Static Call Graph analyzer for Javascript

Question

I can't seem to find a basic piece of tooling which is a static analyzer that shows me which pieces of code use methods from which other pieces. I could even do with a very primitive one that only shows me which source files contain references to names found in other files in a NodeJS project (still using CJS require here). So far all I have found is a couple of abandoned projects, but one should think there simply must be something out there.

Edit: Graphical output is not required (but certainly a plus); what I primarily need is a tabulation (text) of which functions in which module call functions from which other modules so I can order dependencies.

Sublime text has this feature where when you hover over a name you get the location where that name was defined; this even works across modules and with CoffeeScript. Does anybody know how that is implemented?

Answer 1

This is an actively maintained proprietary call graph generator that supports multiple languages.

Usage : callGraph <files> <options>

https://github.com/koknat/callGraph

Answer 2

I’ve been looking for a similar tool to help my team track the indirect usage of a deprecated function, so I ended up writing a script based on the ts-morph module: https://gist.github.com/adrienjoly/fc117b187f87cca3417abc4a8433e3a2

It’s a node.js CLI that generates the call tree (a.k.a. call hierarchy, or dependency graph) of a function. You can probably modify it to support JavaScript projects. Or create a tsconfig.Json file that includes your JavaScript files.

Hope this helps!