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I think my question was misunderstood (probably due to my poor explanantion). I was looking for a tool that could convert a codebase into a mindmap. Sort of li

I think my question was misunderstood (probably due to my poor explanantion). I was looking for a tool that could convert a codebase into a mindmap. Sort of like: https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2023.3/diagram_editor.png https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2023.3/diagram... https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/class-diagram.html#analyze_class https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/class-diagram.html#analy...

geor9e 3y ago
I'm still not understanding what you want to visualize. I get that you want to create a graph (or tree, the strictly hierarchal subset of graphs). That's what a mindmap is. The rabbit hole goes deep on theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory . But a lot of different things have that data structure. Do you want to visualize files in folders? You linked to a Java class diagram - so you want the tool to interpret the code? Is it Java? Is it an object-oriented language (i.e. a language with hierarchal class structure)? Are you asking for an automated tool, or do you want to draw the mindmap yourself manually?
OJFord 3y ago
You might be able to do it with https://github.com/IBM/tree-sitter-codeviews https://github.com/IBM/tree-sitter-codeviews - though the screenshot in the readme is in much more granular detail than class/ER diagram. I'd be surprised if there isn't a nice way to do this with tree-sitter or LSP, not to mention some language-(..theist?! Not language-agnostic) ways.
Nezteb 3y ago
I've asked a similar question in the past [1], perhaps we're both asking about similar things? :D [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35603022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35603022
Arech 3y ago
These links points to basically a (very simplified UML) class diagrams. Decent documentation tools, such as Doxygen could do this for a codebase.
buescher 3y ago
Understand from Scitools has nice graph generators, including a dependency graph generator that might be what you are looking for. Not free and not hobbyist-cheap, but relatively inexpensive as commercial static analysis tools go.
- analognoise 3y ago
  Scitools is amazing for looking through massive legacy codebases. I wish it was free or there was an open source alternative that was as good.
ecesena 3y ago
I generally use Doxygen, turning on all possible graphs. It’s good because it can parse a variety of languages. You don’t get really nice graphs, but enough to get started to understand the code base.

geor9e 3y ago

I'm still not understanding what you want to visualize. I get that you want to create a graph (or tree, the strictly hierarchal subset of graphs). That's what a mindmap is. The rabbit hole goes deep on theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory . But a lot of different things have that data structure. Do you want to visualize files in folders? You linked to a Java class diagram - so you want the tool to interpret the code? Is it Java? Is it an object-oriented language (i.e. a language with hierarchal class structure)? Are you asking for an automated tool, or do you want to draw the mindmap yourself manually?

OJFord 3y ago

You might be able to do it with https://github.com/IBM/tree-sitter-codeviews https://github.com/IBM/tree-sitter-codeviews - though the screenshot in the readme is in much more granular detail than class/ER diagram. I'd be surprised if there isn't a nice way to do this with tree-sitter or LSP, not to mention some language-(..theist?! Not language-agnostic) ways.

Nezteb 3y ago

I've asked a similar question in the past [1], perhaps we're both asking about similar things? :D [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35603022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35603022

Arech 3y ago

These links points to basically a (very simplified UML) class diagrams. Decent documentation tools, such as Doxygen could do this for a codebase.

buescher 3y ago

Understand from Scitools has nice graph generators, including a dependency graph generator that might be what you are looking for. Not free and not hobbyist-cheap, but relatively inexpensive as commercial static analysis tools go.

analognoise 3y ago
Scitools is amazing for looking through massive legacy codebases. I wish it was free or there was an open source alternative that was as good.

ecesena 3y ago

I generally use Doxygen, turning on all possible graphs. It’s good because it can parse a variety of languages. You don’t get really nice graphs, but enough to get started to understand the code base.