Depclean

Depclean is a Rust command-line tool to analyze and optimize project dependencies by parsing Cargo.lock, building dependency graphs, detecting duplicates, and suggesting version alignments.

Installation

Via Cargo

cargo install depclean

Verify installation:

depclean --help

From Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/suhasamaresh/depclean.git
   
   cd depclean
   
   

2. Build and run:

   cargo build --release
   
   ./target/release/depclean --help
   
   

Usage

Analyze dependencies in a Cargo project:

depclean --lockfile Cargo.lock

Output includes:

• Dependency graph visualization
• Duplicate dependency detection
• Version alignment suggestions

Example Output

[+] Found 12 duplicate dependencies:
  - `serde` (versions: 1.0.152, 1.0.155)
  - `tokio` (versions: 1.25.0, 1.27.0)
[!] Suggested alignments:
  - Upgrade `serde` to 1.0.155 (used by 8 crates)
  - Unify `tokio` to 1.27.0 (compatible with all features)

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature/bugfix branch
3. Add tests for changes
4. Submit a PR with [FEAT]/[FIX]/[DOCS] prefix

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.