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Config
Reference of VuePress config, which can be set via config file. The conventional config files are (in order of precedence):
- In current working directory
cwd
:vuepress.config.ts
vuepress.config.js
- In source directory
sourceDir
:.vuepress/config.ts
.vuepress/config.js
You can also specify the config file via --config
option of CLI.
Site Config
base
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
/
-
Details:
The base URL the site will be deployed at.
You will need to set this if you plan to deploy your site under a sub path. It should always start and end with a slash. For example, if you plan to deploy your site to GitHub pages at
https://foo.github.io/bar/
, then you should setbase
to"/bar/"
.The
base
is automatically prepended to all the URLs that start with/
in other options, so you only need to specify it once. -
Also see:
lang
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
en-US
-
Details:
Language for the site.
This will be the
lang
attribute of the<html>
tag in the rendered HTML.This can be specified in different locales.
-
Also see:
title
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
''
-
Details:
Title for the site.
This will be the suffix for all page titles, and displayed in the navbar in the default theme.
This can be specified in different locales.
-
Also see:
description
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
''
-
Details:
Description for the site.
This will be the
content
attribute of<meta name="description" />
tag in the rendered HTML, which will be overrode by thedescription
field of page frontmatter.This can be specified in different locales.
-
Also see:
head
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Type:
HeadConfig[]
-
Default:
[]
-
Details:
Extra tags to inject into the
<head>
tag in the rendered HTML.You can specify each tag in the form of
[tagName, { attrName: attrValue }, innerHTML?]
.This can be specified in different locales.
-
Example:
To add a custom favicon:
module.exports = {
head: [
['link', { rel: 'icon', href: '/logo.png' }]
]
}
Rendered as:
<head>
<link rel="icon" href="/logo.png" />
</head>
- Also see:
locales
-
Type:
{ [path: string]: Partial<SiteLocaleData> }
-
Default:
{}
-
Details:
Specify locales for i18n support.
Acceptable fields:
-
Also see:
Theme Config
theme
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
'@vuepress/default'
-
Details:
Name or absolute path of theme your want to use.
This option accepts theme name, theme name shorthand, or absolute path to theme.
-
Example:
module.exports = {
theme: 'vuepress-theme-foo',
theme: 'bar',
theme: '/path/to/local/theme',
}
- Also see:
themeConfig
-
Type:
ThemeConfig
-
Default:
{}
-
Details:
Provide config options to the used theme. The options will vary depending on the theme you are using.
-
Also see:
Bundler Config
bundler
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
'@vuepress/webpack'
-
Details:
Name of bundler your want to use.
Bundler name shorthand is acceptable.
-
Also see:
bundlerConfig
-
Type:
BundlerConfig
-
Default:
{}
-
Details:
Provide config options to the used bundler. The options will vary depending on the bundler you are using.
Directory Config
dest
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
`${sourceDir}/.vuepress/dist`
-
Details:
Specify the output directory for
vuepress build
command.
temp
-
Type:
string
-
Default:
`${sourceDir}/.vuepress/.temp`
-
Details:
Specify the directory for temporary files.
cache
-
Type:
string
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Default:
`${sourceDir}/.vuepress/.cache`
-
Details:
Specify the directory for cache .
public
-
Type:
string
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Default:
`${sourceDir}/.vuepress/public`
-
Details:
Specify the directory for public files.
-
Also see:
Markdown Config
markdown
-
Type:
MarkdownOptions
-
Default:
{}
-
Details:
Configure VuePress built-in Markdown syntax extensions.
-
Also see:
markdown.anchor
-
Type:
AnchorPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for markdown-it-anchor.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
markdown.assets
-
Type:
AssetsPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it assets plugin.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin.
::: danger You should not configure it unless you understand what it is for. :::
markdown.code
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Type:
CodePluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it code plugin.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
markdown.code.highlight
-
Type:
boolean
-
Default:
true
-
Details:
Enable code syntax highlighting or not.
You can disable it if you want to implement client side highlighting by yourself. For example, Prismjs or highlight.js.
