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I found 3 quietly deprecated dependencies in my own project β no warnings, just sitting there for months. That's what pushed me to build PkgDiet. One command scans your Node.js project and flags: ποΈ Unused dependencies π₯ Deprecated or unhealthy packages π¦ What's bloating your node_modules π‘ Lighter, modern alternatives (moment β dayjs, etc) Free, open source, dry-run-safe by default β it never touches your files unless you explicitly confirm. npx pkgdiet β try it and tell me what it finds
Hey Product Hunt π
I found 3 quietly deprecated dependencies in my own project β
no warnings, just sitting there for months. That's what pushed
me to actually build this.
PkgDiet scans your Node.js project and flags:
ποΈ Unused dependencies (AST-parsed, not guessed)
π₯ Deprecated/unhealthy packages
π¦ What's bloating your node_modules
π‘ Lighter, modern alternatives
Dry-run safe by default β it never touches your files unless
you explicitly confirm.
Free & open source: npx pkgdiet
Would genuinely love feedback, especially anything it gets
wrong on your projects π
PkgDiet was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #70 on the daily leaderboard. I found 3 quietly deprecated dependencies in my own project β no warnings, just sitting there for months. That's what pushed me to build PkgDiet. One command scans your Node.js project and flags: ποΈ Unused dependencies π₯ Deprecated or unhealthy packages π¦ What's bloating your node_modules π‘ Lighter, modern alternatives (moment β dayjs, etc) Free, open source, dry-run-safe by default β it never touches your files unless you explicitly confirm. npx pkgdiet β try it and tell me what it finds
On the analytics side, PkgDiet competes within Open Source, Software Engineering and Developer Tools β topics that collectively have 630.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how PkgDiet performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted PkgDiet?
PkgDiet was hunted by Om Tajne. A βhunterβ on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform β uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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