tscheck-exports

Find unused TypeScript exports. Zero-config CI integration with structured JSON output and --fix auto-removal.

Install

npm install -g tscheck-exports
# or use without installing:
npx tscheck-exports

Quickstart

# Scan using tsconfig.json in the current directory
tscheck-exports

# Point at a specific tsconfig
tscheck-exports tsconfig.build.json

# CI-friendly: structured JSON output, exits 1 if unused exports found
tscheck-exports --json

# Ignore generated files
tscheck-exports --ignore "**/*.generated.ts" "**/dist/**"

# Auto-remove export keywords from unused exports
tscheck-exports --fix

Why not knip?

knip is a comprehensive project-health tool. tscheck-exports does one thing: finds unused exports and gets out of the way. No config file needed, JSON output that pipes cleanly into CI dashboards, and --fix that surgically removes just the export keyword without touching anything else.

CI usage

- name: Check for unused exports
  run: npx tscheck-exports --json | tee unused-exports.json
  # Exits 1 if any unused exports are found

Features

• Zero-config — reads your existing tsconfig.json
• --json structured output for CI pipelines and dashboards
• --fix auto-removes unused export keywords (non-destructive — keeps the declaration)
• --ignore glob patterns to skip generated files
• Exit code 0 = clean, 1 = unused exports found, 2 = error
• Node 18+ · TypeScript 5+

Output

Found 3 unused export(s): src/utils/format.ts:12 function formatDate src/helpers.ts:34 variable DEBUG_FLAG src/types.ts:8 interface OldSchema Scanned 47 files in 340ms

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Issues and PRs welcome.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.