dependencylight
DependencyLight is a lightweight dependency management tool designed to minimize the footprint of software deployments by pruning unnecessary transitive dependencies and delivering reproducible builds. It targets lean runtime images and environments with limited resources, such as embedded systems and edge deployments, while remaining compatible with common development workflows.
The tool analyzes a project’s declared dependencies in a manifest file and resolves a minimal set of
Key features include a deterministic lockfile, transitive reduction to remove unused dependencies, and modular architecture with
Originating in the open-source community in the early 2020s, DependencyLight was developed in response to increasingly
In practice, DependencyLight is used to construct minimal container layers, streamline builds for resource-constrained devices, and