The story

TangleGuard is still in early development. However, it already provide main features which can be used.

Milestones

1. Idea and prototype (Q4 2024) ✅
   • static mermaid diagrams for Cargo workspace
   • released open source project
   • got traction and some of stars
2. Started working full time on TangleGuard (Q2 2025) ✅
3. Desktop App as MVP (Q3 2025) ✅
   • Interactive diagrams for package view and module view
   • Initial dependency rule system
4. Made source code available (Q4 2025)
5. Create Web App (Q2 2026)
   • no installation required
   • Client-side analysis with WebAssembly

Features in pipeline

• Visualization
  • Node size depending on lines of code
  • Configure option to specify module nesting
  • Persist positions of nodes for custom alignment
  • Mark dependencies which violate rules and circular dependencies
  • Fill packages associated with a domain with a user defined color
  • Include network requests/dependencies (TBD, research needed)
• Validation
  • More rule types: In addition to allowed, add also e.g. required
• Other
  • Support for more more programming languages
  • Proper planning of packages and modules