# Nuxt Kit

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

## Usage

### Install dependency

You can install the latest nuxt kit by adding it to `dependencies` of `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'
```

::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](/guide/going-further/esm) meaning you **cannot** `require('@nuxt/kit')`. As a workaround, we can use dynamic import to use it 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()
```