How to set as external all node modules in rollup?

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I want to have all modules imported from node_modules as external. What is the configuration for this?

I tried without success :

import path from "path";
import glob from "glob";
import multiEntry from "rollup-plugin-multi-entry";

export default {
    entry: "src/**/*.js",
    format: "cjs",
    plugins: [
        multiEntry()
    ],
    external: glob.sync("node_modules/**/*.js").map(file => path.resolve(file)),
    dest: "dist/bundle.js"
}];

or

import multiEntry from "rollup-plugin-multi-entry";

export default {
    entry: "src/**/*.js",
    format: "cjs",
    plugins: [
        multiEntry()
    ],
    external: id => id.indexOf("node_modules") !== -1,
    dest: "dist/bundle.js"
}];
4 Answers

Using rollup 2.63 this works for me

export default {
    // ...
    external: [/node_modules/],
    // ...
}

UPDATE:

Use rollup-plugin-auto-external.


Thank @IsidroTorregrosa for his answer (and @maxkueng ofcourse). I improved it by adding node built-in modules (like fs and path) and also peerDependencies. Use:

import builtins from 'builtin-modules/static'
const pkg = require('./package.json')
// ...
export default {
    external: builtins.concat(Object.keys(pkg.dependencies || {})).concat(Object.keys(pkg.peerDependencies || {})),
    // ...
}

See builtin-modules on npmjs.com and also see:

https://github.com/rollup/rollup-plugin-node-resolve#resolving-built-ins-like-fs

Rollup Configuration
import pkg from "./package.json";

/**
 * Rollup bundler configuration.
 *
 * @see https://rollupjs.org/
 * @type {import("rollup").RollupOptions}
 */
export default {
  ...
  external: [...Object.keys(pkg.dependencies), /^node:/]
}
Application Source Code
import path from "node:path";
import fs from "node:fs/promises";

...

Source: GraphQL API and Relay Starter Kitapi/rollup.config.js

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