-
Also see:
markdown.code.highlightLines
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Type:
boolean
-
Default:
true
-
Details:
Enable code line highlighting or not.
-
Also see:
markdown.code.lineNumbers
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Type:
boolean
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Default:
true
-
Details:
Enable code line numbers or not.
-
Also see:
markdown.code.preWrapper
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Type:
boolean
-
Default:
true
-
Details:
Enable the extra wrapper of the
<pre>
tag or not.The wrapper is required by the
highlightLines
andlineNumbers
. That means, if you disablepreWrapper
, the line highlighting and line numbers will also be disabled.You can disable it if you want to implement them in client side. For example, Prismjs Line Highlight or Prismjs Line Numbers.
markdown.code.vPre
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Type:
boolean
-
Default:
true
-
Details:
Enable the
v-pre
directive on<pre>
tag or not. -
Also see:
markdown.customComponent
-
Type:
undefined | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it custom-component plugin.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin.
::: danger You should not configure it unless you understand what it is for. :::
markdown.emoji
-
Type:
EmojiPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for markdown-it-emoji.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
markdown.extractHeaders
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Type:
ExtractHeadersPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it extract-headers plugin.
It will extract page headers to page data, which will be used for generating sidebar, table of contents, etc. For example, the sidebar of current page is auto generated from the headers that extracted by this plugin.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin.
markdown.hoistTags
-
Type:
HoistTagsPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it hoist-tags plugin.
It will hoist specific HTML tags in your Markdown to the top-level of SFC. By default, only
<script>
and<style>
tags will be hoisted. You can set this option to support SFC custom blocks in Markdown.Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
markdown.links
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Type:
LinksPluginOptions | false
-
Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it links plugin.
It will convert internal links to
<RouterLink>
, and add extra attributes to external links.Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
markdown.toc
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Type:
TocPluginOptions | false
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Details:
Options for VuePress built-in markdown-it table-of-contents plugin.
Set to
false
to disable this plugin. -
Also see:
Development Config
debug
-
Type:
boolean
-
Default:
false
-
Details:
Enable debug mode or not.
This would be helpful for developers. Also, we are using debug package for debug logging, which can be enabled via
DEBUG=vuepress*
environment variable.
host
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Type:
string
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Default:
'0.0.0.0'
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Details:
Specify the host to use for the dev server.
port
-
Type:
number
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Default:
8080
-
Details:
Specify the port to use for the dev server.
open
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Type:
boolean
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Default:
false
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Details:
Whether to open the browser after dev-server had been started.
evergreen
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Type:
boolean
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Default:
true
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Details:
Set to
true
if you are only targeting evergreen browsers. This will disable some transpilation and polyfills, and result in faster builds and smaller files.
pagePatterns
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Type:
string[]
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Default:
['**/*.md', '!.vuepress', '!node_modules']
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Details:
Specify the patterns of files you want to be resolved as pages. The patterns are relative to the source directory.
templateDev
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Type:
string
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Default:
'@vuepress/client/templates/index.dev.html'
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Details:
Specify the HTML template to be used for dev.
templateSSR
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Type:
string
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Default:
'@vuepress/client/templates/index.ssr.html'
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Details:
Specify the HTML template to be used for build (SSR).
shouldPreload
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Type:
((file: string, type: string) => boolean)) | boolean
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Default:
true
-
Details:
A function to control what files should have
<link rel="preload">
resource hints generated. Set totrue
orfalse
to enable or disable totally.By default, only those files that are required by current page will be preloaded. So you can keep it
true
in most cases.
shouldPrefetch
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Type:
((file: string, type: string) => boolean)) | boolean
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Default:
false
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Details:
A function to control what files should have
<link rel="prefetch">
resource hints generated. Set totrue
orfalse
to enable or disable for all files.If you set it to
true
, all files that required by other pages will be prefetched. This is good for small sites, which will speed up the navigation, but it might not be a good idea if you have lots of pages in your site.
Plugin API
User config file also works as a VuePress plugin, so all of the Plugin APIs are available except the name
and multiple
options.
Please check out Plugin API Reference for a full list of Plugin APIs.