n/exports-style

April 30, 2026 · View on GitHub

📝 Enforce either module.exports or exports.

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.

module.exports and exports are the same instance by default. But those come to be different if one of them is modified.

module.exports = {
    foo: 1
}

exports.bar = 2

In this case, exports.bar will be lost since only the instance of module.exports will be exported.

📖 Rule Details

This rule enforces the export style.

If you use module.exports, this rule disallows exports.
If you use exports, this rule disallows module.exports.

You can select it by an option.

Options

This rule has a string option.

{
    "n/exports-style": [
        "error",
        "module.exports" or "exports",
        {
            "allowBatchAssign": false
        }
    ]
}
  • "module.exports" (default) requires module.exports and disallows exports.
  • "exports" requires exports and disallows module.exports.
  • allowBatchAssign (default is false) allows module.exports = exports = obj if this is true.

module.exports

Examples of 👎 incorrect code for the "module.exports" option:

/*eslint n/exports-style: ["error", "module.exports"]*/

exports.foo = 1
exports.bar = 2

Examples of 👍 correct code for the "module.exports" option:

/*eslint n/exports-style: ["error", "module.exports"]*/

module.exports = {
    foo: 1,
    bar: 2
}

module.exports.baz = 3

exports

Examples of 👎 incorrect code for the "exports" option:

/*eslint n/exports-style: ["error", "exports"]*/

module.exports = {
    foo: 1,
    bar: 2
}

module.exports.baz = 3

Examples of 👍 correct code for the "exports" option:

/*eslint n/exports-style: ["error", "exports"]*/

exports.foo = 1
exports.bar = 2

allowBatchAssign

Examples of 👍 correct code for the "exports" and {"allowBatchAssign": true} option:

/*eslint n/exports-style: ["error", "exports", {"allowBatchAssign": true}]*/

// Allow `module.exports` in the same assignment expression as `exports`.
module.exports = exports = function foo() {
    // do something.
}

exports.bar = 1

🔎 Implementation