# Press kit

> Press kit for the kern programming language. Logo files, boilerplate, key facts, and brand guidelines.

Source: https://kern-lang.eu/press

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.

## Logo

Ink on light backgrounds, white on dark ones and on images. The cursor is always gold.

- [SVG, ink logo](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-ink.svg) [PNG, ink logo](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-ink.png)
- [SVG, logo on ink](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-on-ink.svg) [PNG, logo on ink](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-on-ink.png)
- [SVG, white logo, for images](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-white.svg) [PNG, white logo, for images](https://kern-lang.eu/press/kern-logo-white.png)

## Colour

- Ink  
#0B0D12
- White  
#FFFFFF
- Paper  
#F5F4F0
- Grey  
#5D616C
- Line  
#E4E2DC
- Gold · cursor  
#FFCC00

## Type

Text and headings

Inter

Code and the logo

JetBrains Mono

## European supply chain

Source codeCodebergGermany

Package registrypkg.kern-lang.euFrance

CI/CDWoodpeckerGermany

Static hostingCodeberg PagesGermany

Default cloud LLMMistralFrance

Default vector DBQdrantGermany

Default local LLMOllamaOpen source

No GitHub. No npm. No AWS. No Cloudflare.

## Key links

Website

[kern-lang.eu](https://kern-lang.eu/) 

Source code

[codeberg.org/PUAGroup/kern-lang](https://codeberg.org/PUAGroup/kern-lang) 

Documentation

[Docs on Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/PUAGroup/kern-lang/src/branch/main/docs) 

Manifesto

[Why kern](https://kern-lang.eu/why-kern) 

Blog

[kern-lang.eu/blog](https://kern-lang.eu/blog) 

License

[EUPL-1.2](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12) 

## Press inquiries

Reach out via the Codeberg issue tracker or the project’s community channels.

[Open an issue on Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/PUAGroup/kern-lang/issues)