iyadchafroud / checkunuseddependencies

Purgedeps

Purgedeps is a tool for analyzing the dependencies in a project to see: which dependencies are useless and you can delete it from package.json .

Installation

npm install -g  purgedeps

Or simply using npx which is a package runner bundled in npm:

 npx purgedeps

Notice: purgedeps needs node.js >= 12.

Syntax Support

Purgedeps supports the following syntax:

• JavaScript (ES5, ES6 and ES7)
• TypeScript React jsx

Usage

 npx purgedeps

to show all the unused dependencies in the project

 npx purgedeps --show

to show all the unused dependencies in the project and delete it from package.json without verifying if there is any dependency that is used in the project

 npx purgedeps --all

for best practice, we recommend you to show all the unused dependencies in the project and verify if there is any dependency that is used in the project

after verifying if there is a dependency that is used in the project, you can add it to the list of excludes packages :

for exemple if you have a package called @mycompany/myapp and you want to exclude it from the list of unused dependencies, you can use the --exclude @mycompany/myapp option:

 npx purgedeps --exclude @mycompany/myapp

if you have many packages, you can add them to the list of excludes packages :

 npx purgedeps --exclude @mycompany/myapp  @mycompany/myapp2