Dear ZK developer,
Hope you’re doing well! As we move through 2025, here’s a look at what’s been happening in the ZK community over the past few months:
ZK Products Updated
Plenty of powerful new tools and enhancements have been released to enhance your productivity and streamline your workflow:
✨ Keikai Doc – Interactive Document Component for your ZK Web
Keikai Doc is a new ZK component for building interactive, customizable documents directly in your web apps, ideal for self-hosted enterprise use cases like ESG, compliance, and internal reporting.
See Keikai Doc In Action ▶️
- Build report templates that embed live spreadsheet data (ESG, compliance, etc)
- Create up-to-date, data-driven documents
- Use AI to help generate and refine content
- Create professional, Word-like reports with flexible layouts
As a first step toward the full Keikai Doc experience, we’re excited to introduce Keikai Doc PE (Beta) – a lightweight, ZK-compatible rich text editor for form-style or Notion-like editing. Perfect for blogs, emails and docs. Explore the demo & share your thoughts 💬
🚩 ZK-Quarkus 1.0
A new add-on that enables seamless WebSocket support for Quarkus, providing a smoother integration experience for ZK users leveraging Quarkus in their applications.
🚩 ZK Framework UI Kit 1.1-beta
A design-ready Figma file packed with all core UI components, making it easy for design teams to create detailed and functional layouts.
🚩 ZK CKEditor Wrapper 5.44.1.0
Stay up to date with the latest CKEditor ecosystem developments, ensuring compatibility with CKEditor versions from v39 through v44.
🚩 Form Builder
Allows developers to define form structures and templates, which can then be used to automatically generate ZK forms with the necessary components and bindings.
📌 Latest Releases
- ZK Spring 6.2.1 – update for the compatibility with Spring Core 6.2.1 and Spring Security 6.4.2
- Keikai 6.1.0 – update for enhanced security, improved customization and optimized performance
- Keikai 5.13.0 – address known vulnerabilities to enhance security for the Keikai 5 branch
- ZK Calendar 3.2.0 – enhanced with Java 8 date/time support and extendable calendar class
- ZK Charts 12.2.0.0 – Coming Soon🔥
ZK Training & Video Downloads
Our monthly Ask The Expert public training sessions are open to all ZK users. They’re a great way to learn practical ZK tips, interact with ZK consultants, and connect with other developers.
If you’re interested in our recent topics, check out the recordings on our YouTube Channel:
- ZK Debugging Tips
- Building Custom Components – Credit Card Input Box
- Automating Form Generation: Building Dynamic ZUL Forms from Raw Data
- Using Spring with ZK: An Overview
Customer Stories
“ZK’s strengths were evident throughout the project, particularly in its intuitive development model that minimizes the need for in-depth knowledge of its internals. – Alanata
“With its modular architecture and extensive library of pre-built components, KeiKai enables developers to create responsive and scalable web solutions efficiently. – ReCAL
Read all recent customer stories:
ZK x Alanata x Keikai #ITsolution #Listbox #StatisticalPortal
Keikai x ReCAL #LaaS #ITarchitecture #LowCode
Featured Articles
We hope these updates bring new value to your projects! If you have any questions, feedback, or would like to learn more, feel free to reach out to us at info@zkoss.org — we’d love to hear from you.
