Disable generation of server code
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Description
Describe the problem
SvelteKit seems to always generate files to the .svelte-kit/output/server/ directory – even with export const ssr = false in src/routes/+layout.ts, and even with the static adapter and prerender set to false.
That doesn't seem to make sense if only client code will be shipped.
Describe the proposed solution
It would be great to have a configuration option that disables all generation of server side JavaScript code. This would save build time, disk space, and therefore energy consumption in all local, server-side and CI-based cases where SvelteKit builds are executed.
Alternatives considered
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Importance
nice to have
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how SvelteKit generates .svelte-kit/output/server/ when src/routes/+layout.ts uses export const ssr = false, including builds using the static adapter and prerender set to false. Define the configuration boundary for disabling server-side JavaScript generation and verify that client output still builds without the server directory.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100