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Validates and visualizes dependencies with custom rules for JavaScript, TypeScript, and CoffeeScript projects

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Dependency Cruiser

Dependency Cruiser is a comprehensive static analysis tool that validates and visualizes dependencies with custom rules for JavaScript, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, and other transpiled languages. It provides both programmatic API and command-line interfaces for dependency analysis, rule validation, and various output formats including visual graphs and detailed reports.

Package Information

  • Package Name: dependency-cruiser
  • Package Type: npm
  • Language: JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Installation: npm install dependency-cruiser

Core Imports

import { cruise, format } from "dependency-cruiser";

For CommonJS:

const { cruise, format } = require("dependency-cruiser");

Individual utilities:

import { 
  allExtensions, 
  getAvailableTranspilers 
} from "dependency-cruiser";

// Configuration utilities
import extractDepcruiseConfig from "dependency-cruiser/config-utl/extract-depcruise-config";
import extractBabelConfig from "dependency-cruiser/config-utl/extract-babel-config";
import extractTsConfig from "dependency-cruiser/config-utl/extract-ts-config";
import extractWebpackResolveConfig from "dependency-cruiser/config-utl/extract-webpack-resolve-config";

Basic Usage

Command Line Interface

Dependency Cruiser is primarily used as a command-line tool:

# Initialize configuration
npx depcruise --init

# Analyze dependencies with validation
npx depcruise src --config .dependency-cruiser.js

# Generate visual dependency graph
npx depcruise src --output-type dot | dot -T svg > deps.svg

# Focus on specific modules and their neighbors
npx depcruise src --focus "src/main" --output-type html

# Generate error report with detailed information
npx depcruise src --output-type err-long --include-only "^src"

Programmatic API

import { cruise, format } from "dependency-cruiser";

// Basic dependency analysis
const result = await cruise(
  ["src", "test"], // files/directories to analyze
  {
    validate: true,
    ruleSet: {
      forbidden: [
        {
          name: "no-circular",
          from: {},
          to: { circular: true }
        }
      ]
    },
    outputType: "json"
  }
);

console.log(`Analyzed ${result.output.summary.totalCruised} modules`);
console.log(`Found ${result.output.summary.error} errors`);

// Format results for different output
const htmlReport = await format(result.output, {
  outputType: "html"
});

Architecture

Dependency Cruiser is built around several key components:

  • Core Analysis Engine: cruise function performs the main dependency analysis, parsing files and building dependency graphs
  • Rule Engine: Validates dependencies against configurable rules for architectural constraints and best practices
  • Format System: format function converts analysis results into various output formats (HTML, DOT, JSON, etc.)
  • Configuration System: Utilities for extracting and processing configuration from various sources (TypeScript, Babel, webpack)
  • Transpiler Integration: Support for multiple transpilers and languages through pluggable parser system
  • Caching System: Performance optimization through intelligent caching of analysis results

Capabilities

Core Analysis

Main dependency analysis functionality that examines project files and builds comprehensive dependency graphs with rule validation.

function cruise(
  fileAndDirectoryArray: string[],
  cruiseOptions?: ICruiseOptions,
  resolveOptions?: Partial<IResolveOptions>,
  transpileOptions?: ITranspileOptions
): Promise<IReporterOutput>;

interface IReporterOutput {
  output: ICruiseResult | string;
  exitCode: number;
}

Core Analysis

Output Formatting

Format analysis results into various output types including HTML reports, visual graphs, and structured data formats.

function format(
  result: ICruiseResult,
  formatOptions: IFormatOptions
): Promise<IReporterOutput>;

interface IFormatOptions {
  outputType?: OutputType;
  exclude?: string | string[] | IExcludeType;
  includeOnly?: string | string[] | IIncludeOnlyType;
  focus?: string | string[] | IFocusType;
  reaches?: string | string[] | IReachesType;
  collapse?: string | number;
  prefix?: string;
}

Output Formatting

Configuration Management

Extract and process configuration from various sources including dependency-cruiser configs, TypeScript, Babel, and webpack configurations.

function extractDepcruiseConfig(
  configFileName: string,
  alreadyVisited?: Set<string>,
  baseDirectory?: string
): Promise<IConfiguration>;

function extractBabelConfig(babelConfigFileName: string): Promise<object>;

function extractTsConfig(tsConfigFileName: string): Promise<object>;

function extractWebpackResolveConfig(
  webpackConfigFileName: string,
  env?: WebpackEnvType,
  argv?: any
): Promise<object>;

function extractDepcruiseOptions(configFileName: string): Promise<ICruiseOptions>;

