Create graphs from your CommonJS or AMD module dependencies. Could also be useful for finding circular dependencies in your code. Tested on Node.js and RequireJS projects. Dependencies are calculated using static code analysis. CommonJS dependencies are found using James Halliday's detective and for AMD I'm using some parts copied from James Burke's RequireJS (both are using UglifyJS). Modules written in CoffeeScript with extension .coffee are supported and will automatically be compiled on-the-fly.
Here's a very simple example of a generated image.
- blue = has dependencies
- green = has no dependencies
- red = has circular dependencies
Here's an example generated from the Express project.
And some terminal usage.
To install as a library:
$ npm install madge
To install the command-line tool:
$ sudo npm -g install madge
Only required if you want to generate the visual graphs using Graphviz.
$ sudo port install graphviz
$ sudo apt-get install graphviz
Coming soon ..
Usage: madge [options] <file|dir ...>
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-f, --format <name> format to parse (amd/cjs)
-o, --output <type> output format (plain/json)
-s, --summary show summary of all dependencies
-c, --circular show circular dependencies
-d, --depends <id> show modules that depends on the given id
-x, --exclude <regex> a regular expression for excluding modules
-t, --dot output graph in the DOT language
-i, --image <filename> write graph to file as a PNG image
-l, --layout <name> layout engine to use for image graph (dot/neato/fdp/sfdp/twopi/circo)
-b, --break-on-error break on parse errors & missing modules
-n, --no-colors skip colors in output and images
-r, --read skip scanning folders and read JSON from stdin
-C, --config <filename> provide a config file
$ madge /path/src
$ madge --format amd /path/src
$ madge --circular /path/src
$ madge --depends 'wheels' /path/src
$ madge --exclude '^foo$|^bar$|^tests' /path/src
$ madge --image graph.png /path/src
Save graph as a DOT file for further processing (graphviz required)
$ madge --dot /path/src > graph.gv
$ cat << EOF | madge --read --image example.png
{
"a": ["b", "c", "d"],
"b": ["c"],
"c": [],
"d": ["a"]
}
EOF
{
"format": "amd",
"image": "dependencyMap.png",
"fontFace": "Arial",
"fontSize": "14px",
"imageColors": {
"noDependencies" : "#0000ff",
"dependencies" : "#00ff00",
"circular" : "#bada55",
"edge" : "#666666",
"bgcolor": "#ffffff"
}
}
Try running madge with a different layout, here's a list of the ones you can try:
-
dot "hierarchical" or layered drawings of directed graphs. This is the default tool to use if edges have directionality.
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neato "spring model'' layouts. This is the default tool to use if the graph is not too large (about 100 nodes) and you don't know anything else about it. Neato attempts to minimize a global energy function, which is equivalent to statistical multi-dimensional scaling.
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fdp "spring model'' layouts similar to those of neato, but does this by reducing forces rather than working with energy.
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sfdp multiscale version of fdp for the layout of large graphs.
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twopi radial layouts, after Graham Wills 97. Nodes are placed on concentric circles depending their distance from a given root node.
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circo circular layout, after Six and Tollis 99, Kauffman and Wiese 02. This is suitable for certain diagrams of multiple cyclic structures, such as certain telecommunications networks.
$ npm test
Switched library for walking directory tree which should solve issues on Windows.
Added proper exit code when running "madge --circular" so it can be used in build scripts.
Relative AMD module identifiers (if the first term is "." or "..") are now resolved.
Tweaked circular dependency path output.
Complete path in circular dependencies is now printed (and marked as red in image graphs).
Added support for CoffeeScript. Files with extension .coffee will automatically be compiled on-the-fly.
Fixed dependency issues with Node.js v0.8.
Added support for Node.js v0.8 and dropped support for lower versions.
Added ability to read config file and customize colors.
Initial release.
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