PKGJS-DEPENDS(1)

💖 PKGJS-DEPENDS 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this little icon of a tool is literally a manual page and it deserves main character energy. it's called pkgjs-depends — yes, from the User Commands section of the manual, manual name and all — and it is here to dig through your dependency tree so you don't have to. periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

pkgjs-depends - pkgjs-depends

(i know. the name is the name. it's giving minimalism. we love a self-titled era. 🎀)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pkgjs-depends

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags required, just walk in and it works. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's what's happening, bestie: it searches recursively through the dependencies of the module name you give it — and if you don't give it a module name, no worries, it just uses package.json#name instead. 💖

and then it displays:

• related Debian packages (using apt-file) 🐧
• missing modules 😭

that's the whole tea. it recursively goes through deps, checks what Debian packages correspond to them, and lets you know what's missing. no cap. ✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

pick your fighters, babes:

• -h, --help — prints this. the classic. the "help me help you" of it all. 🙈
• --dev, --development — includes dev dependencies. and listen, important detail: this is for the main package only, not dependencies. so don't @ me when your transitive deps aren't getting the dev treatment, that's literally by design. 🎀
• --no-peer-dependencies, --npd — don't include peer dependencies. if peer deps are giving you stress, just say no. 💅
• --debug — debug mode. for when you need to see the behind-the-scenes lore. 🔥
• -c, --checkversions — verifies that the version matches. correcting the girlies, one version at a time. ⭐
• --nocache — don't use the local cache. fresh start, no baggage, character development arc. 🦋
• --clearcache — clears the local cache. it's giving "new year new me" energy. 🌸
• --limit — recursion limit. the default is 100, so yes, there is in fact a point where it stops going deeper. iconic boundaries. 🫶
• --graph, -g — displays modules using a digraph of relations. pretty lines. visual slay. 🌈
• --missing-graph, --mg — displays only missing modules using a digraph of relations. when you only want the drama, not the whole cast. 💀
• --no-progress, --np — don't print the progress bar. for the girlies who like to be surprised. ✨

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💖 psst — reminders from your favorite unix bestie: the recursion default for --limit is 100, --dev / --development applies to the main package only (not its dependencies), and --graph / -g, --missing-graph / --mg, --dev / --development, --no-peer-dependencies / --npd, --no-progress / --np, and -c / --checkversions all have a short and long form, so there's a spelling for every mood. 🌸

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💜 SEE YA 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and recursively explore. this was pkgjs-depends version 0.17.8, dated August 2026, and yes you read that date right, it's futuristic of it. ily, bye! 💅✨🎀🦋