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How do I view the dependency graph of a npm-based project?

I tried Madge but it ignores node_modules.

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Use npm list -a, e.g.

$ npm list -a
[email protected] C:\Dev\my-app
+-- @types/[email protected]
+-- @types/[email protected]
| `-- [email protected]
+-- @types/[email protected]
| +-- @types/[email protected] deduped
| `-- @types/[email protected] deduped
+-- [email protected]
| +-- [email protected]
| | +-- [email protected]
| | +-- [email protected]
| | | +-- [email protected]
| | | | +-- [email protected]
| | | | | `-- [email protected]
| | | | |   `-- [email protected]
| | | | `-- [email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected]
| | +-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected] deduped
| | +-- [email protected]
| | | `-- [email protected]
| | +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected]
| +-- [email protected]
| | `-- [email protected]
| +-- [email protected]
| `-- [email protected]
|   +-- [email protected] deduped
|   +-- [email protected] deduped
|   `-- [email protected] deduped
+-- [email protected]
| +-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected] deduped
| +-- [email protected] deduped
| `-- [email protected] deduped
`-- [email protected]
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This doesn't work when npm install fails, and I want to use it to debug npm install by understanding why a dependency is being installed in the first place.
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You can use:

npm-remote-ls

Or

You can check http://npm.anvaka.com/#/view/2d/npm-remote-ls

This site allows you to view a packages tree as a node graph in 2D or 3D.

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