Configuration Management

Rule System

Comprehensive rule system for validating dependencies against architectural constraints, circular dependencies, and custom business rules.

interface IFlattenedRuleSet {
  forbidden?: IRegularForbiddenRuleType[];
  allowed?: IRegularAllowedRuleType[];
  required?: IRegularRequiredRuleType[];
  allowedSeverity?: SeverityType;
  options?: IRuleSetOptions;
}

type SeverityType = "error" | "warn" | "info" | "ignore";

Rule System

Transpiler Support

Access information about supported transpilers and file extensions, with runtime availability checking.

function getAvailableTranspilers(): IAvailableTranspiler[];

const allExtensions: IAvailableExtension[];

interface IAvailableTranspiler {
  name: string;
  version: string;
  available: boolean;
  currentVersion: string;
}

interface IAvailableExtension {
  extension: string;
  available: boolean;
}

Transpiler Support

Reporter Plugins

Built-in reporter plugins for generating statistics and custom output formats.

// Sample statistics reporter plugin
import statsPlugin from "dependency-cruiser/sample-reporter-plugin";

// Mermaid diagram reporter plugin  
import mermaidPlugin from "dependency-cruiser/mermaid-reporter-plugin";

// 3D visualization reporter plugin
import threeDPlugin from "dependency-cruiser/sample-3d-reporter-plugin";

type ReporterPlugin = (cruiseResult: ICruiseResult) => IReporterOutput;

Reporter Plugins

CLI Tools

Command-line tools for dependency analysis, reporting, and baseline management.

# Main analysis tool
depcruise [options] <files-or-directories>

# Format existing results  
depcruise-fmt [options] <cruise-result-file>

# Generate baseline of known violations
depcruise-baseline [options] <files-or-directories>

# Wrap stream output in HTML
depcruise-wrap-stream-in-html

CLI Tools

Core Types

interface ICruiseOptions {
  validate?: boolean;
  ruleSet?: IFlattenedRuleSet;
  outputType?: OutputType;
  exclude?: string | string[] | IExcludeType;
  includeOnly?: string | string[] | IIncludeOnlyType;
  focus?: string | string[] | IFocusType;
  reaches?: string | string[] | IReachesType;
  maxDepth?: number | string;
  moduleSystems?: ModuleSystemType[];
  tsPreCompilationDeps?: boolean | "specify";
  cache?: boolean | string | Partial<ICacheOptions>;
  metrics?: boolean;
  progress?: { type: ProgressType; maximumLevel?: number };
}

interface ICruiseResult {
  modules: IModule[];
  folders?: IFolder[];
  summary: ISummary;
  revisionData?: IRevisionData;
}

interface IModule {
  source: string;
  valid: boolean;
  dependencies: IDependency[];
  dependents: string[];
  coreModule?: boolean;
  couldNotResolve?: boolean;
  dependencyTypes?: DependencyType[];
  instability?: number;
  orphan?: boolean;
  reachable?: IReachable[];
  reaches?: IReaches[];
  rules?: IRuleSummary[];
}

interface IDependency {
  module: string;
  resolved: string;
  circular: boolean;
  dynamic: boolean;
  followable: boolean;
  valid: boolean;
  coreModule: boolean;
  couldNotResolve: boolean;
  dependencyTypes: DependencyType[];
  moduleSystem: ModuleSystemType;
  rules?: IRuleSummary[];
}

type OutputType = 
  | "json" | "html" | "dot" | "cdot" | "archi" | "ddot" 
  | "fdot" | "flat" | "csv" | "err" | "err-long" | "err-html" 
  | "teamcity" | "azure-devops" | "anon" | "text" | "metrics" 
  | "markdown" | "mermaid" | "d2" | "x-dot-webpage" | "baseline" 
  | "null" | string;

type ModuleSystemType = "cjs" | "amd" | "es6" | "tsd";

type DependencyType = 
  | "local" | "core" | "npm" | "npm-dev" | "npm-optional" 
  | "npm-peer" | "dynamic-import" | "type-only" | "deprecated"
  | string;

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