Cargo workspace analyzer

A CLI tool which provides insights about a Cargo workspace. Currently, the following is supported:

• count the number of packages within a workspace
• create a Mermaid diagram to show how packages depend on each other

Installation

Install it globally:

cargo install cargo-workspace-analyzer

Then navigate to a Cargo workspace and run the tool:

cd path/to/your/workspace
cargo-workspace-analyzer

or use an argument to specify the location of the workspace.

cd path/to/your/workspace
cargo-workspace-analyzer --working-dir /path/to/your/workspace

For further details, use cargo-workspace-analyzer --help

Dependency analysis

After running the analyzer, an Mermaid diagram is printed.

graph TD
    service-1 --> db-connector
    API --> service-2
    API --> service-1
    service-2 --> db-connector

You can copy it and paste it in the Mermaid Live editor. It will give you the diagram.

graph TD
    service-1 --> db-connector
    API --> service-2
    API --> service-1
    service-2 --> db-connector

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Package Count

It will also display the amount of packages in your workspace.

Roadmap

Regarding features this is still in early stage. A lot can and will be analyzed in the future. The following is currently planed:

• show how packages are related to each other
• notice dependencies which are used in multiple packages, but not declared as workspace dependency
• notice circular dependencies
• ability to specify layers for the diagram