install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dep-tree

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#dep-tree

nixpkgs 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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.23.4

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.23.4

https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dep-tree
Version	0.23.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dep-tree
Homepage	https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree
Repository	https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree
Upstream docs	https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree/archive/refs/tags/v0.23.4.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	dep-tree
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

dep-tree

nix profile install nixpkgs#dep-tree

normalized package name match
Matched by: Dep Tree

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/dep-tree/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/dep-tree.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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