# How can the weight of package dependencies be determined?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-the-weight-of-package-dependencies-be-determined/132876
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** packages, dependencies
**Created:** [October 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-the-weight-of-package-dependencies-be-determined/132876 "2025-10-04T15:35:23Z")
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### Author: ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-the-weight-of-package-dependencies-be-determined/132876/8 "2025-10-05T21:28:16Z")

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> [@gdalle](#):
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> which one(s) you care about and why

For instance, consider the “using/import load time” metric for the dependencies in some user package.

The @time\_imports macro, as suggested in [this other post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/improving-loading-time-of-own-package/85778/2), appears to be a valuable resource. However, it outputs a substantial number of items from unknown origins. This can be overwhelming for beginners.

I was just thinking: would it be too much to ask for just one metric, like the body mass index?

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