Visualizing Python modules and dependencies with Neo4j

[pknerd]

http://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/visualizing-python-modules-and-dependencies-with-neo4j/

[ebb_earl_co]

I did almost exactly the same project two years ago (without the snazzy blog post)! https://github.com/ebb-earl-co/libraries_io

[kryptn]

Neo4j is really neat! I particularly love using its query language Cypher, it's pretty intuitive and easy to reason about. I've been using it professionally for a few years now and it's changed the way I think about some data -- it's basically like drawing on a whiteboard.

I was able to solve one of the days of the 2019 Advent of Code with just a few lines of Cypher without any other code.

[nonameiguess]

pipdeptree will print out pngs, svgs, or dot files for you pretty easily out of the box: https://pypi.org/project/pipdeptree/

It's not nearly as pretty, though. GraphViz graphical output gets very hard to read when the graphs get big.

I like that your setup makes it easier to drill down to the dependency graph of a single root package, too. pipdeptree will always show you the relationship between every installed package in the current Python environment.

[motohagiography]

Graphs for attack suface modelling are great.