🧹 assetdrain

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Find and remove unused images, icons, and media files from your codebase — with a sleek, interactive CLI. Feels like Vite. Cleans like a Roomba.

🚀 What is this?

A blazing-fast CLI tool that scans your repo for assets (like .svg, .png, .mp4, etc.), checks where they're actually used in code, and tells you what you can delete — or deletes it for you 🫡.

🎯 Features

✅ Scans for unused images, gifs, videos, or any custom extensions
🎯 Works with any file structure (Next.js app router, traditional src/, etc.)
🧠 Skips false positives by ignoring asset references inside comments — so if // public/file.svg is just sitting there unused, assetdrain will still flag it ✅
🔥 Interactive prompts (select file types, code extensions, actions)
✨ Export to CSV/JSON
🚨 Safe modes like dry-run and delete confirmation

🛠️ Installation

npm install -g assetdrain

or use directly:

npx assetdrain [asset-folder]

🧪 Usage

npx assetdrain [asset-folder]

Example:

npx assetdrain public

This will scan all supported asset files in ./public/, match against code in your entire repo, and show unused ones.

⚙️ Modes

? What would you like to do?
✔ Scan and Review (Default)
  Scan Only
  Scan and Delete Automatically (At your own risk)

Scan and Review – Shows unused files and asks if you want to delete
Scan Only – Just shows unused files, safe mode
Scan and Delete Automatically – 🚨 Deletes immediately, no questions asked

📦 Export

After the scan:

? Would you like to export the report?
✔ Yes (CSV)
  Yes (JSON)
  No

Includes: filename, usage status, deletion status
Saved to: assetdrain-report.json / assetdrain-report.csv

🧑‍💻 Author

Built with ❤️ by Vedant Sonkar

Open to contributions, ideas, and collabs. Feel free to reach out!

🐞 Issues / Bugs / Feature Requests

If assetdrain misbehaves or you're dreaming up a feature: 👉 Open an issue

🧾 License

MIT. You can clone it, fork it, break it, and improve it 😄

⚠️ Disclaimer

assetdrain is provided \"as-is\" without any warranties. Use it at your own risk.

By using this tool, you agree that the author (Vedant Sonkar) is not responsible for any accidental deletions, data loss, or damage caused by the use (or misuse) of this software.

Always double-check the unused asset list before confirming deletions — especially in Scan and Delete Automatically mode.

🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome! If you have an idea, bug report, or want to collaborate on features, open an issue or fork the repo.

Package detail

assetdrain

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