DepAdvisor

AI-powered dependency update advisor — Know what to update, why, and in what order.

DepAdvisor analyzes your project's dependencies, checks for available updates, fetches vulnerability data and changelogs, then uses an LLM to produce risk-scored, prioritized update recommendations.

Unlike Dependabot or Renovate which tell you that updates exist, DepAdvisor tells you why you should or shouldn't update, what will break, and in what order to proceed.

Features

• Multi-ecosystem: Python (pip/poetry), Node.js (npm), Java (Maven)
• Risk scoring: Each update gets a 1-10 risk score with plain English explanation
• Vulnerability aware: Integrates with OSV.dev for known CVE detection
• Changelog analysis: Fetches GitHub release notes to identify breaking changes
• Local-first: Runs entirely locally with Ollama — no API keys needed
• Cloud LLM support: Optional OpenAI integration for faster analysis
• Multiple outputs: Terminal (Rich), Markdown, JSON, GitHub comment format
• CI/CD ready: --fail-on critical exits with code 1 for pipeline gating
• HTTP API: FastAPI server mode for team dashboards and integrations

Quick Start

Install

pip install depadvisor

Or with UV:

uv tool install depadvisor

Install Ollama (for local LLM)

# macOS
brew install ollama

# Linux
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

# Download the model
ollama pull qwen3:8b

Run

# Analyze current directory
depadvisor analyze .

# Analyze a specific project with options
depadvisor analyze ./my-project --ecosystem python --format markdown

# Analyze a remote git repository (cloned automatically, cleaned up after)
depadvisor analyze https://github.com/pallets/flask.git -v

# Quick vulnerability scan (no LLM needed) — works with local paths and git URLs
depadvisor scan .
depadvisor scan https://github.com/expressjs/express.git

# Use OpenAI instead of local Ollama
depadvisor analyze . --llm openai/gpt-4o-mini

CLI Reference

depadvisor analyze

Run a full dependency analysis with LLM-powered risk assessment. Accepts local paths or git URLs (HTTPS/SSH).

Usage: depadvisor analyze [PATH] [OPTIONS]

Arguments:
  PATH                    Local path or git URL of the project [default: .]

Options:
  -e, --ecosystem TEXT    Force ecosystem: python, node, java (auto-detected)
  -l, --llm TEXT          LLM provider/model (default: ollama/qwen3:8b)
  -f, --format TEXT       Output: terminal, markdown, json, github-comment
  -o, --output TEXT       Write to file instead of stdout
  --fail-on TEXT          Exit code 1 if risk level found: critical, high, medium
  --include-dev           Include dev dependencies
  -v, --verbose           Show detailed progress

depadvisor scan

Quick vulnerability-only scan. No LLM required. Accepts local paths or git URLs.

Usage: depadvisor scan [PATH] [OPTIONS]

Arguments:
  PATH                    Local path or git URL of the project [default: .]

Options:
  -e, --ecosystem TEXT    Force ecosystem: python, node, java

depadvisor serve

Start the HTTP API server.

Usage: depadvisor serve [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -h, --host TEXT         Host to bind to [default: 0.0.0.0]
  -p, --port INT          Port [default: 8888]

Supported Ecosystems

Architecture

The agent pipeline flows through six nodes with conditional routing:

• parse_deps — Reads dependency files from the project
• check_updates — Queries package registries (PyPI, npm, Maven Central)
• fetch_vulns — Checks OSV.dev for known vulnerabilities
• fetch_changelogs — Fetches release notes from GitHub
• analyze_risk — LLM scores each update for risk (with retry on failure)
• generate_report — LLM generates a prioritized summary

If no updates are found, the pipeline skips directly to report generation.

Built with LangGraph for agent orchestration.

Configuration

Environment Variables

LangSmith tracing: If LANGSMITH_TRACING=true and LANGSMITH_API_KEY are set, all LangGraph agent runs are automatically traced in LangSmith. Each run is tagged with the ecosystem, LLM provider, and project name for easy filtering. No code changes needed — just set the environment variables.

CI/CD Integration

# .github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
name: Dependency Review
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 9 * * 1'  # Weekly on Monday 9am

jobs:
  review:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: pip install depadvisor
      - run: |
          depadvisor analyze . \
            --llm openai/gpt-4o-mini \
            --format github-comment \
            --output report.md \
            --fail-on critical
        env:
          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}

HTTP API

# Start server
depadvisor serve --port 8888

# Analyze a project
curl -X POST http://localhost:8888/api/v1/analyze \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"project_path": "/path/to/project", "ecosystem": "python"}'

# Health check
curl http://localhost:8888/health

Development

git clone https://github.com/chaubes/depadvisor.git
cd depadvisor
uv sync --all-extras

# Run tests
make test-unit
make test-integration

# Lint
make lint

# Run the CLI
make run ARGS="analyze tests/fixtures/python"

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full development guide.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.