unplugin-dts

An unplugin that generates declaration files (*.d.ts) from .ts(x) or .vue source files when using library mode.

It evolved from vite-plugin-dts, and after being rewritten with unplugin, it has become more versatile.

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Installation

Requires Node.js >= 20.

pnpm i -D unplugin-dts

Previous only for Vite (not recommend):

pnpm i -D vite-plugin-dts

Quick Start

import dts from 'unplugin-dts/vite'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [dts()],
})

Supports Vite, Rollup, Rolldown, Webpack, Rspack and Esbuild. See Usage for detailed bundler setup.

When moduleFormat is omitted, the plugin preserves TypeScript's declaration extensions: .ts → .d.ts, .mts → .d.mts, and .cts → .d.cts, including declaration maps.

Declaration maps preserve absolute file:// source URLs, including Windows cross-drive paths, across all output directories.

To publish declarations for both ESM and CommonJS, configure both formats explicitly:

dts({
  outDirs: [
    { dir: 'dist', moduleFormat: 'esm' },
    { dir: 'dist', moduleFormat: 'cjs' },
  ],
  bundleTypes: true,
})

moduleFormat is not inferred from the bundler's JavaScript formats. The plugin writes the configured declaration variants, while conditional exports.types entries remain package metadata that you configure in package.json.

Documentation

• Usage - Installation and bundler configuration
• Options - Full plugin options reference
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions and solutions
• Migration (v4 → v5) - Migrating from vite-plugin-dts v4

Contributors

Thanks for all the contributions!

A real project using this plugin: Vexip UI.

License

MIT License.