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jiti

What changed in jiti 2, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-23.

3 breaking13 new APIs and options2 performance3 behavior and defaults3 fixes and other

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jiti 224 changes

Use the named export instead of the default export when importing createJiti.
2.0.0release notes
Resolves modules with ESM resolution; it accepts try and other resolve options and is consistent with import.meta.resolve.
2.0.0release notes
Imports modules through the native ESM path, supporting top-level await and native importing of ES-only modules.
2.0.0release notes

Adds support for using and await using.
2.7.0release notes
Adds the jiti/static subpath.
2.7.0release notes
Adds opt-in support for tsconfigPaths.
2.7.0release notes
Adds support for virtual modules.
2.7.0release notes
Enables inspection of jiti internals; the output is more readable and uses colors to help find slow imports.
2.0.0release notes
ESM modules can be evaluated with a fallback loader.
2.0.0release notes
Support was added for import.meta.resolve.
2.0.0release notes
Enables debug output with JITI_DEBUG=1.
2.0.0release notes
Configures interopDefault through an environment variable.
2.0.0release notes
Provides the jiti API while depending only on runtime import.meta.resolve and dynamic import() support.
2.0.0release notes
Registers jiti globally using experimental Node.js global hooks, either with node --import or a programmatic import.
2.0.0release notes
Enables direct importing of .jsx and .tsx files when set to true; JSX support is opt-in.
2.0.0release notes
Supported through native ESM importing.
2.0.0release notes

jiti handles data: imports.
2.0.0release notes
The package exports are available in both ESM and CJS formats for importing jiti in ESM contexts.
2.0.0release notes
When node_modules exists, jiti stores caches there instead of using a temp directory, making them easier to inspect locally.
2.0.0release notes