bun why

all

Explain why a package is installed by showing its dependency chain.

Examples (5)

Explain why a specific package is installed

bun why package_name

Explain why all packages matching a pattern are installed

bun why "pattern"

Explain why packages from a specific organization are installed

bun why "@organization/*"

Show only top-level dependencies

bun why package_name --top

Limit the dependency tree depth

bun why package_name --depth number