🌳 ts-print-tree

Overview

ts-print-tree is a command-line tool that generates a tree-like representation of your TypeScript project structure, including exported members and their signatures. It's perfect for quickly understanding the layout and API of a TypeScript project, or a concise way of summarising your project's structure to AI models like ChatGPT or Claude.

🚀 Features

• Generates a tree-like view of your TypeScript project structure
• Lists exported members (functions, classes, interfaces) from each file
• Displays function signatures with parameter types and return types
• Ignores common directories and files (e.g., node_modules, .git)
• Customizable ignore patterns

🤖 Why Use ts-print-tree?

• Quickly grasp the structure of a new or unfamiliar TypeScript project
• Generate project descriptions for documentation purposes
• Create input for AI models like ChatGPT or Claude to assist with project understanding and development
• Easily share project structure with team members or stakeholders

📦 Installation

No installation required! You can run ts-print-tree directly using npx or bunx.

🛠️ Usage

Navigate to the root of your TypeScript project (where your tsconfig.json is located) and run:

npx ts-print-tree

or if you prefer to use Bun:

bunx ts-print-tree

The tool will output a tree-like structure of your project, including files, directories, and exported members.

📋 Example Output

ts-print-tree/
├── src/
│   ├── index.ts
│   │   └── function main(): void
│   └── utils/
│       └── helper.ts
│           └── function formatDate(date: Date): string

More comprehensive example output can be found in the test snapshots for this very project.

🔧 Customization

You can customize ignored patterns and output format by passing arguments to the CLI command. For example:

npx ts-print-tree -- --ignore "docs" --ignore "/\\.(test|spec)\\.ts$/" --list --private

This will ignore files and directories of docs or ending with .test.ts or .spec.ts, include private members, and output in list format (which is more efficient for LLM usage).

Run npx ts-print-tree -- --help to see all available options.

🧰 Programmatic Usage

You can also use ts-print-tree programmatically in your TypeScript projects:

import { tree, VisibilityLevel } from 'ts-print-tree';

const projectStructure = tree(
  process.cwd(),
  (path) => !path.includes('node_modules'),
  VisibilityLevel.Public
);

console.log(JSON.stringify(projectStructure, null, 2));

This will give you a structured representation of your project that you can further process or format as needed.

📚 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the ISC License - I hope you find it useful!

🙏 Acknowledgments

• TypeScript team for the excellent Compiler API
• All the open-source contributors who inspire projects like this

Happy exploring! 🕵️‍♀️🌟