# Generating a type inheritance diagram

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** inheritance\
**Created:** [December 29, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773 "2019-12-29T03:19:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![yuxi.liu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yuxi.liu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yuxi.liu)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773/1 "2019-12-29T03:19:20Z")

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I want to see a type inheritance diagram of Julia’s classes, such as Base. Is there a tool to view it?

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**Author:** ![Mattriks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mattriks/32/351_2.png) [@Mattriks](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mattriks)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773/2 "2019-12-29T03:29:43Z")

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Not sure if there is something more recent:  
[https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diagram-with-all-julia-types/](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/diagram-with-all-julia-types/)

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**Author:** ![bashonubuntu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bashonubuntu](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bashonubuntu)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773/3 "2019-12-29T03:47:00Z")

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Check this talk out too for a more general overview about type inheritance (21:33 onwards) and issues surrounding it

PS - Title should be what’s awesome about Julia!

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/d/1d5c5567a3f6004a6c9852f4fb8e89eb97fe67be.jpeg "JuliaCon 2019 | What's Bad About Julia | Jeff Bezanson") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPuJsgyu87U)

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**Author:** ![baggepinnen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baggepinnen/32/693_2.png) [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/generating-a-type-inheritance-diagram/32773/4 "2019-12-29T04:57:30Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaPlots/GraphRecipes.jl#julia-type-trees](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/GraphRecipes.jl#julia-type-trees)