A Rsbuild plugin that provides seamless integration with React Router, supporting both client-side routing and server-side rendering (SSR).
- 🚀 Zero-config setup with sensible defaults
- 🔄 Automatic route generation from file system
- 🖥️ Server-Side Rendering (SSR) support
- 📱 Client-side navigation
- 🛠️ TypeScript support out of the box
- 🔧 Customizable configuration
- 🎯 Support for route-level code splitting
npm install rsbuild-plugin-react-router # or yarn add rsbuild-plugin-react-router # or pnpm add rsbuild-plugin-react-router
Add the plugin to your rsbuild.config.ts:
import { defineConfig } from '@rsbuild/core'; import { pluginReactRouter } from 'rsbuild-plugin-react-router'; import { pluginReact } from '@rsbuild/plugin-react'; export default defineConfig(() => { return { plugins: [ pluginReactRouter({ // Optional: Enable custom server mode customServer: false, // Optional: Specify server output format serverOutput: "commonjs", //Optional: enable experimental support for module federation federation: false }), pluginReact() ], }; });
The plugin uses a two-part configuration system:
- Plugin Options (in
rsbuild.config.ts):
pluginReactRouter({ /** * Whether to disable automatic middleware setup for custom server implementation. * Enable this when you want to handle server setup manually. * @default false */ customServer?: boolean, /** * Specify the output format for server-side code. * Options: "commonjs" | "module" * @default "module" */ serverOutput?: "commonjs" | "module" /** * Enable experimental support for module federation * @default false */ federation?: boolean })
- React Router Configuration (in
react-router.config.ts):
import type { Config } from '@react-router/dev/config'; export default { /** * Whether to enable Server-Side Rendering (SSR) support. * @default true */ ssr: true, /** * Build directory for output files * @default 'build' */ buildDirectory: 'dist', /** * Application source directory * @default 'app' */ appDirectory: 'app', /** * Base URL path * @default '/' */ basename: '/my-app', } satisfies Config;
All configuration options are optional and will use sensible defaults if not specified.
If no configuration is provided, the following defaults will be used:
// Plugin defaults (rsbuild.config.ts) { customServer: false } // Router defaults (react-router.config.ts) { ssr: true, buildDirectory: 'build', appDirectory: 'app', basename: '/' }
Routes can be defined in app/routes.ts using the helper functions from @react-router/dev/routes:
import { type RouteConfig, index, layout, prefix, route, } from '@react-router/dev/routes'; export default [ // Index route for the home page index('routes/home.tsx'), // Regular route route('about', 'routes/about.tsx'), // Nested routes with a layout layout('routes/docs/layout.tsx', [ index('routes/docs/index.tsx'), route('getting-started', 'routes/docs/getting-started.tsx'), route('advanced', 'routes/docs/advanced.tsx'), ]), // Routes with dynamic segments ...prefix('projects', [ index('routes/projects/index.tsx'), layout('routes/projects/layout.tsx', [ route(':projectId', 'routes/projects/project.tsx'), route(':projectId/edit', 'routes/projects/edit.tsx'), ]), ]), ] satisfies RouteConfig;
The plugin provides several helper functions for defining routes:
index()- Creates an index routeroute()- Creates a regular route with a pathlayout()- Creates a layout route with nested childrenprefix()- Adds a URL prefix to a group of routes
Route components support the following exports:
default- The route componentErrorBoundary- Error boundary componentHydrateFallback- Loading component during hydrationLayout- Layout componentclientLoader- Client-side data loadingclientAction- Client-side form actionshandle- Route handlelinks- Prefetch linksmeta- Route meta datashouldRevalidate- Revalidation control
loader- Server-side data loadingaction- Server-side form actionsheaders- HTTP headers
The plugin supports two ways to handle server-side rendering:
-
Default Server Setup: By default, the plugin automatically sets up the necessary middleware for SSR.
