Code Cleanup Made Easy... Remove JavaScript Exports, Files & Dependencies

One of the hardest things to keep track of it a large project is unused dependencies, exports and files. Knip helps with all of that, being able to handle a large range of project types such as monorepos, offering a more configurable experience than other tools.

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[ardianhotii]

Very good tool, I didn't know this was a thing first of all but this is awesome and I'll use it in my projects . Thanks for sharing this with us

[sire_ns]

Wow!, thank you so much for covering such a usefull tool like this.

[nikhilpsathyanathan]

It's really nice, especially for exported fns

[knowledgedose]

what about dependencies in different git branches? wouldn't it cause problems if knip deletes package from node modules in one brach, but package is used in another?

[bonsayeb]

Try this with Vite. First, install Vite, which will install 10 packages. Then, run pnpm dlx knip. It will show Vite itself as an unused dependency. If you uninstall Vite and run pnpm dlx knip again, it won’t show all the other packages that were originally installed with Vite as unused dependencies. This doesn’t seem to work correctly.

Am I misunderstanding something? The outcome is the same with even depcheck package, a Knip alternative.

[tamaniphiri]

Really cool indeed, reduces bundle size

[bart_pn]

I don't think it's pronounced 'nip', but 'k-nip', with the 'k' not silent, since the tool is developed by a Dutch person and 'knip' means 'cut' in Dutch.

[SirDrinksAlot]

Here let met fix the title. "Code Cleanup Made Easy... Remove JavaScript "