mikepenz/AboutLibraries

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AboutLibraries is a Kotlin Multiplatform library and Gradle plugin that automatically collects all dependencies and their licenses of a Gradle project at build time. It provides ready-made Compose UI components for Android, iOS, desktop, web, and Wear to display library and license information.

Use cases

• show open source licenses in my android app
• generate a license report for a gradle project
• display dependency info with compose multiplatform
• export licenses to csv for compliance
• list all dependencies and their licenses at build time
• add an about screen with library credits
• check license compliance of my dependencies

When to choose

• you need to fulfill open-source license attribution requirements in an Android or Compose Multiplatform app
• you want dependency and license metadata generated automatically at build time with no runtime overhead
• you need Material 2/3 or Wear UI components to display licenses out of the box

When to avoid

• your project does not use Gradle or the JVM/Kotlin ecosystem
• you need license scanning for vulnerabilities rather than attribution display
• you only target platforms without Compose or the provided UI modules

Facets

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ui-components developer-tools plugin-system documentation android-tools developer-tools mobile-development cross-platform legal jvm wasm cross-platform gradle-plugin compose-multiplatform license-compliance kotlin-multiplatform dependency-metadata open-source-licenses android ios

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