# Dependencies

### What are Dependencies?

Dependencies are the components that are required for your application to run.

The dependencies can be open-source, third-party or closed-source(private). Dependencies can be classified as direct and transitive dependencies.

### Understanding Dependencies

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* Count of components are displayed towards left, along with the category of the components (open-source, private, third-party, unknown).
* The dependency count is displayed towards the right, giving the number of direct dependencies, number of transitive dependencies, depth of the dependency tree.
* Each tile is clickable which will list down the components applicable to that filter in a table view. The details will list the component name, version, classification and a capsule for dependency counts.
* By clicking the dependency count capsule, next level details are shown as below

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