> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://filekit.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installation

> Install FileKit in your Kotlin Multiplatform project

FileKit is a Kotlin Multiplatform library for file operations. It provides a platform-agnostic file API and UI components for file operations.

## Supported Platforms

FileKit supports the following targets:

* Android
* iOS, macOS
* JVM (Windows, macOS, Linux)
* JS, WASM

## FileKit Core

FileKit Core provides the fundamental file operations with the `PlatformFile` abstraction. It allows you to work with files in a platform-agnostic way. You can create, read, write, and delete files using the `PlatformFile` API.

<CodeGroup>
  ```kotlin build.gradle.kts theme={null}
  implementation("io.github.vinceglb:filekit-core:0.14.2")
  ```

  ```toml libs.versions.toml theme={null}
  [versions]
  filekit = "0.14.2"

  [libraries]
  filekit-core = { module = "io.github.vinceglb:filekit-core", version.ref = "filekit" }
  ```
</CodeGroup>

Once installed, you'll need to perform [platform-specific setup](/core/setup) for some targets.

## FileKit Dialogs

FileKit Dialogs helps you display file-related dialogs to users like file pickers, directory pickers, photo pickers, save dialogs, camera access, and more. FileKit Dialogs comes in two flavors:

<CodeGroup>
  ```kotlin build.gradle.kts theme={null}
  // Enables FileKit dialogs without Compose dependencies
  implementation("io.github.vinceglb:filekit-dialogs:0.14.2")

  // Enables FileKit dialogs with Composable utilities
  implementation("io.github.vinceglb:filekit-dialogs-compose:0.14.2")
  ```

  ```toml libs.versions.toml theme={null}
  [versions]
  filekit = "0.14.2"

  [libraries]
  filekit-dialogs = { module = "io.github.vinceglb:filekit-dialogs", version.ref = "filekit" }
  filekit-dialogs-compose = { module = "io.github.vinceglb:filekit-dialogs-compose", version.ref = "filekit" }
  ```
</CodeGroup>

FileKit Dialogs automatically integrates with FileKit Core and provides `PlatformFile` support. For platform-specific setup instructions, see the [Dialogs Setup Guide](/dialogs/setup).

## FileKit Coil Integration

FileKit provides a Coil extension to load images from a `PlatformFile` object. This makes it easy to display images from files in your Compose UI.

<CodeGroup>
  ```kotlin build.gradle.kts theme={null}
  implementation("io.github.vinceglb:filekit-coil:0.14.2")
  ```

  ```toml libs.versions.toml theme={null}
  [versions]
  filekit = "0.14.2"

  [libraries]
  filekit-coil = { module = "io.github.vinceglb:filekit-coil", version.ref = "filekit" }
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Next Steps

Now that you've installed FileKit, you can learn more about:

* [Core Setup and Usage](/core/setup)
* [Working with PlatformFile](/core/platform-file)
* [Reading Files](/core/read-file)
* [Writing Files](/core/write-file)
* [File Utilities](/core/file-utils)
* [Image & Video Utilities](/core/image-and-video-utils)
* [Dialogs Setup](/dialogs/setup)