How to find all dependencies of a .NET project?

Question

Basically, what I need is something like Dependecy Walker, but it should work with .NET applications. Is there anywhere such tool?

Answer 1

For .NET 4, check our CheckAsm: http://www.amberfish.net/

Answer 2

Reflector - previously from Lutz Roeder, now from Red-Gate software.

Answer 3

Reflector is not free and the other one is not free either, just a trial. I had the same problem and found this EXCELLENT tool:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/246858/Depends4Net-Part-1

Answer 4

Dependency Walker will work with .Net too.

the .Net layer still needs to call down to the core Windows functions like LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress to do the actual work. It is at this core level that Dependency Walker understands what is going on. So, while Dependency Walker may not understand all the language specific complexities of your application, it will still be able to track all module activity at a core Windows API level.

Reference

Answer 5

NDepend is the .NET tool specialized in dependencies management and visualization. The tool proposes both a dependency graph and a dependency matrix. A free trial of the tool is available here. Here are 2 screenshots of the dependency graph followed by the dependency matrix:

Answer 6

During runtime Systernals' ProcessExplorer might be helpful to see an assemblys dependencies.

Also NDepend can show you the dependencies and how tightly your components are coupled.