# Comparison & Migration

Source: https://knip.dev/explanations/comparison-and-migration

First of all, Knip owes a lot to the projects on this page and they’ve all been
inspirational in their own way. For best results, Knip hasa vision embracing
comprehensivenesswhich is larger in scope than any of the alternatives. So
if any of those tools has the right scope for your requirements, then by all
means, use what suits you best. Note that most projects are no longer
maintained.

All tools have in common that they have less features and don’t support the
concept ofmonorepos/workspaces. Feel free to send in projects that Knip
does not handle better, Knip loves to be challenged!

## Migration

A migration consists of deleting the dependency and its configuration file andgetting started with Knip. You should end up with less configuration.

## Comparison

### depcheck

Depcheckis a tool for analyzing the dependencies in a project to see:
how each dependency is used, which dependencies are useless, and which
dependencies are missing from package.json.

The project has plugins (specials), yet not as many as Knip has and they’re not
as advanced. It also supports compilers (parsers) for non-standard files.

The following commands are similar:

```typescript
depcheckknip--dependencies
```

### unimported

Find and fix dangling files and unused dependencies in your JavaScript
projects.

unimportedis fast and works well. It works in what Knip calls “production
mode” exclusively. If you’re fine with a little bit of configuration and don’t
want or need to deal with non-production items (such asdevDependenciesand
test files), then this might work well for you.

The following commands are similar:

```typescript
unimportedknip--production--dependencies--files
```

Project status: The project is archived and recommends Knip.

### ts-prune

Find unused exports in a typescript project. 🛀

ts-pruneaims to find potentially unused exports in your TypeScript project
with zero configuration.

The following commands are similar:

```typescript
ts-pruneknip--includeexports,types,nsExports,nsTypes
```

Useknip --exportsto also include class and enum members.

Project status: The project is archived and recommends Knip.

### ts-unused-exports

ts-unused-exportsfinds unused exported symbols in your Typescript
project

The following commands are similar:

```typescript
ts-unused-exportsknip--includeexports,types,nsExports,nsTypes
```

Useknip --exportsto also include class and enum members.

### tsr

Remove unused code from your TypeScript Project

tsr(previouslyts-remove-unused) removes unused exports, and works based
on a singletsconfig.jsonfile (includesandexcludes) and requires no
configuration. It removes theexportkeyword or the whole export declaration.

## Related projects

Additional alternative and related projects include:

- deadfile
- DepClean
- dependency-check
- find-unused-exports
- next-unused
- npm-check
- renoma

In general, thee18e.devwebsite and in particular theCleanupsection is a great resource when dealing with technical debt.

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