diff --git a/core/generated-sources/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt b/core/generated-sources/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
index 2f3fc54e44..6799f41ca0 100644
--- a/core/generated-sources/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
+++ b/core/generated-sources/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.jupyter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyCol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyFrame
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyRow
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.DataRow
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.Convert
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.FormatClause
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.FormattedFrame
@@ -25,12 +26,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.Update
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.at
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.dataFrameOf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.frames
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.getColumn
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.into
-import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.sortBy
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.isComparable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.sortWith
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.toDataFrame
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.values
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnPath
-import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.toColumnSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.impl.ColumnNameGenerator
 
 /**
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public object KotlinNotebookPluginUtils {
 
     /**
      * Sorts a dataframe-like object by multiple columns.
+     * If a column type is not comparable, sorting by string representation is applied instead.
      *
      * @param dataFrameLike The dataframe-like object to sort.
      * @param columnPaths The list of columns to sort by. Each element in the list represents a column path
@@ -79,27 +82,78 @@ public object KotlinNotebookPluginUtils {
         }
 
     /**
-     * Sorts the given data frame by the specified columns.
+     * Sorts a dataframe by multiple columns with specified sorting order for each column.
+     * If a column type is not comparable, sorting by string representation is applied instead.
      *
-     * @param df The data frame to be sorted.
-     * @param columnPaths The paths of the columns to be sorted. Each path is represented as a list of strings.
-     * @param isDesc A list of booleans indicating whether each column should be sorted in descending order.
-     *        The size of this list must be equal to the size of the columnPaths list.
-     * @return The sorted data frame.
+     * @param df The dataframe to be sorted.
+     * @param columnPaths A list of column paths where each path is a list of strings representing the hierarchical path of the column.
+     * @param isDesc A list of boolean values indicating whether each column should be sorted in descending order;
+     *               true for descending, false for ascending. The size of this list should match the size of `columnPaths`.
+     * @return The sorted dataframe.
      */
-    public fun sortByColumns(df: AnyFrame, columnPaths: List<List<String>>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): AnyFrame =
-        df.sortBy {
-            require(columnPaths.all { it.isNotEmpty() })
-            require(columnPaths.size == isDesc.size)
+    public fun sortByColumns(df: AnyFrame, columnPaths: List<List<String>>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): AnyFrame {
+        require(columnPaths.all { it.isNotEmpty() })
+        require(columnPaths.size == isDesc.size)
+
+        val sortKeys = columnPaths.map { path ->
+            ColumnPath(path)
+        }
+
+        val comparator = createComparator(sortKeys, isDesc)
 
-            val sortKeys = columnPaths.map { path ->
-                ColumnPath(path)
+        return df.sortWith(comparator)
+    }
+
+    private fun createComparator(sortKeys: List<ColumnPath>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): Comparator<DataRow<*>> {
+        return Comparator { row1, row2 ->
+            for ((key, desc) in sortKeys.zip(isDesc)) {
+                val comparisonResult = if (row1.df().getColumn(key).isComparable()) {
+                    compareComparableValues(row1, row2, key, desc)
+                } else {
+                    compareStringValues(row1, row2, key, desc)
+                }
+                // If a comparison result is non-zero, we have resolved the ordering
+                if (comparisonResult != 0) return@Comparator comparisonResult
             }
+            // All comparisons are equal
+            0
+        }
+    }
 
-            (sortKeys zip isDesc).map { (key, desc) ->
-                if (desc) key.desc() else key
-            }.toColumnSet()
+    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+    private fun compareComparableValues(
+        row1: DataRow<*>,
+        row2: DataRow<*>,
+        key: ColumnPath,
+        desc: Boolean,
+    ): Int {
+        val firstValue = row1.getValueOrNull(key) as Comparable<Any?>?
+        val secondValue = row2.getValueOrNull(key) as Comparable<Any?>?
+
+        return when {
+            firstValue == null && secondValue == null -> 0
+            firstValue == null -> if (desc) 1 else -1
+            secondValue == null -> if (desc) -1 else 1
+            desc -> secondValue.compareTo(firstValue)
+            else -> firstValue.compareTo(secondValue)
         }
+    }
+
+    private fun compareStringValues(
+        row1: DataRow<*>,
+        row2: DataRow<*>,
+        key: ColumnPath,
+        desc: Boolean,
+    ): Int {
+        val firstValue = (row1.getValueOrNull(key)?.toString() ?: "")
+        val secondValue = (row2.getValueOrNull(key)?.toString() ?: "")
+
+        return if (desc) {
+            secondValue.compareTo(firstValue)
+        } else {
+            firstValue.compareTo(secondValue)
+        }
+    }
 
