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---
icon: IconDirectory
title: 'components'
head.title: Components directory
---
# Components directory
The `components/` directory is where you put all your Vue components which can then be imported inside your pages or other components ([learn more](https://vuejs.org/guide/essentials/component-basics.html#components-basics)).
Nuxt automatically imports any components in your `components/` directory (along with components that are registered by any modules you may be using).
```bash
| components/
--| TheHeader.vue
--| TheFooter.vue
```
```html{}[layouts/default.vue]
<template>
<div>
<TheHeader />
<slot />
<TheFooter />
</div>
</template>
```
## Component Names
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If you have a component in nested directories such as:
```bash
| components/
--| base/
----| foo/
------| Button.vue
```
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... then the component's name will be based on its own path directory and filename, with duplicate segments being removed. Therefore, the component's name will be:
```html
<BaseFooButton />
```
::alert
For clarity, we recommend that the component's file name matches its name. (So, in the example above, you could rename `Button.vue` to be `BaseFooButton.vue`.)
::
## Dynamic Imports
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To dynamically import a component (also known as lazy-loading a component) all you need to do is add the `Lazy` prefix to the component's name.
```html{}[layouts/default.vue]
<template>
<div>
<TheHeader />
<slot />
<LazyTheFooter />
</div>
</template>
```
This is particularly useful if the component is not always needed. By using the `Lazy` prefix you can delay loading the component code until the right moment, which can be helpful for optimizing your JavaScript bundle size.
```html{}[pages/index.vue]
<template>
<div>
<h1>Mountains</h1>
<LazyMountainsList v-if="show" />
<button v-if="!show" @click="show = true">Show List</button>
</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
show: false
}
}
}
</script>
```
## `<ClientOnly>` Component
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Nuxt provides the `<ClientOnly>` component for purposely rendering a component only on client side. To import a component only on the client, register the component in a client-side only plugin.
```html{}[pages/example.vue]
<template>
<div>
<Sidebar />
<ClientOnly>
<!-- this component will only be rendered on client-side -->
<Comments />
</ClientOnly>
</div>
</template>
```
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Use a slot as fallback until `<ClientOnly>` is mounted on client side.
```html{}[pages/example.vue]
<template>
<div>
<Sidebar />
<ClientOnly>
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<!-- this component will only be rendered on client side -->
<Comments />
<template #fallback>
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<!-- this will be rendered on server side -->
<p>Loading comments...</p>
</template>
</ClientOnly>
</div>
</template>
```
## Library Authors
Making Vue component libraries with automatic tree-shaking and component registration is super easy ✨
You can use the `components:dirs` hook to extend the directory list without requiring user configuration in your Nuxt module.
Imagine a directory structure like this:
```bash
| node_modules/
---| awesome-ui/
------| components/
---------| Alert.vue
---------| Button.vue
------| nuxt.js
| pages/
---| index.vue
| nuxt.config.js
```
Then in `awesome-ui/nuxt.js` you can use the `components:dirs` hook:
```js
import { join } from 'pathe'
import { defineNuxtModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
export default defineNuxtModule({
hooks: {
'components:dirs'(dirs) {
// Add ./components dir to the list
dirs.push({
path: join(__dirname, 'components'),
prefix: 'awesome'
})
}
}
})
```
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That's it! Now in your project, you can import your ui library as a Nuxt module in your `nuxt.config` file:
```js
export default {
buildModules: ['awesome-ui/nuxt']
}
```
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... and directly use the module components (prefixed with `awesome-`) in our `pages/index.vue`:
```vue
<template>
<div>
My <AwesomeButton>UI button</AwesomeButton>!
<awesome-alert>Here's an alert!</awesome-alert>
</div>
</template>
```
It will automatically import the components only if used and also support HMR when updating your components in `node_modules/awesome-ui/components/`.