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Is babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ESM-only? Can you require() it?

Turn JSX into React function calls

Last verified Sep 9, 2026 against babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx@6.24.1. JSON

CommonJS CommonJS — require() works on every Node.js version

babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ships CommonJS only. require("babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx") works everywhere. import "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx" also works because Node.js and Bun can import CommonJS from ES modules, but only the default export is guaranteed; named imports depend on Node's static analysis of the module.

Latest
6.24.1 (Apr 7, 2017)
Module format
CommonJS
Last CommonJS version
6.24.1
TypeScript types
None
Node engines
not declared
Weekly downloads
607K
License
MIT

Does babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx@6.24.1 actually load? Runtime test results

Installed and executed on Sep 9, 2026 with require("babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx") from a CommonJS file and import "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx" from an ES module.

Runtimerequire("babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx")import "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx"
Node.js 18✓ works✓ works
Node.js 20✓ works✓ works
Node.js 22✓ works✓ works
Node.js 24✓ works✓ works
Node.js 26✓ works✓ works
Bun 1.4✓ works✓ works

How to import babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx

ES modules (import)

import babelPluginTransformReactJsx from "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx";

Named imports from a CommonJS package only work when Node.js can statically detect them. If a named import fails, use the default import and destructure.

CommonJS (require)

const babelPluginTransformReactJsx = require("babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx");

Module format by version

Derived from the type, main and exports fields of every stable release on npm (21 versions; the newest 21 shown).

VersionsFormatFirst published
6.0.2 – 6.24.1CommonJSOct 29, 2015

Frequently asked

Is babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ESM-only?

babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx@6.24.1 is a CommonJS package. babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ships CommonJS only. require("babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx") works everywhere. import "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx" also works because Node.js and Bun can import CommonJS from ES modules, but only the default export is guaranteed; named imports depend on Node's static analysis of the module.

Can I import babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx with ES module syntax?

Yes. import babelPluginTransformReactJsx from "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx" works in Node.js and Bun because they support importing CommonJS modules. Named imports work only when Node.js can statically detect the exports.

Does babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx work in Bun?

Yes. import "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx" loaded successfully in Bun 1.4 on Sep 9, 2026.

Does babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ship TypeScript types?

No. babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx ships no type declarations and there is no @types package for it.

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