---
title: 'shared'
head.title: 'shared/'
description: Use the shared/ directory to share functionality between the Vue app and the Nitro server.
navigation.icon: i-ph-folder
---

The `shared/` directory allows you to share code that can be used in both the Vue app and the Nitro server.

::tip
The `shared/` directory is available in Nuxt v3.14+.
::

::important
Code in the shared directory cannot import any Vue or nitro code.
::

## Usage

**Method 1:** Using named export

```ts twoslash [shared/utils/capitalize.ts]
export const capitalize = (input: string) => {
  return input[0].toUpperCase() + input.slice(1)
}
```

**Method 2:** Using default export

```ts twoslash [shared/utils/capitalize.ts]
export default function capitalize (input: string) {
  return input[0].toUpperCase() + input.slice(1)
}
```

**Usage:** You can now use auto-imported utility functions in `.js`, `.ts` and `.vue` files within your Vue app and the `server/` directory. 

If you are using `compatibilityVersion: 4`, you can use the auto-imported functions in the `app/` directory.

```vue [app.vue]
<script setup lang="ts">
const hello = capitalize('hello')
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    {{ hello }}
  </div>
</template>
```

```ts [server/api/hello.get.ts]
export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
  return {
    hello: capitalize('hello')
  }
})
```

## Auto Imports

Only files in the `shared/utils/` and `shared/types/` directories will be auto-imported.

```bash [Directory Structure]
-| shared/
---| foo.ts        # Not auto-imported
---| utils/
-----| bar.ts      # Auto-imported
---| types/
-----| bar.d.ts    # Auto-imported
```

Any other files you create in the shared folder must be manually imported using `import foo from '#shared/foo'`.

This includes nested directories. A file located at `shared/formatters/lower.ts` will be imported with `import lower from '#shared/formatters/lower'`.

:read-more{to="/docs/guide/concepts/auto-imports"}