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Dependencies - An open-source modern Dependency Walker

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(If you're running an AV, use this download instead)

NB : due to limitations on /clr compilation, Dependencies needs Visual C++ Redistributable installed to run properly.

<p align="center"> <img alt="Usage Exemple" src="screenshots/UsageExemple.gif"/> </p>

Overview

Dependencies is a rewrite of the legacy software Dependency Walker which was shipped along Windows SDKs, but whose development stopped around 2006. Dependencies can help Windows developers troubleshooting their dll load dependencies issues.

Releases

Installation and Usage

Dependencies is currently shipped as two binaries (no installer present) : Dependencies.exe as a CLI tool and DependenciesGui.exe for its GUI counterpart (see screenshot). Just click on one of the release numbers above (preferably the latest), download and uncompress the archive and run DependenciesGui.exe. Since the binary is not signed, SmartScreen might scream at runtime. Dependencies also bundle ClrPhTester.exe, a dumpbin-like executable used to test for non-regressions.

Dependencies currently does not recursively resolve child imports when parsing a new PE since it can be really memory-hungry to do so ( it can over a GB even for "simple" PEs ). This behavior can be overridden (app-wide) via a property located in "Options->Properties->Tree build behaviour".

<p align="center"> <img alt="User options" src="screenshots/UserOptions.png"/> </p>

Tree build behaviours available :

<p align="center"> <img alt="Yes that's 7 GB of RAM being consumed. I'm impressed the application didn't even crash" src="screenshots/RamEater.PNG"/> </p>

Limitations

At the moment, Dependencies recreates features and "features" of depends.exe, which means :

Building

Building is pretty straightforward. The only caveat is you need to select the "Debug" or "Release" configuration and "x64" or "x86" platform which may not be the default.

Credits and licensing

Special thanks to :