diff --git a/make_release/nu_deps.nu b/make_release/nu_deps.nu
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+#!/usr/env/bin nu
+
+def get-target-dependencies [] {
+    let target = ($in | get -i target)
+
+    mut res = []
+
+    if ($target | is-empty) {
+        return $res
+    }
+
+    for col in ($target | columns) {
+        let deps = ($target | get -i $col | get -i dependencies)
+        if not ($deps | is-empty) {
+            $res ++= ($deps | columns)
+        }
+    }
+
+    $res
+}
+
+# Gather dependencies for each Nushell crate
+export def nu-deps [] {
+    let second_wave = [ 'nu-command' ]
+    let third_wave = [ 'nu-cli' ]
+
+    ls crates/nu-*/Cargo.toml | get name | each {|toml|
+        let crate = ($toml | path dirname | path basename)
+        let data = open $toml
+
+        if not (($crate in $second_wave) or ($crate in $third_wave)) {
+            mut deps = []
+            $deps ++= ($data | get -i 'dependencies' | default {} | columns)
+            $deps ++= ($data | get -i 'dev-dependencies' | default {} | columns)
+            $deps ++= ($data | get-target-dependencies)
+            let $deps = ($deps
+                | where ($it | str starts-with 'nu-')
+                | where not ($it == 'nu-ansi-term'))
+
+            {
+                'crate': $crate
+                'dependencies': $deps
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+def main [] {
+    let deps = nu-deps
+
+    mut list = []
+
+    while ($list | length) < ($deps | length) {
+        for row in $deps {
+            mut nsubdeps = 0
+            for sub_dep in $row.dependencies {
+                if not ($sub_dep in $list) {
+                    $nsubdeps += 1
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($nsubdeps == 0) and ($row.crate not-in $list) {
+                $list ++= [$row.crate]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    $list | table -e
+}