Need a solution to remove unused node modules and node modules dependencies from a project.
I have searched internet and found couple of NPM package to do something similar but not exactly my requirement.
Please note, Node modules should be listed/removed if that is neither a dependencies in other node modules nor used in any project code.
Please help
Need a solution to remove unused node modules and node modules dependencies from a project.
I have searched internet and found couple of NPM package to do something similar but not exactly my requirement.
Please note, Node modules should be listed/removed if that is neither a dependencies in other node modules nor used in any project code.
Please help
Share Improve this question edited Jan 12, 2018 at 10:23 Iliya Frolov 433 bronze badges asked Jan 11, 2018 at 15:42 sachin kumarsachin kumar 1591 gold badge1 silver badge10 bronze badges 3- Are you using webpack?, if so, you can use tree shaking webpack.js/guides/tree-shaking – Cesar Contreras Commented Jan 11, 2018 at 16:03
- we are not using webpack. Also treeshaking will not remove modules which are not used in my code. – sachin kumar Commented Jan 12, 2018 at 10:26
- This question is asked in a more general way here. – Marco Lackovic Commented Feb 19, 2019 at 9:54
3 Answers
Reset to default 8Perhaps you could use a tool like depcheck:
Depcheck is a tool for analyzing the dependencies in a project to see: how each dependency is used, which dependencies are useless, and which dependencies are missing from package.json.
Another one is npm-check
Check for outdated, incorrect, and unused dependencies. ... Kindly informs you if a dependency is not being used in your code ...
Run npm prune to unbuild modules not listed in package.json.
From npm help prune:
This mand removes "extraneous" packages. If a package name is provided, then only packages matching one of the supplied names are removed.
Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent package's dependencies list.
If the --production flag is specified, this mand will remove the packages specified in your devDependencies.
From : npm mand to uninstall unused packages in Node.js
I've recently used npm-check
Check for outdated, incorrect, and unused dependencies.
After installing just run the mand in terminal:
$ npm-check