Dead Code Checker

Dead Code Checker is a tool for finding dead code in your JavaScript or TypeScript project. It helps to ensure a cleaner and more maintainable code base.

How it works

The tool will recursively scan through your project's source files and generate a report of unused functions and variables.

Features

• Variable Detection: Detects declared variables and verifies their usage.
• Function Detection: Identifies declared functions and checks if they are used across your project.
• Support any framework: React, Angular, Vue, and more.
• Detailed Report: Provides a detailed report of unused functions and variables, including the file and line number where they are declared.

Usa as CLI

To use Dead Code Checker, simply run the following command in your project directory:

npx dead-code-checker -f ./src

Option	Args	Description
-h, --help	null	Show all options.
-v, --version	null	Displays the current version of the application.
--ci	null	Abort the process when dead code is detected.
-f, --folder	folder/app	Folder to be scanned (Default: ./src)
-in, --ignoreNames	funcName	Function or variable names to be ignored
-if, --ignoreFolders	folderName	Folders to be ignored

Example Output

If no unused functions or variables are found, you'll see a message like this:

✅ No dead code found!

Use in CI/CD

To use Dead Code Checker in CI/CD, you can use the dead-code-checker CLI.

IMPORTANT: Use the --ci option to abort the process when dead code is detected.

name: Dead Code Checker CI

on: [push]

jobs:
  unit-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20.x'
      - run: npm i dead-code-checker -g
      - run: dead-code-checker --ci -f ./src

Use as API

Install the dead-code-checker module as a dependency in your project's package.json file.

npm install dead-code-checker --save

Import the DeadCodeChecker class from the dead-code-checker module.

const DeadCodeChecker = require('dead-code-checker');

const checker = new DeadCodeChecker('src/', {
  ignoreNames: ['foo', 'bar'],
  ignoreFolders: ['tests']
});

checker.run();

const report = checker.getReport();

console.log(report);

Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue on GitHub. Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

License

MIT License

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