@stylexswc/postcss-plugin

PostCSS plugin with NAPI-RS StyleX compiler integration

Part of the StyleX SWC Plugin workspace

PostCSS plugin for an unofficial napi-rs compiler that includes the StyleX SWC code transformation under the hood.

Installation

To install the package, run the following command:

npm install --save-dev @stylexswc/postcss-plugin

Usage

Modify postcss.config.js. For example:

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    '@stylexjs/postcss-plugin': {
      include: ['src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}'],
    },
    autoprefixer: {},
  },
};

Use on of the plugins to process JS/TS files with StyleX code. For example:

/// next.config.js
const path = require('path');
const stylexPlugin = require('@stylexswc/nextjs-plugin');
const rootDir = __dirname;

module.exports = stylexPlugin({
  // Add any StyleX options here
  rsOptions: {
    aliases: {
      '@/*': [path.join(rootDir, '*')],
    },
    unstable_moduleResolution: {
      type: 'commonJS',
    },
  },
  // It's important to prevent creating a new CSS file with StyleX classes twice
  extractCSS: false,
})({
  transpilePackages: ['@stylexjs/open-props'],
  // Optionally, add any other Next.js config below
});

[!WARNING] Each plugin of @stylexswc namespace accepts an extractCSS option to control CSS extraction. When using the postcss plugin, this option should be set to false to avoid double generation of CSS files with StyleX styles.

 

[!NOTE] This approach requires transpiling JS/TS files with StyleX code twice: first the source code and then using the PostCSS plugin. To avoid this behavior when using NextJS, use the regular @stylexswc/nextjs-plugin passing the transformCss parameter to transform the generated CSS if it's possible, for example:

/// next.config.js

//...other code
transformCss: async css => {
  const postcss = require('postcss');
  const result = await postcss([require('autoprefixer')]).process(css);
  return result.css;
},
//...other code

Add the following CSS file to your project:

/*[fileName].css*/

/**
 * The @stylex directive is used by the @stylexjs/postcss-plugin.
 * It is automatically replaced with generated CSS during builds.
 */
@stylex;

And import it in your JS/TS files:

import '[fileName].css';

Plugin Options

The plugin accepts the following configuration options:

[!NOTE] Features: The include and exclude options are exclusive to this NAPI-RS compiler implementation and are not available in the official StyleX Babel plugin.

include

• Type: (string | RegExp)[]
• Default: auto-discovered
• Description: RS-compiler Only An array of glob patterns or regular expressions to include specific files for StyleX transformation. When specified, only files matching at least one of these patterns will be discovered and transformed. Patterns are matched against paths relative to the current working directory. Supports regex lookahead/lookbehind for advanced filtering.

When omitted, the plugin auto-discovers source files in the project cwd and direct dependencies that use StyleX.

exclude

• Type: (string | RegExp)[]
• Optional
• Description: RS-compiler Only An array of glob patterns or regular expressions to exclude specific files from StyleX transformation. Files matching any of these patterns will not be transformed, even if they match an include pattern. Patterns are matched against paths relative to the current working directory. Supports regex lookahead/lookbehind for advanced filtering.

When include is omitted, the plugin automatically excludes common build and dependency folders (for example node_modules, .next, dist, build) to keep discovery focused on source files.

rsOptions

• Type: StyleXOptions
• Optional
• Default: {}
• Description: StyleX compiler options passed to the StyleX compiler. For standard StyleX options, see the official StyleX documentation.

useCSSLayers

• Type: boolean
• Optional
• Default: false
• Description: Whether to use CSS layers for better style isolation

cwd

• Type: string
• Optional
• Default: process.cwd()
• Description: Current working directory for resolving files. Dependency paths and config resolution use this value.

isDev

• Type: boolean
• Optional
• Description: Whether the plugin is running in development mode

importSources

• Type: Array<string | { from: string, as: string }>
• Optional
• Description: Override import sources at the PostCSS plugin level.

When provided, takes precedence over rsOptions.importSources. When omitted, falls back to rsOptions.importSources, then the built-in defaults (@stylexjs/stylex, stylex).

Path Filtering Examples

Include only specific directories:

{
  '@stylexswc/postcss-plugin': {
    include: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', 'components/**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
  },
}

Exclude test and story files:

{
  '@stylexswc/postcss-plugin': {
    include: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
    exclude: ['**/*.test.*', '**/*.stories.*', '**/__tests__/**'],
  },
}

Using regular expressions:

{
  '@stylexswc/postcss-plugin': {
    include: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', /components\/.*\.tsx$/],
    exclude: [/\.test\./, /\.stories\./],
  },
}

Exclude node_modules except specific packages (using lookahead):

{
  '@stylexswc/postcss-plugin': {
    include: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', 'node_modules/**/*.js'],
    // Exclude all node_modules except @stylexjs/open-props
    exclude: [/node_modules(?!\/@stylexjs\/open-props)/],
  },
}

Transform only specific packages from node_modules:

{
  '@stylexswc/postcss-plugin': {
    include: [
      'src/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
      'node_modules/@stylexjs/open-props/**/*.js',
      'node_modules/@my-org/design-system/**/*.js',
    ],
    exclude: ['**/*.test.*'],
  },
}

Debugging auto-discovery

Set STYLEX_POSTCSS_DEBUG=1 to print resolved plugin inputs, including:

• resolved importSources and where they came from
• final include and exclude globs
• discovered dependency directories

License

MIT — see LICENSE