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Highlight packages with no dependencies #1900
Description
Describe the feature
Just an idea, but it'd be nice if npmx would highlight packages with 0 direct dependencies.
Maybe a nice green banner, to contrast with other warning banners.
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floatDreamWithSong commentedon Mar 9, 2026
Hi, I’d like to take this issue. But before implementation, I’d like to clarify the definition of “direct dependencies” to make sure the behavior matches expectations. Should “0 direct dependencies” mean:
dependenciesare counteddependencies+devDependenciesare countedpackage.jsonare counted ? ( for example :dependencies、devDependencies、peerDependencies...)Once clarified, I’ll proceed with the implementation. Thanks!
nstepien commentedon Mar 9, 2026
Basicallly 1.
The intent is to show "this package will not balloon up the size of your
node_modules", and also that 0 deps means reducing the risk of upcoming security issues.nicolo-ribaudo commentedon Mar 12, 2026
I posted this in #2046, but I also think that it would be good to still show the "dependencies" section on the sidebar, even if it's empty.
It makes it so that I have to look in a single place to know what deps a package has, rather than looking in different places (sidebar vs banner) depending on whether the package has some or none.
ghostdevv commentedon Mar 20, 2026
We decided to not show a banner when a package has no dependencies, see this message here as to why - as for @nicolo-ribaudo's request for always showing the dependencies section, I've created #2168