eslint-plugin-n

forked from eslint-plugin-node v11.1.0. as the original repository seems no longer maintained.

Additional ESLint rules for Node.js

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💿 Install & Usage

npm install --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-n

| Version | Supported Node.js | Supported ESLint Version | Status | |---------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------| | 17.x | ^18.18.0 \|\| ^20.9.0 \|\| >=21.1.0 | >=8.23.0 | 🏃‍♂️actively maintained | | 16.x | >=16.0.0 | >=7.0.0 | ⚠️EOL | | 15.x | >=12.22.0 | >=7.0.0 | ⚠️EOL |

Note: It recommends a use of the "engines" field of package.json. The "engines" field is used by n/no-unsupported-features/* rules.

eslint.config.js (requires eslint>=v8.23.0)

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n")

module.exports = [
    nodePlugin.configs["flat/recommended-script"],
    {
        rules: {
            "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
        }
    }
]

To setup without the recommended configs, you'll need to add the plugin:

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n")

module.exports = [
    {
        plugins: {n: nodePlugin},
        rules: {
            "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
        }
    }
]

.eslintrc.json (legacy example)

{
    "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:n/recommended"],
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 2021
    },
    "rules": {
        "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
    }
}

To setup without the recommended rules you'll need to add the plugin:

{
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 2021
    },
    "plugins": ["n"],
    "rules": {
        "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"]
    }
}

package.json (An example)

{
    "name": "your-module",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "type": "commonjs",
    "engines": {
        "node": ">=8.10.0"
    }
}

Configured Node.js version range

The rules get the supported Node.js version range from the following, falling back to the next if unspecified:

1. Rule configuration version
2. ESLint shared setting node.version
3. package.json [engines] field
4. >=16.0.0

If you omit the [engines] field, this rule chooses >=16.0.0 as the configured Node.js version since 16 is the maintained lts (see also Node.js Release Working Group).

For Node.js packages, using the [engines] field is recommended because it's the official way to indicate support:

{
    "name": "your-module",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "engines": {
        "node": ">=16.0.0"
    }
}

For Shareable Configs or packages with a different development environment (e.g. pre-compiled, web package, etc.), you can configure ESLint with settings.node.version to specify support.

📖 Rules

💼 Configurations enabled in.
🟢 Set in the recommended-module configuration.
✅ Set in the recommended-script configuration.
🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.
❌ Deprecated.

| Name                                  | Description | 💼 | 🔧 | ❌ | | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :--- | :- | :- | | callback-return | require return statements after callbacks | | | | | exports-style | enforce either module.exports or exports | | 🔧 | | | file-extension-in-import | enforce the style of file extensions in import declarations | | 🔧 | | | global-require | require require() calls to be placed at top-level module scope | | | | | handle-callback-err | require error handling in callbacks | | | | | hashbang | require correct usage of hashbang | 🟢 ✅ | 🔧 | | | no-callback-literal | enforce Node.js-style error-first callback pattern is followed | | | | | no-deprecated-api | disallow deprecated APIs | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-exports-assign | disallow the assignment to exports | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-extraneous-import | disallow import declarations which import extraneous modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-extraneous-require | disallow require() expressions which import extraneous modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-hide-core-modules | disallow third-party modules which are hiding core modules | | | ❌ | | no-missing-import | disallow import declarations which import non-existence modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-missing-require | disallow require() expressions which import non-existence modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-mixed-requires | disallow require calls to be mixed with regular variable declarations | | | | | no-new-require | disallow new operators with calls to require | | | | | no-path-concat | disallow string concatenation with __dirname and __filename | | | | | no-process-env | disallow the use of process.env | | | | | no-process-exit | disallow the use of process.exit() | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-restricted-import | disallow specified modules when loaded by import declarations | | | | | no-restricted-require | disallow specified modules when loaded by require | | | | | no-sync | disallow synchronous methods | | | | | no-unpublished-bin | disallow bin files that npm ignores | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-unpublished-import | disallow import declarations which import private modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-unpublished-require | disallow require() expressions which import private modules | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-unsupported-features/es-builtins | disallow unsupported ECMAScript built-ins on the specified version | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-unsupported-features/es-syntax | disallow unsupported ECMAScript syntax on the specified version | 🟢 ✅ | | | | no-unsupported-features/node-builtins | disallow unsupported Node.js built-in APIs on the specified version | 🟢 ✅ | | | | prefer-global/buffer | enforce either Buffer or require("buffer").Buffer | | | | | prefer-global/console | enforce either console or require("console") | | | | | prefer-global/process | enforce either process or require("process") | | | | | prefer-global/text-decoder | enforce either TextDecoder or require("util").TextDecoder | | | | | prefer-global/text-encoder | enforce either TextEncoder or require("util").TextEncoder | | | | | prefer-global/url | enforce either URL or require("url").URL | | | | | prefer-global/url-search-params | enforce either URLSearchParams or require("url").URLSearchParams | | | | | prefer-node-protocol | enforce using the node: protocol when importing Node.js builtin modules. | | 🔧 | | | prefer-promises/dns | enforce require("dns").promises | | | | | prefer-promises/fs | enforce require("fs").promises | | | | | process-exit-as-throw | require that process.exit() expressions use the same code path as throw | 🟢 ✅ | | | | shebang | require correct usage of hashbang | | 🔧 | ❌ |

