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Dead-code projects on GitHub

Tools for detecting and removing unused code paths from codebases.

As of , the most-starred Dead-code projects on GitHub are knip (12.6K stars), repowise (8.1K stars) and fallow (5.3K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Dead-code repositories with 29.8K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 31 was repowise, with +14 stars in a day.

5Projects
29.8KStars in total
+27Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 31

+14

repowise

repowise-dev/repowise · ★ 8.1K

Repowise indexes a codebase once (code, dependency graph, git history, tests, docs, and architectural decisions) and then gives AI agents and developers cited answers, change-impact analysis, and concrete code-health fixes instead of making an agent rediscover the code every time.

+5

fallow

fallow-rs/fallow · ★ 5.3K

Fallow is a Rust-based codebase intelligence tool for TypeScript/JavaScript that builds one dependency graph of a repository and reports unused code, circular dependencies, duplication, complexity hotspots, architecture boundary violations, and design-system styling drift.

+5

desloppify

peteromallet/desloppify · ★ 3.7K

Desloppify is an agent harness that gives AI coding agents the tools to detect, triage, and fix code quality issues in a codebase — combining mechanical checks (dead code, duplication, complexity) with LLM-based review of naming, abstractions, and module boundaries — and tracks progress with a score.

+3

knip

webpro-nl/knip · ★ 12.6K

Knip is a free and open-source tool that finds unused files, dependencies and exports in your JavaScript and TypeScript projects, so you can cut them before you ship.

The all-time top

5 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · webpro-nl/knip

    knip

    Knip is a free and open-source tool that finds unused files, dependencies and exports in your JavaScript and TypeScript projects, so you can cut them before you ship.

    12.6K
  2. #2 · repowise-dev/repowise

    repowise

    Repowise indexes a codebase once (code, dependency graph, git history, tests, docs, and architectural decisions) and then gives AI agents and developers cited answers, change-impact analysis, and concrete code-health fixes instead of making an agent rediscover the code every time.

    8.1K
  3. #3 · fallow-rs/fallow

    fallow

    Fallow is a Rust-based codebase intelligence tool for TypeScript/JavaScript that builds one dependency graph of a repository and reports unused code, circular dependencies, duplication, complexity hotspots, architecture boundary violations, and design-system styling drift.

    5.3K
  1. 4

    desloppify

    3.7Kpeteromallet/desloppify · Python

    Desloppify is an agent harness that gives AI coding agents the tools to detect, triage, and fix code quality issues in a codebase — combining mechanical checks (dead code, duplication, complexity) with LLM-based review of naming, abstractions, and module boundaries — and tracks progress with a score.

  2. 5

    lessloc

    109rextail-ai/lessloc · JavaScript

    0). No account, no API key, no dependencies. It keeps itself up to date: its only network contact of its own is a daily check for a newly published release.

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