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ESLint

Next.js provides an integrated ESLint experience out of the box. Add next lint as a script to package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "next lint"
  }
}

Then run npm run lint or yarn lint:

yarn lint

If you don't already have ESLint configured in your application, you will be guided through the installation and configuration process.

yarn lint

You'll see a prompt like this:

? How would you like to configure ESLint?

❯ Strict (recommended)
Base
Cancel

One of the following three options can be selected:

  • Strict: Includes Next.js' base ESLint configuration along with a stricter Core Web Vitals rule-set. This is the recommended configuration for developers setting up ESLint for the first time.

    {
      "extends": "next/core-web-vitals"
    }

  • Base: Includes Next.js' base ESLint configuration.

    {
      "extends": "next"
    }

  • Cancel: Does not include any ESLint configuration. Only select this option if you plan on setting up your own custom ESLint configuration.

If either of the two configuration options are selected, Next.js will automatically install eslint and eslint-config-next as dependencies in your application and create an .eslintrc.json file in the root of your project that includes your selected configuration.

You can now run next lint every time you want to run ESLint to catch errors. Once ESLint has been set up, it will also automatically run during every build (next build). Errors will fail the build, while warnings will not.

If you do not want ESLint to run during next build, refer to the documentation for Ignoring ESLint.

If you do not want ESLint to run during next build, refer to the documentation for Ignoring ESLint.

We recommend using an appropriate integration to view warnings and errors directly in your code editor during development.

ESLint Config​

The default configuration (eslint-config-next) includes everything you need to have an optimal out-of-the-box linting experience in Next.js. If you do not have ESLint already configured in your application, we recommend using next lint to set up ESLint along with this configuration.

If you would like to use eslint-config-next along with other ESLint configurations, refer to the Additional Configurations section to learn how to do so without causing any conflicts.

Recommended rule-sets from the following ESLint plugins are all used within eslint-config-next:

This will take precedence over the configuration from next.config.js.

ESLint Plugin​

Next.js provides an ESLint plugin, eslint-plugin-next, already bundled within the base configuration that makes it possible to catch common issues and problems in a Next.js application. The full set of rules is as follows:

If you already have ESLint configured in your application, we recommend extending from this plugin directly instead of including eslint-config-next unless a few conditions are met. Refer to the Recommended Plugin Ruleset to learn more.

Custom Settings​

rootDir​

If you're using eslint-plugin-next in a project where Next.js isn't installed in your root directory (such as a monorepo), you can tell eslint-plugin-next where to find your Next.js application using the settings property in your .eslintrc:

{
  "extends": "next",
  "settings": {
    "next": {
      "rootDir": "packages/my-app/"
    }
  }
}

rootDir can be a path (relative or absolute), a glob (i.e. "packages/*/"), or an array of paths and/or globs.

Linting Custom Directories and Files​

By default, Next.js will run ESLint for all files in the pages/, app/, components/, lib/, and src/ directories. However, you can specify which directories using the dirs option in the eslint config in next.config.js for production builds:

module.exports = {
  eslint: {
    dirs: ['pages', 'utils'], // Only run ESLint on the 'pages' and 'utils' directories during production builds (next build)
  },
}

Similarly, the --dir and --file flags can be used for next lint to lint specific directories and files:

next lint --dir pages --dir utils --file bar.js

Caching​

To improve performance, information of files processed by ESLint are cached by default. This is stored in .next/cache or in your defined build directory. If you include any ESLint rules that depend on more than the contents of a single source file and need to disable the cache, use the --no-cache flag with next lint.

To improve performance, information of files processed by ESLint are cached by default. This is stored in .next/cache or in your defined build directory. If you include any ESLint rules that depend on more than the contents of a single source file and need to disable the cache, use the --no-cache flag with next lint.

next lint --no-cache

Disabling Rules​

If you would like to modify or disable any rules provided by the supported plugins (react, react-hooks, next), you can directly change them using the rules property in your .eslintrc:

{
  "extends": "next",
  "rules": {
    "react/no-unescaped-entities": "off",
    "@next/next/no-page-custom-font": "off"
  }
}

Core Web Vitals​

The next/core-web-vitals rule set is enabled when next lint is run for the first time and the strict option is selected.

{
  "extends": "next/core-web-vitals"
}

next/core-web-vitals updates eslint-plugin-next to error on a number of rules that are warnings by default if they affect Core Web Vitals.

The next/core-web-vitals entry point is automatically included for new applications built with Create Next App.

TypeScript​

In addition to the Next.js ESLint rules, create-next-app --typescript will also add TypeScript-specific lint rules with next/typescript to your config:

{
  "extends": ["next/core-web-vitals", "next/typescript"]
}

Those rules are based on plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended. See typescript-eslint > Configs for more details.

Usage With Other Tools​

Prettier​

ESLint also contains code formatting rules, which can conflict with your existing Prettier setup. We recommend including eslint-config-prettier in your ESLint config to make ESLint and Prettier work together.

First, install the dependency:

npm install --save-dev eslint-config-prettier

yarn add --dev eslint-config-prettier

pnpm add --save-dev eslint-config-prettier

bun add --dev eslint-config-prettier

Then, add prettier to your existing ESLint config:

{
  "extends": ["next", "prettier"]
}

lint-staged​

If you would like to use next lint with lint-staged to run the linter on staged git files, you'll have to add the following to the .lintstagedrc.js file in the root of your project in order to specify usage of the --file flag.

const path = require('path')

const buildEslintCommand = (filenames) =>
  `next lint --fix --file ${filenames
    .map((f) => path.relative(process.cwd(), f))
    .join(' --file ')}`

module.exports = {
  '*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}': [buildEslintCommand],
}

Migrating Existing Config​

If you already have ESLint configured in your application and any of the following conditions are true:

  • You have one or more of the following plugins already installed (either separately or through a different config such as airbnb or react-app):
    • react
    • react-hooks
    • jsx-a11y
    • import
  • You've defined specific parserOptions that are different from how Babel is configured within Next.js (this is not recommended unless you have customized your Babel configuration)
  • You have eslint-plugin-import installed with Node.js and/or TypeScript resolvers defined to handle imports

Then we recommend either removing these settings if you prefer how these properties have been configured within eslint-config-next or extending directly from the Next.js ESLint plugin instead:

module.exports = {
  extends: [
    //...
    'plugin:@next/next/recommended',
  ],
}

The plugin can be installed normally in your project without needing to run next lint:

npm install --save-dev @next/eslint-plugin-next

yarn add --dev @next/eslint-plugin-next

pnpm add --save-dev @next/eslint-plugin-next

bun add --dev @next/eslint-plugin-next

This eliminates the risk of collisions or errors that can occur due to importing the same plugin or parser across multiple configurations.

Additional Configurations​

If you already use a separate ESLint configuration and want to include eslint-config-next, ensure that it is extended last after other configurations. For example:

{
  "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "next"]
}

The next configuration already handles setting default values for the parser, plugins and settings properties. There is no need to manually re-declare any of these properties unless you need a different configuration for your use case.

If you include any other shareable configurations, you will need to make sure that these properties are not overwritten or modified. Otherwise, we recommend removing any configurations that share behavior with the next configuration or extending directly from the Next.js ESLint plugin as mentioned above.