package-diet 🥗

Analyze your node_modules and suggest lighter, faster, or native alternatives to bloated dependencies.

Install

npm install -g package-diet

Or run without installing:

npx package-diet

Usage

In any Node.js project folder:

package-diet

Options

| Flag | Description | |---|---| | --measure | Measure actual size on disk (slower) | | --no-dev | Skip devDependencies | | --json | Output as JSON | | --cwd <path> | Project directory (default: current) | | -h, --help | Show help |

Example output

🥗 package-diet report

Scanned 14 dependencies in /my-project

● moment  ~4400 KB
  Officially in maintenance mode. Large, mutable API.
  Lighter alternatives:
    → date-fns (~600 KB)
    → dayjs (~30 KB)
    → luxon (~700 KB)

💡 Potential savings: ~4370 KB

Programmatic API

import { analyze } from "package-diet";

const result = await analyze({ cwd: "./my-project", measureSize: true });
console.log(result.findings);

License

MIT