Dead Component Detector

Detects unused React components in your workspace and shows them in a sidebar tree.

Features

• Scans your workspace for React components (.js, .jsx)
• Detects components that are never imported or used anywhere
• Shows dead components in a sidebar tree view
• Click to open unused component files
• Configurable include/exclude patterns
• Optional diagnostics in the Problems panel

Requirements

VS Code 1.85+

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• deadComponentDetector.include: Glob patterns for candidate component files.
• deadComponentDetector.exclude: Glob patterns to exclude from scanning.
• deadComponentDetector.onlyPascalCase: Only treat PascalCase filenames as components.
• deadComponentDetector.showDiagnostics: Show dead components in Problems panel.

Usage

1. Open a React project
2. Open the Dead Components sidebar
3. Click the refresh button to scan
4. Unused components appear in the list

Known Issues

• Does not detect components used through dynamic imports
• Filename-based detection may miss some cases
• Barrel exports (index.js) are not handled yet

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of Dead Component Detector.

Enjoy!