Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/coil-kt/coil/vs/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/coil-kt/coil/vs/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform.md
Description: coil and compose-multiplatform share 4 technologies: constraintlayout, Google, JetBrains, and material3. Both are written in Kotlin.

# coil vs compose-multiplatform

coil and compose-multiplatform share 4 technologies: constraintlayout, Google, JetBrains, and material3. Both are written in Kotlin.

- [coil-kt/coil](https://seerepo.com/r/coil-kt/coil): Image loading for Android and Compose Multiplatform.
- [JetBrains/compose-multiplatform](https://seerepo.com/r/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform): Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: constraintlayout, Google, JetBrains, material3
- Only in coil: activity-compose, activity-ktx, org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib, androidx.core:core-ktx, mkdocs-material, recyclerview, androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated, androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-drawablepainter, material-icons-extended, mkdocs-material-extensions, pymdown-extensions, com.caverock:androidsvg-aar, androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface
- Only in compose-multiplatform: Jetpack Compose, Ktor, core-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, lifecycle-runtime-ktx, lifecycle-viewmodel, org.jetbrains.compose.runtime:runtime, material, ui-graphics, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, material-icons-core, coil-compose, org.jsoup:jsoup, slf4j-api, slf4j-simple

## Side by side

| | coil | compose-multiplatform |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 39,907 lines written, 299 code files | 155,780 lines written, 864 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Cursor | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 11, 2026, 2,509 commits, 11,959 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 2,802 commits, 19,468 stars |
| Tests | 120 test files. 59.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 430 test files. 31% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, coil or compose-multiplatform?

compose-multiplatform, with 155,780 lines written; coil has 39,907.

The proof: [JetBrains/compose-multiplatform's code at commit 986ae65](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/tree/986ae65bdb403552b21f4fdaad47d9bd90cbcebc)

### Which has more GitHub stars, coil or compose-multiplatform?

compose-multiplatform, with 19,468 stars; coil has 11,959.

The proof: [JetBrains/compose-multiplatform on GitHub](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform)

### Which has more tests, coil or compose-multiplatform?

compose-multiplatform, with 430 test files; coil has 120.

The proof: [JetBrains/compose-multiplatform's code at commit 986ae65](https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/tree/986ae65bdb403552b21f4fdaad47d9bd90cbcebc)

### Which was updated more recently, coil or compose-multiplatform?

coil: its last push was on November 11, 2026, and compose-multiplatform's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [coil-kt/coil's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/coil-kt/coil/commits)

## Sources

- coil-kt/coil: Read on November 11, 2026, at commit d18662a (https://github.com/coil-kt/coil/tree/d18662a670a09e0b62f521e712eae9b269f29a27)
- JetBrains/compose-multiplatform: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 986ae65 (https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-multiplatform/tree/986ae65bdb403552b21f4fdaad47d9bd90cbcebc)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.