madge VS Sourcetrail

something like https://github.com/sverweij/dependency-cruiser maybe https://github.com/pahen/madge or https://github.com/antoine-coulon/skott

You can render dependency graphs with Madge [0] (works with both TS and JS).

[0] https://github.com/pahen/madge

It would be interesting to somehow overlay this graph on top of the typescript import graph (generated by something like madge). I suspect it might highlight some poorly organized regions of the codebase, because it would be obvious which component trees depend on multiple clusters of files.

So far, I've always used a tool called madge, which saved my ass countless times.

I've also noticed that eslint cycle checking is slow for large projects, we currently use madge (https://github.com/pahen/madge) for cycle checking and its very fast and is working pretty well.

There's no VS Code extension for it AFAIK, but it's the best (and almost only) tool that I know which can do it for JavaScript code. There's also madge and emerge, in case the first one doesn't fit your needs.

I wish something existed in this space. I used Coati Software's Sourcetrail for a couple of years. Unfortunately it was discontinued. It was a wonderful piece of software that indexed a code repository, and exposed an interface to explore it interactively. At least for me, it significantly improved the understanding and legibility of code.

The code is in an archived state (https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail). Searching for the software on Google shows some screenshots.

I think it might make large scale code visualization in a similar way to how SourceTrail does it more feasible: https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

Sourcetrail: Free and open-source cross-platform source explorer https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

Yep souecetrail https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

I've used https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail in the past for some bits of the legacy code project I'm on. I also use vim and cscope for day to day navigation but it's harder to get a big picture with those alone.

Sourcetrail?

Does it strive to do what Sourcetrail used to ?

You could always try using Sourcetrail. Unfortunately the open source project is now archived but it should still help you get insights into your code.