depcheckai

AI-powered CLI that analyzes your package.json and lockfile to identify dependency issues.

depcheck only finds unused deps — depcheckai detects unmaintained packages, security risks, size impact, and recommends actions.

Install

npx depcheckai

Usage

# Analyze dependencies in current directory
npx depcheckai

# Analyze a specific project
npx depcheckai --path /path/to/project

# JSON output for CI pipelines
npx depcheckai --json

# Auto-remove unused dependencies
npx depcheckai --fix

What It Checks

| Category | Details | |----------|---------| | Unused Dependencies | Scans source files for imports/requires, flags deps never referenced | | Unmaintained Packages | Checks npm for deprecated packages and stale publish dates | | Security Risks | Runs npm audit internally, scores vulnerabilities by severity | | Size Impact | Shows unpacked size of each dependency, sorted largest first | | Recommendations | Actionable suggestions based on the analysis |

Why

• depcheck only finds unused deps — no security or maintenance analysis
• npm audit only checks CVEs — no unused dep detection or maintenance scoring
• bundlephobia requires manual lookups — no bulk project scanning
• depcheckai combines all of the above in one fast scan

Exit Codes

• 0 — No issues found
• 1 — Issues found (unused deps or critical security risks)
• 2 — Error (no package.json found, etc.)

CI Integration

# GitHub Actions
- name: Check dependencies
  run: npx depcheckai --json

License

MIT