vite-plugin-deadcodes

A vite plugin to detect unused files, which is similar to webpack-deadcode-plugin.

The detected result be like:

Supported File Types

Javascript, typescript, react, vue projects are supported:

• ✅ javascript (.js)
• ✅ typescript (.ts)
• ✅ react jsx (.jsx|.tsx)
• ✅ vue SFC or jsx|tsx files (.vue|.jsx|.tsx)
• ✅ stylesheet (.css|.less|.scss|...)
• ✅ assets (.svg|.img|.png|.mp4|...)
• ✅ ...
• ❌ Typescript files which are composed of types only (see below)
• ❌ Stylesheet files which are imported by @import statements (see below)

Installation

# npm
npm install vite-plugin-deadcodes --save-dev

# yarn
yarn add -D vite-plugin-deadcodes

# pnpm
pnpm add -D vite-plugin-deadcodes

Usage

Step 1: config plugin

// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
import vitePluginDeadcodes from 'vite-plugin-deadcodes';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    vitePluginDeadcodes(),
  ]
});

Or use with options:

// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
import vitePluginDeadcodes from 'vite-plugin-deadcodes';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    vitePluginDeadcodes({
      src: '/path/to/src',
      emit: '/path/to/result/deadcodes.json',
      excludes: ['**/*.d.ts', '**/*.(stories|spec).(js|jsx)'],
    }),
  ]
});

Step 2: run build command

This plugin will only run in build mode.

npx vite build

Options

interface Options {
    src?: string;
    emit?: boolean | string;
    excludes?: string[];
    console?: boolean;
}

options.src (default: path.join(process.cwd(), 'src'))

The source dir you want to detect.

options.emit (default: path.join(process.cwd(), 'deadcodes.json'))

The path of the result file.

vitePluginDeadcodes({
  emit: '/path/to/result/deadcodes.json'
})

options.excludes (default: [])

The files that should be ignored.

vitePluginDeadcodes({
  excludes: ['**/*.d.ts', '**/*.(stories|spec).(js|jsx)'],
})

options.console (default: false)

Set true to show result in the console.

Addition

Type only files

Typescript files that were composed of types only, these files will be removed by typescript parser. Example:

export type Foo = 'a' | 'b';

export interface Bar {
  name: string;
}

If this file contains some exports that are not type, then it can be detected. Like:

export type Foo = 'a' | 'b';

export interface Bar {
  name: string;
}

// This function will not be removed by ts parser
export const add = (a: number, b: number): number => a + b;

Stylesheet By Import Statement

In the example below, styles/bar.less can not be detected, which is imported by @import statement.

Planing to fix it in the next version.

// foo.less
@import '../styles/bar.less'

.name {
  color: blue;
}

// demo.js
import './foo.less'