https://github.com/jfrog/maven-dep-tree

Maven plugin that reads the Maven dependencies of a given Maven project, and generates a dependency tree.
https://github.com/jfrog/maven-dep-tree

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Maven plugin that reads the Maven dependencies of a given Maven project, and generates a dependency tree.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jfrog/maven-dep-tree
• Owner: jfrog
• Created: 2023-07-09T14:31:21.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-09-29T14:40:52.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-09-29T16:28:33.710Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: dependency-graph, dependency-tree, jfrog, jfrog-xray, maven, maven-plugin
• Language: Java
• Homepage:
• Size: 61.5 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

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# 🪶 Maven Dependency Tree

This Maven plugin reads the Maven dependencies of a given Maven project, and generates a dependency tree.

This package was developed by JFrog, and is used by [JFrog Frogbot](https://github.com/jfrog/frogbot)

to generate the dependency tree for projects using Maven dependencies.

## Table of Contents

- [Usage](#-usage)

    - [Tree](#-tree)

        - [Output](#output)

        - [Output Tree Structure](#output-tree-structure)

    - [Project Info](#-project-info)

        - [Output](#output-1)

- [Contributions](#-contributions)

## 🖥️ Usage

### 🌲 Tree

Run *tree* in a directory containing a pom.xml file. The plugin will generate a dependency tree for each subproject that

contains a pom.xml file.

The command:

```bash

mvn com.jfrog:maven-dep-tree:tree -DdepsTreeOutputFile=

```

#### Output:

```

...

```

#### Output Tree Structure:

```json

{

  "root": "org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT",

  "nodes": {

    "junit:junit:3.8.1": {

      "children": [],

      "configurations": [

        "test"

      ],

      "types": [

        "jar"

      ]

    },

    "org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT": {

      "children": [

        "junit:junit:3.8.1"

      ],

      "configurations": [],

      "types": [

        "pom"

      ]

    }

  }

}

```

### 🧐 Project Info

Run *projects* in a directory containing a pom.xml file. The plugin will generate the project info for each subproject

that contains a pom.xml file.

The command:

```bash

mvn com.jfrog:maven-dep-tree:projects -q 

```

#### Output:

```sh

{"gav":"org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT","parentGav":"","pomPath":"/path/to/maven-example/pom.xml"}

{"gav":"org.jfrog.test:multi1:3.7-SNAPSHOT","parentGav":"org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT","pomPath":"/path/to/maven-example/multi1/pom.xml"}

{"gav":"org.jfrog.test:multi2:3.7-SNAPSHOT","parentGav":"org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT","pomPath":"/path/to/maven-example/multi2/pom.xml"}

{"gav":"org.jfrog.test:multi3:3.7-SNAPSHOT","parentGav":"org.jfrog.test:multi:3.7-SNAPSHOT","pomPath":"/path/to/maven-example/multi3/pom.xml"}

```

## 💻 Contributions

We welcome pull requests from the community. To help us improve this project, please read

our [contribution](./CONTRIBUTING.md#-guidelines) guide.