# PaulTaykalo/objc-dependency-visualizer

Objective-C and Swift dependency visualizer. It's tool that helps to visualize current state of your project. It's really easy to see how tight your classes are coupled.

Repository: https://github.com/PaulTaykalo/objc-dependency-visualizer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/objc-dependency-visualizer
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dependency, dependency-graph, dependency-tree, structure, swift, objective-c, graph, d3js, swift-dependencies-visualizer, javascript
Last push: 2020-04-28T01:36:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4799, "days_push": 2319, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1865, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:46.268480+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby-based CLI tool that parses Objective-C and Swift object files to generate a JSON dependency graph, visualized with d3.js in a browser. It helps developers see how tightly coupled their project's classes are.

## Use cases
- visualize class dependencies in an iOS project
- see how tightly coupled my Swift classes are
- generate a dependency graph from object files
- analyze project structure and class coupling
- share a picture of my app's architecture

## When to choose
- you maintain an Objective-C or Swift iOS/macOS codebase and want a visual map of class dependencies
- you want a quick, zero-config way to spot tight coupling
- you want a shareable visualization of project structure

## When to avoid
- you need dependency analysis for non-Apple languages
- you need CI-integrated architecture rule enforcement rather than visualization
- you need actively maintained tooling with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, data-visualization, parser
- domain: developer-tools, apple-ecosystem, data-visualization
- platform: cli
- tags: objective-c, swift, dependency-graph, d3js, code-analysis, visualization, macos

## Member repositories
- PaulTaykalo/objc-dependency-visualizer (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.268480+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 2026-08-30T03:15:33.252510+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PaulTaykalo/objc-dependency-visualizer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:46.268480+00:00, sha 89c95f879800)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.