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**Component Detection** (CD) is a package scanning tool that is intended to be used at build time. It produces a graph-based output of all detected components across a variety of package ecosystems.
Component Detection can also be used as a library to detect dependencies in your own applications.
To clone and run this application, you'll need [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [.NET 6](https://aka.ms/download-dotnet) installed on your computer. From your command line:
You can [download](https://github.com/microsoft/component-detection/releases/tag/latest) the latest version of Component Detection for Windows, macOS and Linux.
You can use [GitHub Codespaces](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/overview) to run and develop Component Detection in the cloud. To do so, click the green "Code" button at the top of the repository and select "Open with Codespaces". This will open a new Codespace with the repository cloned and ready to go.
1. Make sure you meet [the requirements](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers#_getting-started) and follow the installation steps for DevContainers in VS Code
1. A notification should popup to reopen the workspace in the container. If it doesn't, open the [`Command Palette`](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/tips-and-tricks#_command-palette) and type `Remote-Containers: Reopen in Container`.
Once a month, we host a community meeting that anyone is allowed to join and discuss the project. We typically cover the changes over the last month, the roadmap and issues, and any questions or concerns that the community has.
You can find the future and past meeting details in the [Community Meeting Overview](https://github.com/microsoft/component-detection/issues/47).
You can additionally find the details in the [Discussions Tab](https://github.com/microsoft/component-detection/discussions).
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