# Seeing dependent packages on GitHub

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeing-dependent-packages-on-github/121347>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** github\
**Created:** [October 15, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeing-dependent-packages-on-github/121347 "2024-10-15T19:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeing-dependent-packages-on-github/121347/1 "2024-10-15T19:03:30Z")

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I just learned that GitHub can automatically parse dependents of a repo for some languages, and display them on the landing page in a neat little “Used by” tab:

> **[Dependency graph supported package ecosystems - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/dependency-graph-supported-package-ecosystems#supported-package-ecosystems)**
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> Dependency graph supports a variety of ecosystems.

Does anyone know how to lobby for Julia support there? It would essentially be like JuliaHub’s dependents tab but right there on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![nsajko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nsajko/32/221187_2.png) [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeing-dependent-packages-on-github/121347/2 "2024-10-15T19:18:36Z")

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FWIW, here are the docs for the REST API for submitting project dependencies:

> **[REST API endpoints for dependency submission - GitHub Docs](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/dependency-graph/dependency-submission?apiVersion=2022-11-28)**
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> Use the REST API to submit dependencies.

> [@gdalle](#):
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> It would essentially be like JuliaHub’s dependents tab but right there on GitHub.

Another feature that Github seems to offer here is SBOM export and Dependabot security notices for dependencies.