     internal fun isDataframeConvertable(dataframeLike: Any?): Boolean =
         when (dataframeLike) {
diff --git a/core/generated-sources/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt b/core/generated-sources/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
index 8e10df9e38..3717469907 100644
--- a/core/generated-sources/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
+++ b/core/generated-sources/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
@@ -406,6 +406,206 @@ class RenderingTests : JupyterReplTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by int column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("nums")(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("nums")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        val rows = json[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "nums") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(rows.size - 1, "nums") shouldBe 5
+    }
+
+    internal inline fun <reified T> JsonObject.extractColumn(index: Int, fieldName: String): T {
+        val element = this[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray[index].jsonObject[fieldName]!!.jsonPrimitive
+        return when (T::class) {
+            String::class -> element.content as T
+            Int::class -> element.int as T
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported type")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple int columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val a: Int, val b: Int)
+            val df = listOf(Row(1, 1), Row(1, 2), Row(2, 3), Row(2, 4), Row(3, 5), Row(3, 6)).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("a"), listOf("b")), listOf(true, false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "a") shouldBe 3
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "b") shouldBe 5
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(5, "a") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(5, "b") shouldBe 2
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by single string column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("letters")("e", "d", "c", "b", "a")
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("letters")), listOf(true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "letters") shouldBe "e"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "letters") shouldBe "a"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple string columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val first: String, val second: String)
+            val df = listOf(Row("a", "b"), Row("a", "a"), Row("b", "b"), Row("b", "a")).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("first"), listOf("second")), listOf(false, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "first") shouldBe "a"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "second") shouldBe "b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "first") shouldBe "b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "second") shouldBe "a"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by mix of int and string columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val num: Int, val letter: String)
+            val df = listOf(Row(1, "a"), Row(1, "b"), Row(2, "a"), Row(2, "b"), Row(3, "a")).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("num"), listOf("letter")), listOf(true, false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "num") shouldBe 3
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "letter") shouldBe "a"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(4, "num") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "letter") shouldBe "b"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple non-comparable column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Person(val name: String, val age: Int) {
+                override fun toString(): String {
+                    return age.toString()
+                }
+            }
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls", "person")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), Person("Alice", 10), 
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), Person("Bob", 11),
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), Person("Nick", 12),
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), Person("Guy", 13),
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("urls"), listOf("person")), listOf(false, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "person") shouldBe 12
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(3, "person") shouldBe 11
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by mix of comparable and non-comparable columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls", "id")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), 1, 
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), 2,
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), 2,
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), 1,
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("id"), listOf("urls")), listOf(true, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/b"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "id") shouldBe 2
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/a"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(3, "id") shouldBe 1
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by url column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"),
+                URL("https://example.com/c"),
+                URL("https://example.com/b"),
+                URL("https://example.com/d")
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("urls")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/a"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(1, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(2, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/c"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/d"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by column group children`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf(
+                "a" to listOf(5, 4, 3, 2, 1),
+                "b" to listOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df.group("a", "b").into("c"), listOf(listOf("c", "a")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        fun JsonObject.extractBFields(): List<Int> {
+            val dataframe = this[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray
+            return dataframe.map { it.jsonObject["c"]!!.jsonObject["data"]!!.jsonObject["b"]!!.jsonPrimitive.int }
+        }
+
+        val bFields = json.extractBFields()
+        bFields shouldBe listOf(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns for column that contains string and int`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("mixed")(
+                5,
+                "10",
+                2,
+                "4",
+                "1"
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("mixed")), listOf(true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "mixed") shouldBe "5"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(1, "mixed") shouldBe "4"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(2, "mixed") shouldBe "2"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "mixed") shouldBe "10"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "mixed") shouldBe "1"
+    }
+
     companion object {
         /**
          * Set the system property for the IDE version needed for specific serialization testing purposes.
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
index 2f3fc54e44..6799f41ca0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.jupyter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyCol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyFrame
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.AnyRow
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.DataRow
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.Convert
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.FormatClause
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.FormattedFrame
@@ -25,12 +26,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.Update
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.at
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.dataFrameOf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.frames
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.getColumn
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.into
-import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.sortBy
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.isComparable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.sortWith
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.toDataFrame
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.api.values
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.ColumnPath
-import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.columns.toColumnSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.dataframe.impl.ColumnNameGenerator
 
