Coil
Image loading for Android and Compose Multiplatform.
An image loading library for [Android](https://www.android.com/) and [Compose Multiplatform](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/compose-multiplatform/). Coil is: The project is written primarily in Kotlin, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2019. It has gained significant community traction with 11,820 stars and 763 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: android, androidx, compose, compose-multiplatform, coroutines.
An image loading library for Android and Compose Multiplatform. Coil is:
- Fast: Coil performs a number of optimizations including memory and disk caching, downsampling the image, automatically pausing/cancelling requests, and more.
- Lightweight: Coil only depends on Kotlin, Coroutines, and Okio and works seamlessly with Google's R8 code shrinker.
- Easy to use: Coil's API leverages Kotlin's language features for simplicity and minimal boilerplate.
- Modern: Coil is Kotlin-first and interoperates with modern libraries including Compose, Coroutines, Okio, OkHttp, and Ktor.
Coil is an acronym for: Coroutine Image Loader.
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Quick Start
Import the Compose library and a networking library:
kotlinimplementation("io.coil-kt.coil3:coil-compose:3.5.0") implementation("io.coil-kt.coil3:coil-network-okhttp:3.5.0")
To load an image, use the AsyncImage composable:
kotlinAsyncImage( model = "https://example.com/image.jpg", contentDescription = null, )
Check out Coil's full documentation here.
License
Copyright 2026 Coil Contributors
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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