Rust Deps Visualizer

Name: Rust Deps Visualizer
Author: actionbook

actionbook/rust-skills

1.3k installs
1.3k repo stars
Updated May 24, 2026
actionbook/rust-skills

rust-deps-visualizer provides documented workflows for Visualize Rust project dependencies as ASCII art. Triggers on: /deps-viz, dependency graph, show dependencies, visualize deps, 依赖图, 依赖可视化, 显示依赖

About

The rust-deps-visualizer skill visualize Rust project dependencies as ASCII art Triggers on deps-viz dependency graph show dependencies visualize deps 依赖图依赖可视化显示依赖 Rust Dependencies Visualizer Generate ASCII art visualizations of your Rust project's dependency tree Usage rust-deps-visualizer depth N features Options depth N Limit tree depth default 3 features Show feature flags Output Format Simple Tree Default my-project v0 1 0 tokio v1 49 0 pin-project-lite v0 2 x bytes v1 x serde v1 0 x serde_derive v1 0 x anyhow v1 x Feature-Aware Tree my-project v0 1 0 tokio v1 49 0 rt rt-multi-thread macros fs io-util pin-project-lite v0 2 x bytes v1 x serde v1 0 x derive serde_derive v1 0 x proc-macro anyhow v1 x std Implementation Step 1 Parse Cargo toml for direct dependencies bash cargo metadata format-version 1 no-deps 2 dev null Step 2 Get full dependency tree bash cargo tree depth DEPTH 3 FEATURES features 2 dev null Step 3 Format as ASCII art tree Use these box-drawing characters for middle items for last

`--depth N`: Limit tree depth (default: 3)
`--features`: Show feature flags
`├──` for middle items
`└──` for last items
`│ ` for continuation lines

Rust Deps Visualizer by the numbers

1,305 all-time installs (skills.sh)
+48 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
Ranked #22 of 129 Rust skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
Security screen: HIGH risk (skills.sh audit)
Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

At a glance

rust-deps-visualizer capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities: ` depth n`: limit tree depth (default: 3) · ` features`: show feature flags · `├──` for middle items · `└──` for last items · `│ ` for continuation lines
Use cases: documentation

From the docs

What rust-deps-visualizer says it does

# Rust Dependencies Visualizer Generate ASCII art visualizations of your Rust project's dependency tree.

SKILL.md

Check for Cargo.toml in current directory 2.

SKILL.md

npx skills add https://github.com/actionbook/rust-skills --skill rust-deps-visualizer

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How do I use rust-deps-visualizer for the task described in its SKILL.md triggers?

Visualize Rust project dependencies as ASCII art. Triggers on: /deps-viz, dependency graph, show dependencies, visualize deps, 依赖图, 依赖可视化, 显示依赖

Who is it for?

Teams invoking rust-deps-visualizer when the user request matches documented triggers and prerequisites.

Skip if: Skip when cached docs are missing, the request is a negative trigger, or another sibling skill owns the workflow.

When should I use this skill?

Visualize Rust project dependencies as ASCII art. Triggers on: /deps-viz, dependency graph, show dependencies, visualize deps, 依赖图, 依赖可视化, 显示依赖

What you get

Step-by-step guidance grounded in rust-deps-visualizer documentation and reference files.

ASCII dependency tree
feature-flag dependency view

By the numbers

Default dependency tree depth is 3
Supports --depth N and --features CLI flags

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Rust Dependencies Visualizer

Generate ASCII art visualizations of your Rust project's dependency tree.

Usage

/rust-deps-visualizer [--depth N] [--features]

Options:

--depth N: Limit tree depth (default: 3)
--features: Show feature flags

Output Format

Simple Tree (Default)

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0
│   ├── pin-project-lite v0.2.x
│   └── bytes v1.x
├── serde v1.0.x
│   └── serde_derive v1.0.x
└── anyhow v1.x

Feature-Aware Tree

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0 [rt, rt-multi-thread, macros, fs, io-util]
│   ├── pin-project-lite v0.2.x
│   └── bytes v1.x
├── serde v1.0.x [derive]
│   └── serde_derive v1.0.x (proc-macro)
└── anyhow v1.x [std]

Implementation

Step 1: Parse Cargo.toml for direct dependencies

cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps 2>/dev/null

Step 2: Get full dependency tree

cargo tree --depth=${DEPTH:-3} ${FEATURES:+--features} 2>/dev/null

Step 3: Format as ASCII art tree

Use these box-drawing characters:

├── for middle items
└── for last items
│ for continuation lines

Visual Enhancements

Dependency Categories

my-project v0.1.0
│
├─[Runtime]─────────────────────
│ ├── tokio v1.49.0
│ └── async-trait v0.1.x
│
├─[Serialization]───────────────
│ ├── serde v1.0.x
│ └── serde_json v1.x
│
└─[Development]─────────────────
  ├── criterion v0.5.x
  └── proptest v1.x

Size Visualization (Optional)

my-project v0.1.0
├── tokio v1.49.0        ████████████ 2.1 MB
├── serde v1.0.x         ███████ 1.2 MB
├── regex v1.x           █████ 890 KB
└── anyhow v1.x          ██ 120 KB
                         ─────────────────
                         Total: 4.3 MB

Workflow

1. Check for Cargo.toml in current directory 2. Run cargo tree with specified options 3. Parse output and generate ASCII visualization 4. Optionally categorize by purpose (runtime, dev, build)