# PackageManager.dependents_of
URL: https://lsd.tools/docs/api-package-manager-dependents-of
Updated: 2026-07-17

## Parameters

| name | type | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `str` | — | the package to find dependents of |

## Example

```python
from lsdtools.advanced import PackageManager

pm = PackageManager()
print(pm.dependents_of("lsd-spatial"))   # → ["gis", "bim", "mim"]
```

## Notes

Scans the installed set for packages whose manifest `dependencies` name `name`, returning the reverse
edges sorted by name. Use it before [`remove`](/docs/api-package-manager-remove) to see what would
break. It looks only at installed packages, not external pip distributions.

## See also

**API:** [dependency_report](/docs/api-package-manager-dependency-report) · [remove](/docs/api-package-manager-remove) · [installed](/docs/api-package-manager-installed)

**Guides:** [Dependencies](/docs/pkg-dependencies)