- Tested on projects with 16M downloads per month.
- CI tests show it working with Node.js, browsers, React Native,
bundlers (webpack, Parcel, Rollup, or esbuild) and CDNs (like jspm). - Does not change line numbers in stacktrace and keeps sources readable.
- No build step. No need for separated
src/
anddist/
directories in the repository. You will be able to test a branch by installing a version from GitHub:npm i example@you/example#fix
. - Multiple files support. Your users will be able to import separated files via
import { nanoid } from 'nanoid/async'
. - Cleans npm package from development configs before publishing.
- Supports
process.env.NODE_ENV
for development checks, which you would want to remove in a production JS bundle.
You write CommonJS in your npm library sources:
// index.js
module.exports = { lib }
npx dual-publish
compiles your library when publishing to npm:
// index.js
export { lib }
// index.cjs
module.exports = { lib }
// package.json
{
…
"type": "module",
"module": "index.js",
"main": "index.cjs",
"exports": {
"require": "./index.cjs",
"import": "./index.js"
}
}
Now your library can be imported natively as ESM or CommonJS:
// CommonJS
let { lib } = require('lib')
// ESM in Node.js, webpack, Parcel, and Rollup
import { lib } from 'lib'
// ESM in browser
import { lib } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lib/index.js'