README.md

vite-node

Vite as Node runtime. The engine powers Vitest.

Features

• Out-of-box ESM & TypeScript support (possible for more with plugins)
• Top-level await
• Vite plugins, resolve, aliasing
• Respect vite.config.ts
• Shims for __dirname and __filename in ESM
• Access to native node modules like fs, path, etc.

CLI Usage

Run JS/TS file on Node.js using Vite's resolvers and transformers.

npx vite-node index.ts

Options:

npx vite-node -h

ViteNodeServer options

All ViteNodeServer options are supported by the CLI. They may be defined through the dot syntax, as shown below:

npx vite-node --server-options.deps.inline="module-name" --server-options.deps.external="/module-regexp/" index.ts

Note that for options supporting RegExps, strings passed to the CLI must start and end with a /;

Programmatic Usage

In Vite Node, the server and runner (client) are separated, so you can integrate them in different contexts (workers, cross-process, or remote) if needed. The demo below shows a simple example of having both (server and runner) running in the same context

import { createServer } from 'vite'
import { ViteNodeServer } from 'vite-node/server'
import { ViteNodeRunner } from 'vite-node/client'

// create vite server
const server = await createServer()
// this is need to initialize the plugins
await server.pluginContainer.buildStart({})

// create vite-node server
const node = new ViteNodeServer(server)

// create vite-node runner
const runner = new ViteNodeRunner({
  root: server.config.root,
  base: server.config.base,
  // when having the server and runner in a different context,
  // you will need to handle the communication between them
  // and pass to this function
  fetchModule(id) {
    return node.fetchModule(id)
  },
  resolveId(id, importer) {
    return node.resolveId(id, importer)
  },
})

// execute the file
await runner.executeFile('./example.ts')

// close the vite server
await server.close()

Credits

Based on @pi0's brilliant idea of having a Vite server as the on-demand transforming service for Nuxt's Vite SSR.

Thanks @brillout for kindly sharing this package name.

Sponsors

License

MIT License © 2021 Anthony Fu