🔧 Configs

| | Name | | :- | :------------------- | | 🟢 | recommended-module | | ✅ | recommended-script |

About each config:

• recommended: Considers both CommonJS and ES Modules. If "type":"module" field existed in package.json then it considers files as ES Modules. Otherwise it considers files as CommonJS. In addition, it considers *.mjs files as ES Modules and *.cjs files as CommonJS.
• recommended-module: Considers all files as ES Modules.
• recommended-script: Considers all files as CommonJS.

These preset configs:

• enable no-process-exit rule because the official document does not recommend a use of process.exit().
• enable plugin rules indicated by emojis in the rules table.
• add {ecmaVersion: 2021} and etc into parserOptions.
• add proper globals into globals.
• add this plugin into plugins.

👫 FAQ

• Q: The no-missing-import / no-missing-require rules don't work with nested folders in SublimeLinter-eslint

• A: See context.getFilename() in rule returns relative path in the SublimeLinter-eslint FAQ.

• Q: How to use the flat eslint config with mixed commonjs and es modules?

• A: You can use the new exported flat config flat/mixed-esm-and-cjs, an example:

const nodePlugin = require("eslint-plugin-n");

module.exports = [
  ...nodePlugin.configs["flat/mixed-esm-and-cjs"],
  {
    rules: {
      "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"],
    },
  },
]

🚥 Semantic Versioning Policy

eslint-plugin-n follows semantic versioning and ESLint's Semantic Versioning Policy.

• Patch release (intended to not break your lint build)
  • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting fewer errors.
  • Improvements to documentation.
  • Non-user-facing changes such as refactoring code, adding, deleting, or modifying tests, and increasing test coverage.
  • Re-releasing after a failed release (i.e., publishing a release that doesn't work for anyone).
• Minor release (might break your lint build)
  • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting more errors.
  • A new rule is created.
  • A new option to an existing rule is created.
  • An existing rule is deprecated.
• Major release (likely to break your lint build)
  • A support for old Node version is dropped.
  • A support for old ESLint version is dropped.
  • An existing rule is changed in it reporting more errors.
  • An existing rule is removed.
  • An existing option of a rule is removed.
  • An existing config is updated.

Deprecated rules follow ESLint's deprecation policy.

📰 Changelog

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❤️ Contributing

Welcome contributing!

Please use GitHub's Issues/PRs.

Development Tools

• npm test runs tests and measures coverage.
• npm run coverage shows the coverage result of npm test command.
• npm run clean removes the coverage result of npm test command.