Is there an image loader yet that people are using...

# compose-desktop

[spierce7]

Is there an image loader yet that people are using for Kotlin Multiplatform?

[Mitchell Syer]

I have been using Kamel but I saw this recently and I may switch to it https://github.com/qdsfdhvh/compose-imageloader/

[spierce7]

@Mitchell Syer Why would you switch to it? How is Kamel lacking?

[Mitchell Syer]

compose-imageloader just seems to have a more advanced and and open api. Kamel feels pretty simple but also very restricted

[spierce7]

Open API?

[Mitchell Syer]

I mean like there are more ways to do something. For one the way Kamel cache's things is pretty static and you cant really configure it much, while compose-imageloader has a whole api for that

[itnoles]

it seems they are ktor wrapper for http requests with caching

[xxfast]

Been using Kamel and it is working great 👍

[Dragos Rachieru]

You can also check my library, it's pretty similar to kamel, but has support for file caching
I haven't worked on it for a long time tho.
https://github.com/dragossusi/image-loader

[spierce7]

@Dragos Rachieru Most of the code was pulled from coil?

[Dragos Rachieru]

No, I tried to implement the fetcher myself inspired from kamel

[Dragos Rachieru]

There's still room for improvement, but I don't know how to use bytearraychannel and okio