MAmatzehuels·Mar 3, 2026
love it, integrate it into https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower please!
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stacktower
Visualize package dependencies as XKCD-style tower diagrams. Supports Python, Rust, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Java, and Go.
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Visualize package dependencies as XKCD-style tower diagrams. Supports Python, Rust, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Java, and Go.
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| Mar 2 | 2026-03-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-09 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesThe Github link you posted is broken. https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower
edit, forgot to add: should have a gallery of dependency towers for a few different projects to illustrate the programs ability.
In Show HN: Xkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for realShow HN: Xkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for real
I finally got tired of XKCD #2347 living rent-free in my head, so I built Stacktower: a tool that takes any real package’s dependency graph and turns it into an actual tower of bricks. Along the way I had to wrestle some surprisingly spicy problems.
Full blog post here: https://stacktower.io
The result is half visualization tool, half love letter to the chaos of modern dependency trees. Open-source, works with PyPI, Cargo, npm, and more.
Code: https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower
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