devlens 1.2.0

Flutter Dependency Explorer. A developer tool to analyze any Flutter or Dart project and generate an interactive architecture and dependency visualization map.

🔍 DevLens

Flutter Dependency Explorer. A developer tool to analyze any Flutter or Dart project and generate an interactive architecture and dependency visualization map.

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✨ Features

• 🚀 Offline HTML Dashboard: Generates a stunning 6-tab Onboarding Dashboard (Learning Path, Risk Report, Folder Map, Dead Code, Graph).
• 🧠 AST Code Analysis: Uses the official analyzer package to statically parse Dart files, extracting imports and file types.
• 🏗️ Architecture Health Score: Detects Circular Dependencies, God Classes, and Highly Coupled files to grade your codebase.
• 🗺️ Learning Path: Automatically calculates the optimal reading order for a new developer to understand the project in 10 minutes.
• 💀 Dead Code Detection: Highlights orphaned files that have zero incoming dependencies.

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🚀 Getting Started

Installation

Activate the CLI globally via pub:

dart pub global activate devlens

Usage

Run the scanner in the root of any Flutter or Dart project:

devlens scan

You can also specify a specific path:

devlens scan --path /path/to/your/flutter_project

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🗺️ How it Works & Where Everything Goes

When you run devlens scan, here is what happens under the hood and where the outputs are generated:

1. Parsing Phase [Click to expand]

The DartParser scans through your project's lib/ directory, reading every .dart file. It extracts dependencies and identifies the type of each component (e.g., is it a State, Screen, or Repository?).

2. Graph Generation [Click to expand]

The parsed files are converted into a connected DependencyGraph. This engine models the nodes (files) and edges (imports) of your architecture.

3. Output (.dep_explorer/) [Click to expand]

Once the scan is complete, DevLens creates a new directory in your project root called .dep_explorer/.
Inside this folder, it generates an index.html file which automatically opens in your browser. This contains the full 6-tab Onboarding Dashboard!

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📁 Source Code Architecture

Curious about how DevLens itself is built? Here's a quick overview of our source code:

• 📂 bin/: Contains the executable entrypoint (devlens.dart).
• 📂 lib/cli/: The command-line interface logic and command runner.
• 📂 lib/packages/parser/: The Dart analyzer code that reads your files.
• 📂 lib/packages/graph_engine/: Data structures for the dependency graph.
• 📂 lib/packages/reports/: Exporters that write the .dep_explorer/ outputs.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.