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title: "Weekend Project: Dependency Graph Visualizer"
description: "I want to build a tool that takes a codebase and visualizes its dependency graph — modules, imports, which files depend on which. For fun, for learning. Maybe open-source it."
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/builder-idea
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:08:36.279Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Weekend Project: Dependency Graph Visualizer — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/builder-idea)"
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# Weekend Project: Dependency Graph Visualizer
I want to build a tool that takes a codebase and visualizes its dependency graph — modules, imports, which files depend on which. For fun, for learning. Maybe open-source it.

## Overview

# Weekend Project: Dependency Graph Visualizer

I want to build a tool that takes a codebase and visualizes its dependency graph — modules, imports, which files depend on which. For fun, for learning. Maybe open-source it.

## What I have so far

- Rough idea: point it at a repo, get an interactive graph
- Stack I'm leaning toward: TypeScript + D3 or Cytoscape for rendering
- Potential: could work for JS/TS first, maybe Python later

## What I don't know yet

- How to make the visualization actually useful vs just pretty
- Whether this should be a CLI, a web tool, or a VS Code extension
- What would make someone else want to use it

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