depcheck
Tool to find unused dependencies and missing package declarations in projects.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
How depcheck is used
depcheck is a dependency in 12 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 28 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use TypeScript (89.3%), dotenv (46.4%), Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (35.7%).
depcheck popularity over time
Gid Score 48: downloads 62, use in agent projects 32, GitHub stars 38, downloads trend 56 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with depcheck
| TypeScript | 89.3% of depcheck projects · 1.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| dotenv | 46.4% of depcheck projects · 3.0× more than average |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 35.7% of depcheck projects · 3.8× more than average |
| Husky | 35.7% of depcheck projects · 3.5× more than average |
| Vitest | 50.0% of depcheck projects · 2.4× more than average |
| Zod | 53.6% of depcheck projects · 2.1× more than average |
| ESLint | 60.7% of depcheck projects · 1.7× more than average |
| Testing Library | 32.1% of depcheck projects · 3.2× more than average |
From all 28 projects in our scan that use depcheck, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list depcheck as a dependency.
How depcheck is funded
Open Collective: depcheck
| Received, last 12 months | $60 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $60 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $341 |
| Raised since the start | $341 |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $5 · $5 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -72% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 1 |
Top company backers all time
| Quantify | $5 since Dec 2020 |
|---|
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in May 2020. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
GitHub Sponsors
| @rumpl | 0 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay. Sponsors of a person back all of their work.
Ways to fund depcheck
GitHub Sponsors Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install depcheck |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (20), Next.js (6), Java / Kotlin (1), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | prosopo/captcha, cyanheads/git-mcp-server, cyanheads/mcp-ts-core, Meeting-BaaS/meet-teams-bot, ironforge-cloud/mudlands |
Alternatives to depcheck
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Dev workflow and config does the same job as depcheck: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Dev workflow and config: dotenv Husky python-dotenv lint-staged concurrently Rich Pydantic Settings cross-env