Nuxt/docs/2.guide/3.going-further/4.kit.md

---
title: "Nuxt Kit"
description: "@nuxt/kit provides features for module authors."
---

# Nuxt Kit

> Nuxt Kit provides composable utilities to make interacting with [Nuxt Hooks](/docs/api/advanced/hooks) and [Nuxt Builder Core](/docs/guide/going-further/internals#the-nuxt-interface) and developing [Nuxt Modules](/docs/guide/going-further/modules) super easy!

## Usage

### Install Dependency

You can install the latest Nuxt Kit by adding it to the `dependencies` section of your `package.json`. However, please consider always explicitly installing the `@nuxt/kit` package even if it is already installed by Nuxt.

```json [package.json]
{
  "dependencies": {
    "@nuxt/kit": "npm:@nuxt/kit-edge@latest"
  }
}
```

### Import Kit Utilities

```js [test.mjs]
import { useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
```

::ReadMore{link="/docs/api/advanced/kit" title="API > Advanced > Kit"}
::

::alert{type="warning"}
Nuxt Kit utilities are only available for modules and not meant to be imported in runtime (components, Vue composables, pages, plugins, or server routes).
::

Nuxt Kit is an [esm-only package](/docs/guide/going-further/esm) meaning that you **cannot** `require('@nuxt/kit')`. As a workaround, use dynamic import in the CommonJS context:

```js [test.cjs]
// This does NOT work!
// const kit = require('@nuxt/kit')
async function main() {
  const kit = await import('@nuxt/kit')
}
main()
```