Credits
Sickbay wouldn't exist without the incredible open-source tools it orchestrates. This page recognizes the projects and maintainers whose work makes Sickbay possible.
Analysis Tools
These are the engines behind Sickbay's health checks. Each one is a standalone project with its own community — Sickbay brings them together into a single scan.
| Tool | Author / Maintainers | What Sickbay uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| knip | Lars Kappert | Detecting unused files, dependencies, exports, and types |
| depcheck | Nicola Sanitate, Junle Li | Finding missing dependencies |
| madge | Patrik Henningsson | Analyzing circular dependencies |
| jscpd | Andrey Kucherenko | Detecting code duplication |
| source-map-explorer | Dan Vanderkam | Analyzing JavaScript bundle sizes |
| license-checker | Dav Glass | Checking dependency license compliance |
| ESLint | Nicholas C. Zakas, ESLint team | Linting source code |
| TypeScript | Microsoft, TypeScript team | Type checking via tsc --noEmit |
CLI & Terminal
| Tool | Author / Maintainers | What Sickbay uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| Ink | Vadim Demedes | React-based terminal UI rendering |
| Commander.js | TJ Holowaychuk, Commander contributors | CLI argument parsing and subcommands |
| chokidar | Paul Miller | File watching in the TUI dashboard |
| execa | Sindre Sorhus | Safe process execution for all external tools |
| open | Sindre Sorhus | Opening the web dashboard in the browser |
Web Dashboard
| Tool | Author / Maintainers | What Sickbay uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| React | Meta, React team | UI framework for both terminal (via Ink) and web |
| Vite | Evan You, Vite team | Build tool and dev server |
| Tailwind CSS | Adam Wathan, Tailwind Labs | Utility-first styling |
| xyflow | xyflow team | Dependency graph visualization |
| dagre | Chris Pettitt | Graph layout algorithm |
| react-markdown | Titus Wormer, Remark community | Markdown rendering in AI insights |
| react-syntax-highlighter | Conor Hastings | Code syntax highlighting |
Build & Test
| Tool | Author / Maintainers | What Sickbay uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| Vitest | Anthony Fu, Vitest team | Test runner across all packages |
| tsdown | EGOIST | TypeScript bundling for core and CLI |
| VitePress | Evan You, Vue team | This documentation site |
| Turbo | Vercel, Turborepo team | Monorepo build orchestration |
| pnpm | Zoltan Kochan, pnpm contributors | Package management and workspaces |
AI
| Tool | Author / Maintainers | What Sickbay uses it for |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic SDK | Anthropic | Claude-powered AI insights and chat in the web dashboard |
Thank you to every maintainer, contributor, and community member behind these projects. Open source is better when we build on each other's work — and give credit where it's due.