Dep-insight-cli NPM

dep-insight-cli

A powerful CLI tool for managing npm packages, checking dependencies, analyzing sizes, and ensuring license compliance.

Features

Package Analysis: Deep insights into package sizes, dependencies, and structure
Dependency Management: Track and analyze your project's dependencies
License Compliance: Check and verify package licenses
Size Analysis: Analyze package sizes and their impact
Script Management: List and manage npm scripts

Installation

npm install -g dep-insight-cli

Quick Start

You can use either dep (shorter) or dep-insight (full name) as the command:

# Using dep (shorter)
dep analyze express
dep size react
dep tree next

# Using dep-insight (full name)
dep-insight analyze express
dep-insight size react
dep-insight tree next

Available Commands

Package Analysis

dep analyze [package]     # Analyze a package's structure and dependencies
dep size [package]        # Check package size and dependencies
dep info [package]        # Show detailed package information

Dependency Management

dep deps [package]        # List and analyze dependencies
dep tree [package]        # Display dependency tree
dep graph [package]       # Generate dependency graph visualization
dep outdated [package]    # Check for outdated dependencies

Security & Compliance

dep audit [package]       # Run security audit
dep licenses [package]    # Check licenses of package and its dependencies

Statistics & Comparison

dep stats [package]       # Show download statistics and trends
dep compare <pkg1> <pkg2> # Compare two packages

Script Management

dep scripts [package]     # List and manage npm scripts

Version Management

Package Compatibility: dep check [package]
- Project-wide analysis (when no package specified):
  - Check all dependencies for compatibility
  - Identify outdated packages
  - Detect incompatible versions
  - Auto-fix capability
- Single package analysis:
  - Node.js version compatibility
  - npm version compatibility
  - Framework compatibility (React, Angular, Vue)
  - Peer dependencies check
  - Package size and download stats
- Interactive installation
```
# Check all project dependencies
dep check

# Check with auto-fix option
dep check --fix

# Deep analysis including dev dependencies
dep check -d

# Check specific package
dep check express

# Check specific version
dep check react -v 16.8.0

# Get JSON output
dep check vue --json

# Non-interactive mode
dep check lodash --no-interactive
```

Options

Most commands support the following options:

--json                  # Output in JSON format
--depth <number>        # Specify dependency tree depth
--dev                   # Include devDependencies
--prod                  # Include only dependencies
--format <format>       # Output format (table/json/tree)