coil-kt/coil

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Coil is a Kotlin-first image loading library for Android and Compose Multiplatform, built on Coroutines and Okio. It provides fast, lightweight image loading with memory and disk caching, downsampling, and automatic request pausing/cancelling.

Use cases

• load images from urls in android app
• display images in jetpack compose
• image loading library for kotlin multiplatform
• cache and downsample images on android
• replace glide with coroutine-based image loader
• load network images in compose multiplatform

When to choose

• you're building an Android or Compose Multiplatform app that displays images
• you want a lightweight, Kotlin-first image loader with minimal dependencies
• you need memory/disk caching and automatic request cancellation
• your project uses Coroutines, Compose, OkHttp, or Ktor

When to avoid

• you need image loading on non-Kotlin platforms like iOS-native or web without Compose
• you're tied to an existing stack like Glide or Picasso with heavy customization
• you need advanced image editing or processing rather than loading and display

Facets

library · maturity stable

image-processing caching ui-components mobile-development frontend image-processing jvm cross-platform image-loading compose-multiplatform coroutines okio asyncimage android

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