sverweij/dependency-cruiser

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7104 stars · 298 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A CLI tool that analyzes and validates dependencies in JavaScript, TypeScript, LiveScript, and CoffeeScript projects against user-defined rules. It reports rule violations for builds and generates dependency graph visualizations in formats like dot, mermaid, JSON, CSV, and HTML.

Use cases

• detect circular dependencies in a javascript or typescript project
• enforce architecture rules on module imports
• generate a dependency graph visualization of my codebase
• lint import rules in CI builds
• visualize dependencies of an npm package
• prevent forbidden module dependencies in a monorepo

When to choose

• you need customizable dependency rules validated in builds or CI
• you want visual dependency graphs for JavaScript/TypeScript projects
• you need to detect and prevent circular dependencies

When to avoid

• you work in a non-JavaScript language like Python, Go, or Java
• you need runtime dependency analysis rather than static analysis
• you only need a quick one-off dependency list without rule validation

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

static-site-generator linter developer-tools data-visualization developer-tools version-control testing cli cross-platform dependency-analysis dependency-graph circular-dependencies static-analysis architecture-rules typescript javascript graphviz architecture-diagram nodejs

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