ng-di-graph

A command-line tool that analyzes Angular TypeScript codebases to extract dependency injection relationships.

Target Angular Versions: 17-21

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20.x (npm 10+)
• Angular project targeting v17-21 with a tsconfig.json to discover or reference

Installation

npm install -g ng-di-graph

Quick start

# Analyze the whole project and print text output (default)
ng-di-graph

# Generate a Mermaid diagram and save it
ng-di-graph --format mermaid --out docs/di-graph.mmd

# Target specific files via positional filePaths
ng-di-graph src/app/app.component.ts src/app/auth.service.ts --format json

# Auto-discover the nearest tsconfig.json (no --project needed)
ng-di-graph src/app --format mermaid --out docs/di-graph.mmd

# Focus on a symbol and see who depends on it
ng-di-graph --entry UserService --direction upstream

# Override auto-discovery with an explicit tsconfig
ng-di-graph --project ./tsconfig.json --format json

Features

✨ Complete Feature Set - Production-ready dependency graph analysis for Angular applications

• 🔍 Dependency Analysis - Extract DI relationships from @Injectable, @Component, and @Directive classes
• 🎯 Constructor Injection - Analyze constructor parameters with type annotations and @Inject() tokens
• ✨ Modern DI Support - Analyze dependencies from constructor injection and the inject() function
• 🏷️ Decorator Flags - Capture @Optional, @Self, @SkipSelf, and @Host parameter decorators
• 📊 Multiple Output Formats - Text (default), JSON (machine-readable), Mermaid (visual flowcharts)
• 🎨 Entry Point Filtering - Generate sub-graphs from specific starting nodes
• 🔄 Bidirectional Analysis - Explore upstream dependencies, downstream consumers, or both
• 🔁 Circular Detection - Automatically detect and report circular dependencies
• 🧹 Angular Core Filtering - Hide @angular/core nodes by default (--include-angular-core to show)

Common commands

• Full project, text output (default):
  ng-di-graph
• JSON output to stdout:
  ng-di-graph --format json
• Mermaid diagram to file:
  ng-di-graph --format mermaid --out docs/di-graph.mmd
• Filter to specific symbols:
  ng-di-graph --entry AppComponent
• Upstream consumers of a service:
  ng-di-graph --entry UserService --direction upstream
• Include decorator flags with verbose logging:
  ng-di-graph --include-decorators --verbose

CLI options at a glance

ng-di-graph [filePaths...] [options]

Option | Default | Description -- | -- | -- filePaths | none | Positional alias for --files; combines with --files when both are set. -p, --project <path> | auto-discovered | Path to the TypeScript config file to analyze (omit to auto-discover). --files <paths...> | none | Limit analysis to specific files or directories. -f, --format <format> | text | Output as text, json, or mermaid. -e, --entry <symbol...> | none | Start the graph from one or more symbols. -d, --direction <dir> | downstream | downstream, upstream, or both relative to entries. --include-decorators | false | Add @Optional, @Self, @SkipSelf, @Host flags to edges. --include-angular-core | false | Include nodes that originate from @angular/core imports. --out <file> | stdout | Write output to a file. -v, --verbose | false | Show detailed parsing and resolution logs. -h, --help | false | Display CLI help.

Output Formats

Text Format (default)

Project: ./tsconfig.json
Scope: direction=downstream, entry=all
Files: 12 (skipped: 0)

Dependencies (A depends on B):
AppComponent
└─ UserService

UserService
├─ AuthService
└─ Logger

JSON Format

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "AppComponent",
      "kind": "component",
      "source": { "filePath": "/path/to/src/app.component.ts", "line": 12, "column": 14 }
    },
    {
      "id": "UserService",
      "kind": "service",
      "source": { "filePath": "/path/to/src/user.service.ts", "line": 8, "column": 14 }
    },
    {
      "id": "AuthService",
      "kind": "service",
      "source": { "filePath": "/path/to/src/auth.service.ts", "line": 20, "column": 14 }
    },
    {
      "id": "Logger",
      "kind": "service",
      "source": { "filePath": "/path/to/src/logger.service.ts", "line": 5, "column": 14 }
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "from": "AppComponent",
      "to": "UserService"
    },
    {
      "from": "UserService",
      "to": "AuthService",
      "flags": { "optional": true, "self": false, "skipSelf": false, "host": false }
    },
    {
      "from": "AuthService",
      "to": "Logger",
      "flags": { "optional": false, "self": false, "skipSelf": false, "host": false }
    }
  ],
  "circularDependencies": [["UserService", "AuthService", "UserService"]]
}

Node Kinds:

• service - Classes decorated with @Injectable()
• component - Classes decorated with @Component()
• directive - Classes decorated with @Directive()
• unknown - Could not determine decorator type

Node Source (when available):

• source.filePath - Absolute file path reported by the TypeScript project
• source.line / source.column - 1-based position of the class name token
• source is omitted for unknown nodes created from unresolved tokens

Edge Flags (when --include-decorators is used):

• optional - Parameter has @Optional() decorator
• self - Parameter has @Self() decorator
• skipSelf - Parameter has @SkipSelf() decorator
• host - Parameter has @Host() decorator

Mermaid Format

flowchart LR
  AppComponent --> UserService
  UserService --> AuthService

Mermaid diagrams can be rendered in GitHub/GitLab markdown, viewed in the Mermaid Live Editor, or converted to images with CLI tools.

Use cases

• Test planning: surface dependencies to decide what to mock.
• Impact analysis: list consumers before changing a service.
• Documentation: add Mermaid diagrams to READMEs or architecture docs.

Release workflow

Releases are automated via Release Please; tag pushes run lint → typecheck → test → build → pack → publish. Maintainer runbook: see docs/release/ci-publish.md.

Error handling

The CLI reports clear failures and continues past unparseable files; rerun with --verbose for detailed logs.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see our Contributing Guide for development setup, code quality standards, and the pull request process.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details