gradle.kts) alongside standard Gradle and Maven.
• Modernized Kotlin Tooling:
  • Upgraded Ktlint and Detekt configurations.
  • Added Jackson Kotlin module (jackson-module-kotlin) for improved Kotlin serialization.
  • Updated Kotlin compiler arguments and Kapt configuration.
• Test Suite Modernization:
  • Migrated generator test suite from Mocha to Vitest.
  • Added dedicated sample lint verification via npm run test:kotlin-lint.

📦 Upstream & Dependency Updates

• Upgraded generator-jhipster to 9.4.0.
• Upgraded execa, mem-fs-editor, and GitHub Actions workflows to latest major versions.
• Cleaned up unused legacy needles and templates.

• Upgrade the generator to support JHipster v7.9.3

• Supports JHipster version 7.8.1
• Revamped GitHub Actions
• Imported SequenceGenerator on all sql based database types #321
• Removed val from token provider #329

• Supports JHipster version 7.5.0
• Added Webflux CI test cases
• Supports JHipster version 7.4.1
• Added private modifiers wherever applicable

• Supports JHipster v7.4.0
• Supports Kotlin v1.6.0
• Upgraded Detekt to v1.18.1
• Upgraded ktlint-maven to v1.11.1
• Upgraded ktlint-gradle to v10.2.0
• Upgraded maven-autorun to v3.0.0

• Fixed Micro-Services + Neo4J + OAuth2 issue #255
• Fixed --skip-ktlint-format flag #279

What’s Changed

• Fix lint warnings (#257) @isaul32
• Upgrade to Node.js 12.18.3 LTS (#256) @pascalgrimaud
• delete duplicated log output (#251) @mustafabayar
• build(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19 (#250) @dependabot
• Remove side affect of mock DateTimeProvider (#247) @Romancha
• Setup Code Scanning (#239) @sendilkumarn
• update master to main branch (#260) @sendilkumarn

What’s Changed

• feat: upgrade to 6.10.1 (#245) @sendilkumarn
• fix: template string (#244) @sendilkumarn
• feat: use Kotlin String template for logs (#243) @sendilkumarn
• Added missing brackets when generating User.kt (#242) @leozin
• Feat/upgrade to jhipster 6.10.0 (#241) @sendilkumarn