Replacements for eslint-plugin-import

eslint-plugin-import-x

eslint-plugin-import-x is a modern fork of eslint-plugin-import. import-x focuses on having a smaller dependency footprint and faster module resolution via a Rust-based resolver.

Flat config

import importPlugin from 'eslint-plugin-import'
import { createNodeResolver, importX } from 'eslint-plugin-import-x'
import { createTypeScriptImportResolver } from 'eslint-import-resolver-typescript'

export default [
  importPlugin.flatConfigs.recommended, 
  importX.flatConfigs.recommended, 
  {
    settings: {
      'import/resolver': { typescript: true }, 
      'import-x/resolver-next': [ 
        createTypeScriptImportResolver(), 
        createNodeResolver() 
      ] 
    },
    rules: {
      'import/no-unresolved': 'error', 
      'import-x/no-unresolved': 'error', 
      'import/no-nodejs-modules': 'warn', 
      'import-x/no-nodejs-modules': 'warn'
    }
  }
]

Legacy config

module.exports = {
  extends: [
    'eslint:recommended',
    'plugin:import/recommended', 
    'plugin:import-x/recommended', 
    'plugin:import/typescript', 
    'plugin:import-x/typescript'
  ],
  plugins: [
    'import', 
    'import-x'
  ],
  settings: {
    'import/resolver': { typescript: true }, 
    'import-x/resolver': { typescript: true } 
  },
  rules: {
    'import/no-unresolved': 'error', 
    'import-x/no-unresolved': 'error'
  }
}

Oxlint

Oxlint is a high-performance linter for JavaScript and TypeScript, built on the Rust-based Oxc compiler stack. It's intended to be fully backwards-compatible with ESLint, having ported most of the ESLint rules, as well as those from popular plugins including eslint-plugin-import.

The migration process from ESLint is covered in the Oxlint documentation, and can be done automatically from an ESLint flat config using npx @oxlint/migrate.

NOTE

Oxlint is not necessarily a full drop-in replacement, as not all of the eslint-plugin-import rules have been, or will be, implemented. Check the GitHub issue to view the progress.