Build Report Inspector abandoned?

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The Build Report Inspector no longer shows up in the Package Manager (at least not in 2020.3.46). Yes, preview packages are enabled.

I tried installing it from github, but it appears to be an older version.

Has Unity abandoned this tool and scrubbed it from Package Manager? Is there an alternative tool for inspecting detailed build info?

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Most packages can be added by name in the package manager. com.unity.build-report-inspector

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Great tip, thanks!

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Its sort of ended up being apart of their Project Auditor: GitHub - Unity-Technologies/ProjectAuditor: Project Auditor is an experimental static analysis tool for Unity Projects. which is still developed as far as I can tell.

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The BuildReportInspector remains pretty useful for analyzing Player and AssetBundle builds.

Frankly the package got a bit neglected for a few years, but I’ve recently updated the version on github to incorporate a few internal fixes and add a bit more functionality. The github one is currently ahead of the one that you would get through the Package Manager. I think updating directly in github will be the easiest way to get a few fixes and improvements out, as it remains in an “non-supported” state.

We cannot guarantee any ongoing improvements, but I’ll try to keep an eye on it.

I agree with @Cartographer that the Project Auditor is an alternative way to view it that has some nice enhancements. Currently the version in the package manager is a lot newer than the one on github.

And I also recommend writing your own scripts, based on the BuildReport API, if you want to pull out information that isn’t presented well in either tool.

One way to learn the API is to use the source code of the BuildReportInspector as a reference. We’ve also been adding a bit more reference documentation to aid in programmatic access:

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