# mikepenz/AboutLibraries

AboutLibraries automatically collects all dependencies and licenses of any gradle project (Kotlin MultiPlatform), and provides easy to integrate UI components for Android and Compose Multiplatform environments

Repository: https://github.com/mikepenz/AboutLibraries
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aboutlibraries
Homepage: http://mikepenz.github.io/AboutLibraries/
Language: Kotlin
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: aboutlibraries, mikepenz, fragments, android, libraries, android-library, android-ui, android-development, compose, multiplatform, kotlin-multiplatform, kotlin-multiplatform-library, kotlin, cmp, compose-multiplatform, kmp, kmp-library, wasm
Last push: 2026-08-24T12:17:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4516, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4415, forks 582 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.644641+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, developer-tools, plugin-system, documentation
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, mobile-development, cross-platform, legal
- platform: jvm, wasm, cross-platform
- tags: gradle-plugin, compose-multiplatform, license-compliance, kotlin-multiplatform, dependency-metadata, open-source-licenses, android, ios

## Member repositories
- mikepenz/AboutLibraries (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.644641+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:01.443033+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mikepenz/AboutLibraries (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.644641+00:00, sha 88e01db833f0)
  - homepage: http://mikepenz.github.io/AboutLibraries/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:08:41.373279+00:00, sha 99626253d8ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.