 /**
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public object KotlinNotebookPluginUtils {
 
     /**
      * Sorts a dataframe-like object by multiple columns.
+     * If a column type is not comparable, sorting by string representation is applied instead.
      *
      * @param dataFrameLike The dataframe-like object to sort.
      * @param columnPaths The list of columns to sort by. Each element in the list represents a column path
@@ -79,27 +82,78 @@ public object KotlinNotebookPluginUtils {
         }
 
     /**
-     * Sorts the given data frame by the specified columns.
+     * Sorts a dataframe by multiple columns with specified sorting order for each column.
+     * If a column type is not comparable, sorting by string representation is applied instead.
      *
-     * @param df The data frame to be sorted.
-     * @param columnPaths The paths of the columns to be sorted. Each path is represented as a list of strings.
-     * @param isDesc A list of booleans indicating whether each column should be sorted in descending order.
-     *        The size of this list must be equal to the size of the columnPaths list.
-     * @return The sorted data frame.
+     * @param df The dataframe to be sorted.
+     * @param columnPaths A list of column paths where each path is a list of strings representing the hierarchical path of the column.
+     * @param isDesc A list of boolean values indicating whether each column should be sorted in descending order;
+     *               true for descending, false for ascending. The size of this list should match the size of `columnPaths`.
+     * @return The sorted dataframe.
      */
-    public fun sortByColumns(df: AnyFrame, columnPaths: List<List<String>>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): AnyFrame =
-        df.sortBy {
-            require(columnPaths.all { it.isNotEmpty() })
-            require(columnPaths.size == isDesc.size)
+    public fun sortByColumns(df: AnyFrame, columnPaths: List<List<String>>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): AnyFrame {
+        require(columnPaths.all { it.isNotEmpty() })
+        require(columnPaths.size == isDesc.size)
+
+        val sortKeys = columnPaths.map { path ->
+            ColumnPath(path)
+        }
+
+        val comparator = createComparator(sortKeys, isDesc)
 
-            val sortKeys = columnPaths.map { path ->
-                ColumnPath(path)
+        return df.sortWith(comparator)
+    }
+
+    private fun createComparator(sortKeys: List<ColumnPath>, isDesc: List<Boolean>): Comparator<DataRow<*>> {
+        return Comparator { row1, row2 ->
+            for ((key, desc) in sortKeys.zip(isDesc)) {
+                val comparisonResult = if (row1.df().getColumn(key).isComparable()) {
+                    compareComparableValues(row1, row2, key, desc)
+                } else {
+                    compareStringValues(row1, row2, key, desc)
+                }
+                // If a comparison result is non-zero, we have resolved the ordering
+                if (comparisonResult != 0) return@Comparator comparisonResult
             }
+            // All comparisons are equal
+            0
+        }
+    }
 
-            (sortKeys zip isDesc).map { (key, desc) ->
-                if (desc) key.desc() else key
-            }.toColumnSet()
+    @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+    private fun compareComparableValues(
+        row1: DataRow<*>,
+        row2: DataRow<*>,
+        key: ColumnPath,
+        desc: Boolean,
+    ): Int {
+        val firstValue = row1.getValueOrNull(key) as Comparable<Any?>?
+        val secondValue = row2.getValueOrNull(key) as Comparable<Any?>?
+
+        return when {
+            firstValue == null && secondValue == null -> 0
+            firstValue == null -> if (desc) 1 else -1
+            secondValue == null -> if (desc) -1 else 1
+            desc -> secondValue.compareTo(firstValue)
+            else -> firstValue.compareTo(secondValue)
         }
+    }
+
+    private fun compareStringValues(
+        row1: DataRow<*>,
+        row2: DataRow<*>,
+        key: ColumnPath,
+        desc: Boolean,
+    ): Int {
+        val firstValue = (row1.getValueOrNull(key)?.toString() ?: "")
+        val secondValue = (row2.getValueOrNull(key)?.toString() ?: "")
+
+        return if (desc) {
+            secondValue.compareTo(firstValue)
+        } else {
+            firstValue.compareTo(secondValue)
+        }
+    }
 
