Following vanilla-js/create-project instructions results in a failing npm run dev command

[hamirmahal]

Build tool

Vite

Where do you see the problem?

• In the browser
• In the terminal

Describe the bug

Following https://crxjs.dev/vite-plugin/getting-started/vanilla-js/create-project instructions results in a failing npm run dev command.

Reproduction

https://github.com/hamirmahal/crxjs-issue-reproduction-repository

Logs

No response

System Info

System:
    OS: Linux 6.8 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
    Memory: 21.90 GB / 31.21 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.1.16 - /usr/bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.9.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.9.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.22 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.9.0/bin/yarn
    npm: 10.1.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.9.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 9.12.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.9.0/bin/pnpm
    bun: 1.1.21 - ~/.bun/bin/bun
  Browsers:
    Brave Browser: 129.1.70.126
    Chrome: 126.0.6478.126
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^2.9.15 => 2.9.18

Severity

annoyance

[hamirmahal]

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[salmin89]

you need to install crxjs as well. This seems to be left out of the documentation.

npm i -D @crxjs/vite-plugin@beta

I recommend beta over lts because it hasn't been touched in 2 years