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Is gulp-concat ESM-only? Can you require() it?

Concatenates files

Last verified Sep 9, 2026 against gulp-concat@2.6.1. JSON

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

gulp-concat ships CommonJS only. require("gulp-concat") works everywhere. import "gulp-concat" 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
2.6.1 (Nov 13, 2016)
Module format
CommonJS
Last CommonJS version
2.6.1
TypeScript types
@types/gulp-concat
Node engines
>= 0.10
Weekly downloads
399K
License
MIT

Does gulp-concat@2.6.1 actually load? Runtime test results

Installed and executed on Sep 9, 2026 with require("gulp-concat") from a CommonJS file and import "gulp-concat" from an ES module.

Runtimerequire("gulp-concat")import "gulp-concat"
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 gulp-concat

ES modules (import)

import gulpConcat from "gulp-concat";

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 gulpConcat = require("gulp-concat");

Module format by version

Derived from the type, main and exports fields of every stable release on npm (26 versions; the newest 26 shown).

VersionsFormatFirst published
0.0.1 – 2.6.1CommonJSJul 6, 2013

Frequently asked

Is gulp-concat ESM-only?

gulp-concat@2.6.1 is a CommonJS package. gulp-concat ships CommonJS only. require("gulp-concat") works everywhere. import "gulp-concat" 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 gulp-concat with ES module syntax?

Yes. import gulpConcat from "gulp-concat" 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 gulp-concat work in Bun?

Yes. import "gulp-concat" loaded successfully in Bun 1.4 on Sep 9, 2026.

Does gulp-concat ship TypeScript types?

Not bundled. Install the community types with "npm install -D @types/gulp-concat".

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