next.js/docs/01-app/03-api-reference/05-config/01-next-config-js/serverExternalPackages.mdx

---
title: serverExternalPackages
description: Opt-out specific dependencies from the Server Components bundling and use native Node.js `require`.
---

Dependencies used inside [Server Components](/docs/app/getting-started/server-and-client-components) and [Route Handlers](/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/route) will automatically be bundled by Next.js.

If a dependency is using Node.js specific features, you can choose to opt-out specific dependencies from the Server Components bundling and use native Node.js `require`.

```js filename="next.config.js"
/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = {
  serverExternalPackages: ['@acme/ui'],
}

module.exports = nextConfig
```

Next.js includes a [short list of popular packages](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/packages/next/src/lib/server-external-packages.json) that currently are working on compatibility and automatically opt-ed out:

- `@appsignal/nodejs`
- `@aws-sdk/client-s3`
- `@aws-sdk/s3-presigned-post`
- `@blockfrost/blockfrost-js`
- `@highlight-run/node`
- `@huggingface/transformers`
- `@jpg-store/lucid-cardano`
- `@libsql/client`
- `@mikro-orm/core`
- `@mikro-orm/knex`
- `@node-rs/argon2`
- `@node-rs/bcrypt`
- `@prisma/client`
- `@react-pdf/renderer`
- `@sentry/profiling-node`
- `@sparticuz/chromium`
- `@sparticuz/chromium-min`
- `@swc/core`
- `@xenova/transformers`
- `argon2`
- `autoprefixer`
- `aws-crt`
- `bcrypt`
- `better-sqlite3`
- `canvas`
- `chromadb-default-embed`
- `config`
- `cpu-features`
- `cypress`
- `dd-trace`
- `eslint`
- `express`
- `firebase-admin`
- `htmlrewriter`
- `import-in-the-middle`
- `isolated-vm`
- `jest`
- `jsdom`
- `keyv`
- `libsql`
- `mdx-bundler`
- `mongodb`
- `mongoose`
- `newrelic`
- `next-mdx-remote`
- `next-seo`
- `node-cron`
- `node-pty`
- `node-web-audio-api`
- `onnxruntime-node`
- `oslo`
- `pg`
- `playwright`
- `playwright-core`
- `postcss`
- `prettier`
- `prisma`
- `puppeteer-core`
- `puppeteer`
- `ravendb`
- `require-in-the-middle`
- `rimraf`
- `sharp`
- `shiki`
- `sqlite3`
- `ts-node`
- `ts-morph`
- `typescript`
- `vscode-oniguruma`
- `webpack`
- `websocket`
- `zeromq`

| Version   | Changes                                                                                                        |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `v15.0.0` | Moved from experimental to stable. Renamed from `serverComponentsExternalPackages` to `serverExternalPackages` |