DependenSee 1.0.1

DependenSee

Dotnet project and package dependency visualizer.

Install

Requires .NET 5 or higher

dotnet tool install DependenSee --global

available via Nuget

Uninstall

dotnet tool uninstall DependenSee --global

How to Run

DependenSee root/of/projects path/to/output.html

Sample Output (HTML)

Why DependenSee over 'X'

Current popular options are to either use NDepend, VS Architecture Explorer or Code Map. While these options are feature rich, they also has a licensing cost. If all you want is to see the dependency graph, and nothing else, it may be hard to justify the licensing cost. Then DependenSee is for you.

If you need to see the Type structure, relationships between your methods or types .etc. then you should use one of the options above instead. DependenSee is mean to be very simple, easy, straight forward to use and FREE! DependenSee does not intend to compete with the above. See Limitations

Features

• Creates the dependency graph for your solution.
• Can only include or exclude certain namespaces so the result is not overwhelming or filled with noise.
• Can create HTML, XML, JSON outputs
• Can return XML or JSON to STDOUT for further processing by other command line tools

For full docs run without any arguments DependenSee

Documentation

Usage - DependenSee <SourceFolder> [<OutputPath>] -options

Help

Shows help descriptions. Help is also displayed if no arguments were provided.

Shorthand: -H

Examples

• DependenSee -Help
• DependenSee -H
• DependenSee

SourceFolder [Required]

Root folder (usually solution folder) to look for csproj files recursively. If no explicit options are specified, the first argument is assumed to be this option.

If your path has spaces, you will need to enclose it in double quotes.

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\MySolutionFolder
• DependenSee -SourceFolder \Source\MySolutionFolder
• DependenSee -S \Source\MySolutionFolder

OutputPath

Path to write the result. Not required if writing the output to stdout. If no explicit options are specified, the second argument is assumed to be this option.

If your path has spaces, you will need to enclose it in double quotes.

Shorthand: -O

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder \Test\MyOutput.html
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O \Test\MyOutput.html
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -OutputPath \Test\MyOutput.html

IncludePackages

Whether to include external (Nuget) packages in the result.

Shorthand: -P

Default: False

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder \Test\MyOutput.html -P
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder \Test\MyOutput.html -IncludePackages

OutputType

Type of output to produce. Following types are available.

• Html - Creates an html document.
• Json - Creates a JSON file.
• Xml - Creates a XML file.
• ConsoleJson - Writes JSON output to stdout
• ConsoleXml - Writes XML output to stdout

When a Console... type output is specified, the -OutputPath can be ommitted.

Shorthand: -T

Default: Html

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder \Test\MyOutput.html -T Xml
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder \Test\MyOutput.html -OutputType Json
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -T ConsoleJson

IncludeProjectNamespaces

Comma separated list of project file prefixes to include. Wildcards not allowed. Only the filename is considered, case insensitive.

If you want to include spaces between items, make sure you enclose the parameter value in double quotes.

Shorthand: -IPrN

Default: <empty string>

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -IncludeProjectNamespaces MyApp.Extensions,MyApp.Core
  • Includes only projects starting with MyApp.Core and projects starting with MyApp.Extensions
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -IPrN MyApp.Extensions,MyApp.Core
  • Includes only projects starting with MyApp.Core and projects starting with MyApp.Extensions

ExcludeProjectNamespaces

Comma separated list of project file prefixes to exclude. Wildcards not allowed. Only the filename is considered, case insensitive. This must be a subset of includes to be useful.

If you want to include spaces between items, make sure you enclose the parameter value in double quotes.

Shorthand: -EPrN

Default: <unspecified>

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -ExcludeProjectNamespaces MyApp.Extensions, MyApp.Helpers
  • Excludes projects starting with MyApp.Extensions and projects starting with MyApp.Helpers
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -EPrN MyApp.Extensions, MyApp.Helpers
  • Excludes projects starting with MyApp.Extensions and projects starting with MyApp.Helpers

IncludePackageNamespaces

Comma separated list of package name prefixes to include. Wildcards not allowed. Only the package name is considered, case insensitive. If specified, -IncludePackages is overridden to True.

If you want to include spaces between items, make sure you enclose the parameter value in double quotes.

Shorthand: -IPaN

Default: <empty string>

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -IncludePackageNamespaces Xamarin,Microsoft
  • includes only packages starting with Xamarin and packages starting with Microsoft
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -IPaN Xamarin,Microsoft
  • includes only packages starting with Xamarin and packages starting with Microsoft

ExcludePackageNamespaces

Comma separated list of package name prefixes to exclude. Wildcards not allowed. Only the filename is considered, case insensitive. If specified, -IncludePackages is overridden to True. This must be a subset of includes to be useful.

If you want to include spaces between items, make sure you enclose the parameter value in double quotes.

Shorthand: -EPaN

Default: <unspecified>

Examples

• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -ExcludePackageNamespaces Microsoft.Logging,Azure
  • Excludes packages starting with Microsoft.Logging and packages starting with Azure
• DependenSee \Source\SolutionFolder -O ConsoleJson -EPaN Microsoft.Logging,Azure
  • Excludes packages starting with Microsoft.Logging and packages starting with Azure

Privacy and Security Note

In the output, the full path to project files is used as the unique identifier. So your file structure is exposed in the generated output. It attempts to only use the subdirectory structure, so an attempt is made to hide the full path.

Keep this in mind and inspect the output if you're distributing the outputs from this tool.

Limitations

• Currently only traverses csproj files. No other file types are supported.
• No compile results are inspected. Only the project structure is used.

License

MIT License

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