1. A method for providing cross-platform dependency information, comprising: receiving a request for software dependency information relating to a plurality of platforms; identifying a plurality of applications, each application corresponding to a one of the plurality of platforms; identifying a subset of the plurality of applications which include information related to the request for software dependency information; transmitting to each of the subset of applications a platform-specific specific software dependency query; receiving from each of the subset of applications a platform-specific query response; combining the platform-specific query responses into a combined query result; and transmitting the combined query result containing the software dependency information relating to the plurality of platforms.