# needle-tools/compilation-visualizer

Unity Tool showing a timeline of assembly compilation. This is especially helpful when trying to optimize compile times and dependencies between assemblies. Besides showing a graphical view of compilation, selecting an assembly shows both dependencies and dependents of that assembly.

Repository: https://github.com/needle-tools/compilation-visualizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/compilation-visualizer
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: compilation-visualizer, unity, compact, assembly
Last push: 2026-03-17T16:51:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2214, "days_push": 169, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1124, forks 46 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:40.801818+00:00)

## What it is
A Unity Editor plugin that visualizes assembly compilation on a timeline, hooking into editor events to show how long each assembly takes to compile. Selecting an assembly reveals its dependencies and dependents, helping optimize compile times.

## Use cases
- optimize unity compile times
- find which assemblies slow down compilation
- visualize assembly dependencies in unity
- debug why unity recompiles so many assemblies
- measure full compilation runs in unity
- analyze dependency chains between unity assemblies

## When to choose
- you develop with Unity and want to reduce script compilation times
- you need to inspect assembly dependency graphs inside the Unity Editor
- you want to measure compilation and domain reload durations

## When to avoid
- you work outside Unity or with non-Unity C# projects
- you need CI-based build profiling rather than in-editor visualization

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, monitoring, benchmarking, build-tool
- domain: developer-tools, performance
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: unity, compilation, assembly-dependencies, editor-tool, openupm, game-development

## Member repositories
- needle-tools/compilation-visualizer (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.801818+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:39:50.627093+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/needle-tools/compilation-visualizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.801818+00:00, sha b25ac6fec608)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.