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Is babel-preset-react-app ESM-only? Can you require() it?

Babel preset used by Create React App

Last verified Sep 9, 2026 against babel-preset-react-app@10.1.0. JSON

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

babel-preset-react-app ships CommonJS only. require("babel-preset-react-app") works everywhere. import "babel-preset-react-app" 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
10.1.0 (Feb 15, 2025)
Module format
CommonJS
Last CommonJS version
10.1.0
TypeScript types
None
Node engines
not declared
Weekly downloads
3.3M
License
MIT

Does babel-preset-react-app@10.1.0 actually load? Runtime test results

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

Runtimerequire("babel-preset-react-app")import "babel-preset-react-app"
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-preset-react-app

ES modules (import)

import babelPresetReactApp from "babel-preset-react-app";

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 babelPresetReactApp = require("babel-preset-react-app");

Module format by version

Derived from the type, main and exports fields of every stable release on npm (38 versions; the newest 38 shown).

VersionsFormatFirst published
0.0.0 – 10.1.0CommonJSSep 21, 2016

Frequently asked

Is babel-preset-react-app ESM-only?

babel-preset-react-app@10.1.0 is a CommonJS package. babel-preset-react-app ships CommonJS only. require("babel-preset-react-app") works everywhere. import "babel-preset-react-app" 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-preset-react-app with ES module syntax?

Yes. import babelPresetReactApp from "babel-preset-react-app" 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-preset-react-app work in Bun?

Yes. import "babel-preset-react-app" loaded successfully in Bun 1.4 on Sep 9, 2026.

Does babel-preset-react-app ship TypeScript types?

No. babel-preset-react-app ships no type declarations and there is no @types package for it.

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