macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install dep-tree with Homebrew, Nix
Tool for visualizing dependencies between files and enforcing dependency rules. Version 0.23.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dep-tree.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dep-treenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/de/dep-tree/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Tool for visualizing dependencies between files and enforcing dependency rules
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dep-tree
history
Project history and usage
dep-tree is a CLI for visualizing file dependency graphs and enforcing dependency rules. It renders codebase structure as a tree or 3D force-directed graph and can fail CI when imports violate rules in .dep-tree.yml.
Project history
The official repository was created in December 2022. Its README presents dep-tree as a tool for visualizing codebase entropy and keeping modules decoupled by analyzing local file imports from one or more entrypoints.
The project grew around a few focused commands: entropy for browser-based 3D graphs, tree for terminal exploration, explain for showing dependencies between glob-selected areas, and check for enforcing allow or deny rules.
Adoption history
dep-tree is distributed through Homebrew on macOS and Linux, plus pip and npm for broader platform access. That multi-channel packaging fits the tool's audience: teams may want the same architecture check available in local shells, Python-heavy repos, JavaScript-heavy repos, and CI.
The GitHub release feed shows active 0.23.x releases through March 2025, and the README links generated graphs for well-known projects across TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go.
How it is used
Users point dep-tree at one or more entry files to build a local dependency graph. dep-tree entropy opens a browser visualization, dep-tree tree shows a navigable terminal tree, and dep-tree explain reports whether files matching one glob depend on files matching another.
For CI, dep-tree check reads .dep-tree.yml and verifies allow, deny, and circular-dependency rules. That makes it a lightweight architecture-linting tool rather than only a visualization toy.
Why package nerds care
dep-tree is notable because it packages architecture boundaries as a small CLI instead of a platform-specific IDE feature. That makes dependency hygiene scriptable in package test phases and CI jobs.
It also shows a modern packaging pattern: one upstream tool ships through brew, pip, and npm so different ecosystems can install the same executable in the way their automation already understands.
Timeline
- 2022: The gabotechs/dep-tree repository is created on GitHub.
- 2024: dep-tree v0.23.0 is released.
- 2025: dep-tree v0.23.4 is released.
Related projects
- Graph visualization tools and force-directed layouts are related to dep-tree's entropy view.
- Import linters and architecture-test tools are related to dep-tree check.
- Language parsers for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, and Go are part of the supported-language story documented by the README.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
.dep-tree.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dep-tree | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.23.4
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dep-tree |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.23.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree |
| Repository | https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T14:21:57-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
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dep-tree
nix profile install nixpkgs#dep-tree- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dep Tree
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation