require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead

Wato · 2025-12-19T00:27:32.327Z

Hi everyone! Just wanted to know if anyone is having trouble with `drizzle-kit v1.0 beta v3` and `nuxthub v0.10`? When doing `pnpm nuxt db generate` it throws this error: `require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead` I already checked both nuxthub and drizzle-orm repos for similar issues

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Mai Sakurajima•12/19/25, 12:56 AM

What's your setup look like? drizzle.config.ts/js? Are you using "type": "module" (in package.json)?

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WatoOP•12/19/25, 9:58 AM

So, NuxtHub auto generates drizzle.config.ts and looks like this:

import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit'

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: 'postgresql',
  casing: 'snake_case',
  schema: '.nuxt/hub/db/schema.mjs',
  out: 'server/db/migrations/postgresql'
});

import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit'

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: 'postgresql',
  casing: 'snake_case',
  schema: '.nuxt/hub/db/schema.mjs',
  out: 'server/db/migrations/postgresql'
});

import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit'

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: 'postgresql',
  casing: 'snake_case',
  schema: '.nuxt/hub/db/schema.mjs',
  out: 'server/db/migrations/postgresql'
});

import { defineConfig } from 'drizzle-kit'

export default defineConfig({
  dialect: 'postgresql',
  casing: 'snake_case',
  schema: '.nuxt/hub/db/schema.mjs',
  out: 'server/db/migrations/postgresql'
});

And yes, type is "module". Also in the autogenerated tsconfig by nuxt, target is "ESNEXT"

Nuxt throws the following warn when building that I'm sure has something to do with this:

[10:49:51 AM]  WARN  [plugin node-resolve] Could not resolve import "drizzle-kit/api" in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/@nuxthub+core@0.10.
3_@azure+identity@4.13.0_db0@0.3.4_@electric-sql+pglite@0.3.14_drizz_13ead0a31e190f06fac4cd4b2e812b2c/node_modules/@nuxthub/core/dist/db/runtime/api/launch-
studio.post.dev.mjs using exports defined in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-kit@1.0.0-beta.3-702eadc/node_modules/drizzle-kit/packa
ge.json.

[10:49:51 AM]  WARN  [plugin node-resolve] Could not resolve import "drizzle-kit/api" in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/@nuxthub+core@0.10.
3_@azure+identity@4.13.0_db0@0.3.4_@electric-sql+pglite@0.3.14_drizz_13ead0a31e190f06fac4cd4b2e812b2c/node_modules/@nuxthub/core/dist/db/runtime/api/launch-
studio.post.dev.mjs using exports defined in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-kit@1.0.0-beta.3-702eadc/node_modules/drizzle-kit/packa
ge.json.

[10:49:51 AM]  WARN  [plugin node-resolve] Could not resolve import "drizzle-kit/api" in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/@nuxthub+core@0.10.
3_@azure+identity@4.13.0_db0@0.3.4_@electric-sql+pglite@0.3.14_drizz_13ead0a31e190f06fac4cd4b2e812b2c/node_modules/@nuxthub/core/dist/db/runtime/api/launch-
studio.post.dev.mjs using exports defined in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-kit@1.0.0-beta.3-702eadc/node_modules/drizzle-kit/packa
ge.json.

[10:49:51 AM]  WARN  [plugin node-resolve] Could not resolve import "drizzle-kit/api" in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/@nuxthub+core@0.10.
3_@azure+identity@4.13.0_db0@0.3.4_@electric-sql+pglite@0.3.14_drizz_13ead0a31e190f06fac4cd4b2e812b2c/node_modules/@nuxthub/core/dist/db/runtime/api/launch-
studio.post.dev.mjs using exports defined in /home/user/projects/project_name/node_modules/.pnpm/drizzle-kit@1.0.0-beta.3-702eadc/node_modules/drizzle-kit/packa
ge.json.

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WatoOP•12/19/25, 10:23 AM

I oppened an issue both in nuxthub and drizzle:

https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm/issues/5158
https://github.com/nuxt-hub/core/issues/740

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WatoOP•12/19/25, 10:48 AM

Downgrading to :

"drizzle-kit": "^0.31.8",
"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.1",

"drizzle-kit": "^0.31.8",
"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.1",

"drizzle-kit": "^0.31.8",
"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.1",

"drizzle-kit": "^0.31.8",
"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.1",

Fixes the issue

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@vxern•12/20/25, 4:00 AM

Also have this issue using

"drizzle-kit": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
"drizzle-orm": "^1.0.0-beta.2",

"drizzle-kit": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
"drizzle-orm": "^1.0.0-beta.2",

"drizzle-kit": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
"drizzle-orm": "^1.0.0-beta.2",

"drizzle-kit": "^1.0.0-beta.3",
"drizzle-orm": "^1.0.0-beta.2",

@@vxern Also have this issue using ```json "drizzle-kit": "^1.0.0-beta.3", "drizzle-orm"...

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Mai Sakurajima•12/20/25, 5:20 AM

I too am having that issue lol

MMai Sakurajima I too am having that issue lol

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@vxern•12/20/25, 12:41 PM

pretty sure it's a drizzle-kit issue

@@vxern pretty sure it's a drizzle-kit issue

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Mai Sakurajima•12/20/25, 1:03 PM

Yeah it is

require is not defined in ES module scope, you can use import instead

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