Solution Dependency Graph

A Visual Studio 2017 extension that generates dependency graphs and project metadata from your solution — all from a right-click context menu on the Solution node.

Features

Command	Output	Description
Generate Dependency Graph	`dependency-graph.mmd`	Scans all `.csproj` files for `ProjectReference` entries and outputs a Mermaid diagram
Generate Restore Graph (JSON)	`_restore_graph.json`	Runs MSBuild `/t:GenerateRestoreGraphFile` to produce a full NuGet dependency graph
Generate Project List	`_projects_from_sln.txt`	Extracts all `.csproj` paths from the `.sln` file, sorted and deduplicated

All output files are saved to the solution root folder.

Usage

Right-click the Solution node in Solution Explorer
Select one of the three commands
Output file is written to the solution folder

Viewing the Mermaid Graph

You can view the generated .mmd file using:

A Markdown editor or IDE with Mermaid support
An online Mermaid editor
Mermaid command-line tooling to export SVG or PNG

Example Output

graph TD
    MyApp["MyApp"]
    MyApp.Core["MyApp.Core"]
    MyApp.Data["MyApp.Data"]
    MyApp --> MyApp_Core
    MyApp --> MyApp_Data
    MyApp_Data --> MyApp_Core

Solution Dependency Graph

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Solution Dependency Graph

Features

Usage

Viewing the Mermaid Graph

Example Output