https://github.com/spectresystems/snitch
A tool that help you find duplicate transitive package references.
https://github.com/spectresystems/snitch
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A tool that help you find duplicate transitive package references.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/spectresystems/snitch
- Owner: spectresystems
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-10-25T13:27:47.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-10-02T07:32:29.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-12-22T03:49:20.196Z (7 months ago)
- Language: C#
- Homepage:
- Size: 115 KB
- Stars: 488
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 31
- Open Issues: 25
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# 
Snitch
[](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Snitch/)
A tool that help you find transitive package references that can be removed.
## Example
```
> snitch --tfm net462
```
Results in:
```txt
Analyzing...
Analyzing Snitch.Tests.Fixtures.sln
Analyzing Foo...
Analyzing Bar...
Analyzing Baz...
Analyzing Qux...
Analyzing Zap...
Analyzing Quux...
Analyzing Quuux...
Analyzing Thud...
Analyzing Thuuud...
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Packages that can be removed from Bar: │
│ ┌──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Package │ Referenced by │ │
│ ├──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Autofac │ Foo │ │
│ └──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Packages that can be removed from Baz: │
│ ┌──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Package │ Referenced by │ │
│ ├──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Autofac │ Foo │ │
│ └──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Packages that might be removed from Qux: │
│ ┌───────────┬───────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Package │ Version │ Reason │ │
│ ├───────────┼───────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Autofac │ 4.9.3 │ Downgraded from 4.9.4 in Foo │ │
│ └───────────┴───────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Packages that might be removed from Zap: │
│ ┌──────────────────┬──────────┬───────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Package │ Version │ Reason │ │
│ ├──────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Newtonsoft.Json │ 12.0.3 │ Updated from 12.0.1 in Foo │ │
│ │ Autofac │ 4.9.3 │ Downgraded from 4.9.4 in Foo │ │
│ └──────────────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Packages that might be removed from Thuuud: │
│ ┌─────────────────┬──────────────┬────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Package │ Version │ Reason │ │
│ ├─────────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────┤ │
│ │ Newtonsoft.Json │ 13.0.2-beta2 │ Updated from 12.0.1 in Foo │ │
│ └─────────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────────────────┘ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
```
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## Installation
```
> dotnet tool install -g snitch
```
## Usage
_Examine a specific project or solution using the first built
target framework._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj
```
_Examine a specific project using a specific
target framework moniker._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj --tfm net462
```
_Examine a specific project using a specific target framework moniker
and return exit code 0 only if there was no transitive package collisions.
Useful for continuous integration._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj --tfm net462 --strict
```
_Examine a specific project using a specific target framework moniker
and make sure that the packages Foo and Bar are excluded from the result._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj --tfm net462 --exclude Foo --exclude Bar
```
_Examine a specific project using a specific target framework moniker
and exclude the project OtherProject from analysis._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj --tfm net462 --skip OtherProject
```
_Examine a specific project or solution to make sure there are no pre-release package references._
```
> snitch MyProject.csproj --no-prerelease
```
## Building Snitch from source
```
> dotnet tool restore
> dotnet cake
```
## Icon
[Hollow](https://thenounproject.com/term/stitch/1571973/) designed by [Ben Davis](https://thenounproject.com/smashicons/) from [The Noun Project](https://thenounproject.com).