Project Detection

Avis detects projects from the current working directory.

Node Detection

Avis detects a Node project when it finds package.json.

It detects package managers from:

• packageManager in package.json
• pnpm-lock.yaml
• package-lock.json
• npm-shrinkwrap.json
• yarn.lock
• bun.lock
• bun.lockb

It detects Next.js from:

• a next dependency
• next.config.js
• next.config.mjs
• next.config.ts

It detects TypeScript from tsconfig.json or a typescript dependency. Otherwise it treats the project as JavaScript.

Python Detection

Avis detects a Python project from:

• pyproject.toml
• requirements.txt
• manage.py
• uv.lock
• poetry.lock

It detects Django from:

• manage.py
• Django dependency metadata in pyproject.toml or requirements.txt

It detects package managers from uv.lock, poetry.lock, Poetry metadata, and requirements.txt.