Deadcode Scanner (Laravel)

Automatic dead code and route scanner for Laravel applications.

Installation

composer require zalanihir/deadcode-scanner --dev

Laravel auto-discovers the service provider via extra.laravel.providers.

Optionally publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=deadcode-config

Usage

php artisan deadcode:scan

Options:

• --details Show counts and extra info
• --json Output JSON report to stdout

What it checks

• Routes pointing to missing controllers/methods
• Unused public controller methods under app/Http/Controllers
• Unused Blade views (resources/views)
• Undefined routes referenced in Blade via route('name')

Ignoring items

After publishing the config (config/deadcode.php):

return [
    'ignore' => [
        'routes' => [
            // route names or URIs
            'login',
            'healthz',
        ],
        'controllers' => [
            // fully-qualified controller classes
            App\Http\Controllers\Internal\WebhookController::class,
        ],
        'controller_methods' => [
            // method names or FQCN::method
            'helper',
            App\Http\Controllers\UserController::class . '::legacy',
        ],
        'views' => [
            // dot-notation view names
            'errors::404',
            'emails.welcome',
        ],
    ],
];

Notes

• Heuristics are conservative; review before deleting code.
• Scans only literal references (no runtime/generated view names).