-
Custom Server Setup: For more control, you can disable the automatic middleware setup by enabling custom server mode:
// rsbuild.config.ts import { defineConfig } from '@rsbuild/core'; import { pluginReactRouter } from 'rsbuild-plugin-react-router'; import { pluginReact } from '@rsbuild/plugin-react'; export default defineConfig(() => { return { plugins: [ pluginReactRouter({ customServer: true }), pluginReact() ], }; });
When using a custom server, you'll need to:
- Create a server handler (
server/index.ts):
import { createRequestHandler } from '@react-router/express'; export const app = createRequestHandler({ build: () => import('virtual/react-router/server-build'), getLoadContext() { // Add custom context available to your loaders/actions return { // ... your custom context }; }, });
- Set up your server entry point (
server.js):
import { createRsbuild, loadConfig } from '@rsbuild/core'; import express from 'express'; import path from 'path'; import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename); const app = express(); const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'; async function startServer() { if (isDev) { const config = await loadConfig(); const rsbuild = await createRsbuild({ rsbuildConfig: config.content, }); const devServer = await rsbuild.createDevServer(); app.use(devServer.middlewares); app.use(async (req, res, next) => { try { const bundle = await devServer.environments.node.loadBundle('app'); await bundle.app(req, res, next); } catch (e) { next(e); } }); const port = Number.parseInt(process.env.PORT || '3000', 10); const server = app.listen(port, () => { console.log(`Development server is running on http://localhost:${port}`); devServer.afterListen(); }); devServer.connectWebSocket({ server }); } else { // Production mode app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build/client'), { index: false })); // Load the server bundle const serverBundle = await import('./build/server/static/js/app.js'); // Mount the server app after static file handling app.use(async (req, res, next) => { try { await serverBundle.default.app(req, res, next); } catch (e) { next(e); } }); const port = Number.parseInt(process.env.PORT || '3000', 10); app.listen(port, () => { console.log(`Production server is running on http://localhost:${port}`); }); } } startServer().catch(console.error);
- Update your
package.jsonscripts:
{
"scripts": {
"dev": "node server.js",
"build": "rsbuild build",
"start": "NODE_ENV=production node server.js"
}
}The custom server setup allows you to:
- Add custom middleware
- Handle API routes
- Integrate with databases
- Implement custom authentication
- Add server-side caching
- And more!
To deploy your React Router app to Cloudflare Workers:
- Configure Rsbuild (
rsbuild.config.ts):
import { defineConfig } from '@rsbuild/core'; import { pluginReact } from '@rsbuild/plugin-react'; import { pluginReactRouter } from 'rsbuild-plugin-react-router'; export default defineConfig({ environments: { node: { performance: { chunkSplit: { strategy: 'all-in-one' }, }, tools: { rspack: { experiments: { outputModule: true }, externalsType: 'module', output: { chunkFormat: 'module', chunkLoading: 'import', workerChunkLoading: 'import', wasmLoading: 'fetch', library: { type: 'module' }, module: true, }, resolve: { conditionNames: ['workerd', 'worker', 'browser', 'import', 'require'], }, }, }, }, }, plugins: [pluginReactRouter({customServer: true}), pluginReact()], });
- Configure Wrangler (
wrangler.toml):
workers_dev = true name = "my-react-router-worker" compatibility_date = "2024年11月18日" main = "./build/server/static/js/app.js" assets = { directory = "./build/client/" } [vars] VALUE_FROM_CLOUDFLARE = "Hello from Cloudflare" # Optional build configuration # [build] # command = "npm run build" # watch_dir = "app"
- Create Worker Entry (
server/index.ts):
import { createRequestHandler } from 'react-router'; declare global { interface CloudflareEnvironment extends Env {} interface ImportMeta { env: { MODE: string; }; } } declare module 'react-router' { export interface AppLoadContext { cloudflare: { env: CloudflareEnvironment; ctx: ExecutionContext; }; } } // @ts-expect-error - virtual module provided by React Router at build time import * as serverBuild from 'virtual/react-router/server-build'; const requestHandler = createRequestHandler(serverBuild, import.meta.env.MODE); export default { fetch(request, env, ctx) { return requestHandler(request, { cloudflare: { env, ctx }, }); }, } satisfies ExportedHandler<CloudflareEnvironment>;
- Update Package Dependencies:
{
"dependencies": {
"@react-router/node": "^7.1.3",
"@react-router/serve": "^7.1.3",
"react-router": "^7.1.3"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20241112.0",
"@react-router/cloudflare": "^7.1.3",
"@react-router/dev": "^7.1.3",
"wrangler": "^3.106.0"
}
}- Setup Deployment Scripts (
package.json):
{
"scripts": {
"build": "rsbuild build",
"deploy": "npm run build && wrangler deploy",
"dev": "rsbuild dev",
"start": "wrangler dev"
}
}- The
workers_dev = truesetting enables deployment to workers.dev subdomain mainpoints to your Worker's entry point in the build outputassetsdirectory specifies where your static client files are located- Environment variables can be set in the
[vars]section - The
compatibility_dateshould be kept up to date - TypeScript types are provided via
@cloudflare/workers-types - Development can be done locally using
wrangler dev - Deployment is handled through
wrangler deploy
-
Local Development:
# Start local development server npm run dev # or npm start
-
Production Deployment:
# Build and deploy npm run deploy
The plugin automatically:
- Runs type generation during development and build
- Sets up development server with live reload
- Handles route-based code splitting
- Manages client and server builds
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