Dependency Checker Webpack Plugin

Plugin that simplifies checke of dependencies version and notify about new version.

Install

Webpack 5

  npm i --save-dev dependency-checker-webpack-plugin

  yarn add --dev dependency-checker-webpack-plugin

Use

The plugin will output information in the console and toast of Windows, MacOS or Linux, for this you need to add it as below and add the package names to the dependency list for checking:

webpack.config.js

import DependencyCheckerPlugin from 'dependency-checker-webpack-plugin';

module.exports = {
  ...
  plugins: [new DependencyCheckerPlugin({
    depNames: ['dependency-checker-webpack-plugin']
  })],
  ...
};

It will create a notification for dependencies that have new versions.

Settings

new DependencyCheckerPlugin({
  depNames: array,
  options?: object
})

Name	Type	Default	Description
depNames	{Array.<string>}	['']	Names of packages to be checked
options.showToast	{Boolean}	true	Enable toast of Windows, MacOS or Linux
options.showConsole	{Boolean}	true	Enable notify in console
options.devServerOnly	{Boolean}	true	For DevServer only
options.disableCertValid	{Boolean}	false	NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = 0 or 1