Nuxt-es-toolkit

🪄 About

A lightweight Nuxt 3 & 4 module that auto-imports utilities from es-toolkit with full TypeScript support.

✨ Features

• Auto-import es-toolkit functions
• Support custom prefix or no prefix at all
• Skip prefix automatically for predicate-like names (isX) via prefixSkip
• Alias any function with type-safe completions
• Limit registration to an explicit include allowlist
• Opt into qualified FP, Map, and Set helpers without name collisions
• Exclude unwanted functions
• Generated .d.ts for IDE autocomplete
• Tree-shaking friendly (import only what you use)
• No runtime wrapper (imports are generated during Nuxt setup)
• Nuxt 3 & 4 compatible
• Clean and minimal configuration surface

📦 Install

Using the Nuxt CLI:

npx nuxt module add --dev @bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit

or manual

1. Install @bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit as development dependency:

Using npm:

npm i -D @bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit

Using pnpm:

pnpm add -D @bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit

Using bun:

bun add -d @bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit

2. Add it to the modules section of your nuxt.config:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit'],
})

3. Configure it if needed:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit'],
  esToolkit: {
    // your options here
  },
})

Or pass options inline:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: [
    [
      '@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit',
      {
        // your options here
      },
    ],
  ],
})

🧪 Example

When you use es-toolkit utilities in your Nuxt application, they are auto-imported:

<script setup lang="ts">
const text = etUpperFirst('hello')
</script>

<template>
  <div>{{ text }}</div>
</template>

⚙️ Config

💡 Config example

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit'],
  esToolkit: {
    compat: 'only',
    compatMethods: ['get'],
    baseMethods: ['map'],
    prefix: 'use',
    prefixSkip: ['is'],
    exclude: ['map', 'find'],
    alias: [
      ['sum', 'total'], // => useTotal
      ['max', 'maximum'], // => useMaximum
      ['isDate', 'isExactlyDate'], // => isExactlyDate
    ],
  },
})

For a smaller global surface, use an allowlist:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit'],
  esToolkit: {
    include: ['chunk', 'isNotNil', 'sum'],
  },
})

When include is present, per-method overrides must also appear in the allowlist. Explicitly included methods may opt into exports normally omitted from broad registration. Invalid included methods, conflicting source overrides, invalid aliases, and duplicate generated names stop setup with an actionable error; unknown exclude and alias sources produce warnings.

Optional entrypoints

Non-root APIs are disabled by default. Enable only the surfaces your application needs:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  modules: ['@bubblesortt/nuxt-es-toolkit'],
  esToolkit: {
    entrypoints: ['fp', 'map', 'set'],
    include: ['fp.map', 'map.filter', 'set.map'],
  },
})

Qualified configuration names become collision-resistant auto-imports:

Aliases and exclusions also use qualified names, such as alias: [['fp.map', 'functionalMap']] and exclude: ['set.map']. FP helpers use data-last signatures; Map and Set helpers operate on their respective collection types. es-toolkit/types has no runtime exports, and Node-only es-toolkit/server helpers are intentionally not registered as client auto-imports.

🧠 TypeScript & DX

• Auto-generated .d.ts lets your IDE know about added utilities after the first nuxt dev run.
• Works with both server & client usage transparently.
• Safe to use in strict TS setups.

🚀 Performance

• During setup, the module reads a generated catalogue of es-toolkit export names instead of evaluating utility implementations while loading nuxt.config.
• Application imports still resolve through package-owned ESM barrels and remain tree-shakeable, so only referenced utilities are bundled.
• After changing the es-toolkit dependency, maintainers must run pnpm generate:exports to regenerate the catalogue and pnpm check:exports before committing.
• Maintainers can capture local metrics with pnpm bench -- --label <label> --output .bench/<label>.json; the command prepares and builds the module first. Prepare RSS sampling supports Linux and macOS only, and rejects other platforms.

✅ Compatibility

CI verifies the module against Nuxt 3.21 on Node 20 and Nuxt 4.5 on Node 24. The package supports Node ^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0; each Nuxt major may impose a narrower Node range.

Upgrading from v1 changes import sources and generated names. Follow the v2 migration guide before upgrading.

🔗 Related

• es-toolkit Documentation
• Nuxt Modules Documentation

🤝 Contribution

# Install dependencies
corepack enable
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile

# Generate type stubs
pnpm dev:prepare

# Develop with the playground
pnpm dev

# Build the playground
pnpm dev:build

# Run all quality checks
pnpm check