     internal fun isDataframeConvertable(dataframeLike: Any?): Boolean =
         when (dataframeLike) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
index 8e10df9e38..3717469907 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/jupyter/RenderingTests.kt
@@ -406,6 +406,206 @@ class RenderingTests : JupyterReplTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by int column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("nums")(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("nums")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        val rows = json[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "nums") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(rows.size - 1, "nums") shouldBe 5
+    }
+
+    internal inline fun <reified T> JsonObject.extractColumn(index: Int, fieldName: String): T {
+        val element = this[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray[index].jsonObject[fieldName]!!.jsonPrimitive
+        return when (T::class) {
+            String::class -> element.content as T
+            Int::class -> element.int as T
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported type")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple int columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val a: Int, val b: Int)
+            val df = listOf(Row(1, 1), Row(1, 2), Row(2, 3), Row(2, 4), Row(3, 5), Row(3, 6)).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("a"), listOf("b")), listOf(true, false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "a") shouldBe 3
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "b") shouldBe 5
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(5, "a") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(5, "b") shouldBe 2
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by single string column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("letters")("e", "d", "c", "b", "a")
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("letters")), listOf(true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "letters") shouldBe "e"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "letters") shouldBe "a"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple string columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val first: String, val second: String)
+            val df = listOf(Row("a", "b"), Row("a", "a"), Row("b", "b"), Row("b", "a")).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("first"), listOf("second")), listOf(false, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "first") shouldBe "a"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "second") shouldBe "b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "first") shouldBe "b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "second") shouldBe "a"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by mix of int and string columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Row(val num: Int, val letter: String)
+            val df = listOf(Row(1, "a"), Row(1, "b"), Row(2, "a"), Row(2, "b"), Row(3, "a")).toDataFrame()
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("num"), listOf("letter")), listOf(true, false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "num") shouldBe 3
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "letter") shouldBe "a"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(4, "num") shouldBe 1
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "letter") shouldBe "b"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by multiple non-comparable column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            data class Person(val name: String, val age: Int) {
+                override fun toString(): String {
+                    return age.toString()
+                }
+            }
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls", "person")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), Person("Alice", 10), 
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), Person("Bob", 11),
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), Person("Nick", 12),
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), Person("Guy", 13),
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("urls"), listOf("person")), listOf(false, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "person") shouldBe 12
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(3, "person") shouldBe 11
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by mix of comparable and non-comparable columns`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls", "id")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), 1, 
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), 2,
+                URL("https://example.com/a"), 2,
+                URL("https://example.com/b"), 1,
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("id"), listOf("urls")), listOf(true, true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/b"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(0, "id") shouldBe 2
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/a"
+        json.extractColumn<Int>(3, "id") shouldBe 1
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by url column`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("urls")(
+                URL("https://example.com/a"),
+                URL("https://example.com/c"),
+                URL("https://example.com/b"),
+                URL("https://example.com/d")
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("urls")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/a"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(1, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/b"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(2, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/c"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "urls") shouldBe "https://example.com/d"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns by column group children`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf(
+                "a" to listOf(5, 4, 3, 2, 1),
+                "b" to listOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df.group("a", "b").into("c"), listOf(listOf("c", "a")), listOf(false))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        fun JsonObject.extractBFields(): List<Int> {
+            val dataframe = this[KOTLIN_DATAFRAME]!!.jsonArray
+            return dataframe.map { it.jsonObject["c"]!!.jsonObject["data"]!!.jsonObject["b"]!!.jsonPrimitive.int }
+        }
+
+        val bFields = json.extractBFields()
+        bFields shouldBe listOf(5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test sortByColumns for column that contains string and int`() {
+        val json = executeScriptAndParseDataframeResult(
+            """
+            val df = dataFrameOf("mixed")(
+                5,
+                "10",
+                2,
+                "4",
+                "1"
+            )
+            val res = KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.sortByColumns(df, listOf(listOf("mixed")), listOf(true))
+            KotlinNotebookPluginUtils.convertToDataFrame(res)
+            """.trimIndent(),
+        )
+
+        json.extractColumn<String>(0, "mixed") shouldBe "5"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(1, "mixed") shouldBe "4"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(2, "mixed") shouldBe "2"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(3, "mixed") shouldBe "10"
+        json.extractColumn<String>(4, "mixed") shouldBe "1"
+    }
+
     companion object {
         /**
          * Set the system property for the IDE version needed for specific serialization testing purposes.