farmfe-guide

Development

Comprehensive Farm build-tool reference for AI agents. Use when writing or reviewing farm.config.ts, adding/configuring plugins, troubleshooting builds, implementing SSR or library mode, using the JavaScript API, writing Farm JS/Rust plugins, or authoring custom plugins from scratch. Covers all config options, official plugins, CLI commands, key features, and plugin authoring sourced from website/docs.

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Farm Build Tool — Agent Guide

Farm is an extremely fast Vite-compatible web build tool written in Rust.
Official site: https://farmfe.org | Package: @farmfe/core | Repo: farm-fe/farm

Reference Index

Detailed documentation is split into focused reference files under references/:

File	Contents
`references/config.md`	Config file setup, shared options, all `compilation.` options, all `server.` options
`references/cli.md`	CLI commands (`start`, `build`, `watch`, `preview`, `clean`) and all flags
`references/plugins.md`	Using plugins (Rust, JS, Vite/Rollup, SWC, Runtime) + official plugins table
`references/features.md`	Quick start, CSS, TypeScript/JSX, env vars, assets, library mode, SSR, HMR, lazy compilation, persistent cache
`references/javascript-api.md`	`@farmfe/core` JS API — `start/build/watch/preview/clean`, `Compiler`, `Server`, `loadEnv`
`references/js-plugin-api.md`	Writing JS plugins — all hooks, `filters` structure, code examples
`references/writing-plugins.md`	Authoring custom plugins — scaffolding, JS plugin structure, Rust plugin structure, hooks, publishing
`references/recipes.md`	Common patterns, framework quick-configs (React/Vue/Svelte/Electron), troubleshooting

Quick Orientation

Create a Project

pnpm create farm@latest
# or with a template:
pnpm create farm my-app --template react

Templates: vanilla, react, vue3, vue2, svelte, solid, preact, lit, nestjs, tauri, electron.

Minimal Config

import { defineConfig } from '@farmfe/core';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: ['@farmfe/plugin-react'],  // Rust plugin by package name
  compilation: {
    input:  { index: './index.html' },
    output: { targetEnv: 'browser-es2017' },
  },
  server: { port: 9000 },
});

Key Rules

Config file: farm.config.ts|js|mjs — do not use __dirname/__filename; use import.meta.url.
Rust plugins → plugins: ['package-name'] or ['package-name', optionsObject].
Vite/Rollup plugins → vitePlugins: [plugin()], not plugins.
JS plugin hooks must declare filters (regex arrays) for performance.
resolve.symlinks: true is required when using pnpm.
targetEnv: 'library' enables library mode with format: ['esm', 'cjs'] array support.

Dev/Prod Defaults

Option	Development	Production
`lazyCompilation`	✅ enabled	❌ disabled
`persistentCache`	✅ enabled	✅ enabled
`minify`	❌ disabled	✅ enabled
`treeShaking`	❌ disabled	✅ enabled
`presetEnv`	❌ disabled	✅ enabled
`css.transformToScript`	✅ enabled	❌ disabled