Add support for "browser" condition (e.g., as used by Webpack) by stubbing-away Node imports (fixes #1441).

demo/webpack.config.mjs

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 // @ts-check
 
-import { createRequire } from "node:module";
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 import webpack from "webpack";
 import TerserPlugin from "terser-webpack-plugin";
 import { __dirname, importWithTypeJson } from "../test/esm-helpers.mjs";
 const libraryPackageJson = await importWithTypeJson(import.meta, "../package.json");
-const nodeModulePrefixRe = /^node:/u;
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-jsdoc
 function config(options) {
@@ -19,14 +16,6 @@ function config(options) {
       "markdown-it": "markdownit"
     },
     "mode": mode,
-    "module": {
-      "rules": [
-        {
-          "test": /\.[cm]?js$/,
-          "exclude": /node_modules/
-        }
-      ]
-    },
     "name": name,
     "optimization": optimization,
     "output": {
@@ -38,25 +27,10 @@ function config(options) {
       "path": __dirname(import.meta)
     },
     "plugins": [
-      new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
-        nodeModulePrefixRe,
-        (resource) => {
-          const module = resource.request.replace(nodeModulePrefixRe, "");
-          resource.request = module;
-        }
-      ),
       new webpack.BannerPlugin({
         "banner": `${name} ${version} ${homepage} @license ${license}`
       })
     ],
-    "resolve": {
-      "fallback": {
-        "fs": false,
-        "os": false,
-        "path": false,
-        "module": require.resolve("./module-stub.cjs")
-      }
-    },
     "ignoreWarnings": [
       {
         "message": /(asset|entrypoint) size limit/

lib/markdownlint.mjs

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // @ts-check
 
-import * as nodeFs from "node:fs";
+// @ts-ignore
-import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { fs as nodeFs, module, os, path } from "#node-imports";
-const dynamicRequire = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const dynamicRequire = module.createRequire(import.meta.url);
-import * as os from "node:os";
-import path from "node:path";
 import { initialize as cacheInitialize } from "./cache.mjs";
 import { version } from "./constants.mjs";
 import rules from "./rules.mjs";

lib/node-imports-browser-module.cjs

@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
 module.exports = {
-  // @ts-ignore
   "createRequire": () => require
 };

lib/node-imports-browser.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// @ts-check
+
+const getError = () => new Error("Node APIs are not available in browser context.");
+const throwForSync = () => {
+  throw getError();
+};
+
+export const fs = {
+  "access": (path, callback) => callback(getError()),
+  "accessSync": throwForSync,
+  "readFile": (path, options, callback) => callback(getError()),
+  "readFileSync": throwForSync
+};
+
+export { default as module } from "./node-imports-browser-module.cjs";
+
+export const os = {};
+
+export const path = {
+  "dirname": throwForSync,
+  "resolve": throwForSync
+};

lib/node-imports-node.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @ts-check
+
+import { access, accessSync, readFile, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+export const fs = { access, accessSync, readFile, readFileSync };
+
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+export const module = { createRequire };
+
+import { EOL, homedir } from "node:os";
+export const os = { EOL, homedir };
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/import-style
+import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
+export const path = { dirname, resolve };

package.json

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     "./style/prettier": "./style/prettier.json",
     "./style/relaxed": "./style/relaxed.json"
   },
+  "imports": {
+    "#node-imports": {
+      "browser": "./lib/node-imports-browser.mjs",
+      "default": "./lib/node-imports-node.mjs"
+    }
+  },
   "types": "./lib/types.d.mts",
   "author": "David Anson (https://dlaa.me/)",
   "license": "MIT",