Welcome to Pack-Man Documentation

Pack-Man is a modern dependency analysis tool that helps developers keep their projects up-to-date across multiple package managers and ecosystems.

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📦 What Can Pack-Man Do?

• Multi-Format Support - Analyze package.json (npm), requirements.txt (pip), and pubspec.yaml (pub)
• GitHub Integration - Analyze repositories directly from GitHub URLs with automatic file detection
• Real-Time Analysis - Check dependencies against official package registries
• Visual Statistics - See comprehensive stats on outdated and up-to-date packages
• Browser Integration - Chrome extension for in-context GitHub repository analysis
• Update Commands - Automatically generate update commands for each package manager
• Token Management - Secure GitHub token storage for private repositories and increased rate limits

🎯 Popular Use Cases

For Developers

• Quickly check if project dependencies are outdated
• Analyze dependencies before adopting a new library
• Monitor dependency health across multiple projects

For Teams

• Maintain consistent dependency versions across projects
• Identify security vulnerabilities in outdated packages
• Streamline dependency update workflows

For Open Source Maintainers

• Keep dependencies up-to-date in public repositories
• Provide transparency about project maintenance status
• Automate dependency health checks

🔧 Supported Package Managers

More package managers coming soon!

💡 Need Help?

• 📖 Check out the Quick Start Guide
• 🔍 Browse the Guides section
• 🐛 Report issues on GitHub
• 💬 Join the discussion in GitHub Discussions