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# Knip

✂️  Find unused files, dependencies and exports in your JavaScript and TypeScript projects. Knip it before you ship it!

## Decision context

- Status: active
- ToolVitals score: 97/100
- Health score: 97/100
- Shipping score: 96/100
- Score mode: verdict
- Data confidence: 90/100
- Source coverage: 95/100
- Last evidence check: 2026-09-14

## Classification

- Use case: Developer Infrastructure (developer-infrastructure)
- Category: Developer Tools (developer-tools)
- Tool mode: Source-visible project
- Openness: OSI-approved OSS
- License: ISC
- Tags: open-source, deadcode, dependency-analysis, dependency-management, javascript, lint, linter, maintenance, typescript, unused-code, unused-exports, static-analysis, dead-code, linting, code-maintenance, cli

## Public repository signals

- Repository: [webpro-nl/knip](https://github.com/webpro-nl/knip)
- Stars: 12251 (adoption context only)
- Forks: 489
- Open issues: 19
- Last commit date: 2026-09-14
- Releases in 90 days: 25

## Source receipts

- [Official website](https://knip.dev/) — checked 2026-09-14
- [Source repository](https://github.com/webpro-nl/knip) — checked 2026-09-14

## Discovery status

- Search indexable: yes
- Reason: sufficient tool evidence

## Interpretation limits

- ToolVitals scores summarize bounded public maintenance, shipping, openness, and evidence signals. They are not user-review ratings.
- GitHub stars and related popularity metrics are adoption context, not quality evidence.
- Missing values mean not collected or not confidently established; they do not mean zero.
- Public signals do not prove security, uptime, support quality, customer satisfaction, or production suitability.
- Verify material decisions against the linked first-party sources and your own requirements.