whybundled

Ever wondered why any particular module ended up in a bundle? WhyBundled is here to answer exactly this question.

It's meant to be used alongside stats report from webpack.

Quick Start

npm i -g whybundled

whybundled stats.json ← stats file generated by wepback

Usage

Usage
  $ whybundled stats.json [pattern]                 [default command]
  $ whybundled stats.json --by styled-components    [by command]

Default options:
  [pattern]          Optional pattern used to filter output to only matched modules
  --modulesOnly      Only include modules
  --filesOnly        Only include files
  --directOnly       Only include direct dependencies
  --transitiveOnly   Only include transitive dependencies
  --duplicatesOnly   Only include modules that have duplicates in a resulting bundle
  --limit            Limits output of reasons and files [default: 20]

By options [--by]:
  --limit            Limits output of reasons and files [default: 20]

Other options:
  -v, --version      Shows version.
  --help             Shows help.

Examples
  $ whybundled stats.json --modulesOnly

Features

Stats Analyses

• Outputs list of all modules/files included in the bundle in from most imported to least imported order.
• Builds a chain of dependencies for transitive dependencies.
• Shows all files that were included for particular module.
• Shows all reasons why particular module was included.

MODULE  isobject
├─ imported: 1 time     ← number of times module imported
├─ type: [transitive]   ← type of a dependency can be either direct or transitive
│  └─ isobject -> is-plain-object -> styled-components    ← for transitive dependencies whybundled outputs a chain of dependencies up to the closest direct
│
├─ locations:  ← where module is located in a project
│  └─ ../node_modules/isobject/
│
├─ files:      ← list of files that were included for this module
│  └─ ../node_modules/isobject/index.js
│
└─ reasons:    ← list of reasons why module was included in a bundle
   └─ is-plain-object
      └─ ../node_modules/is-plain-object/index.js  10:15-34  [cjs require]

Duplicates Badge

If module has been bundled several times from different locations whybundled adds [multiple] badge next to the locations field:

Brought by

Using --by flag whybundled shows all modules that were brought into the bundle by a particular module:

whybundled stats.json --by styled-components