esbuild support for @angular-architects/module-federation or something similar

[joon84]

Hello.
Is there any plan for upgrading or making new changes to existing functionality, to support "module-federation"?
( some people are working on something like this one: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@module-federation/esbuild )

The latest "@angular-devkit/build-angular" builders are moving towards esbuild. And lacking the extra config file options like we can have one with "@angular-builders/custom-webpack" or so.

Use case: for us, our host is react based (prefering "module-federation" with rspack/ webpack), and remotes/ mfes are mostly angular based where esbuild is hot topic.

Warm regards.

[maitrungduc1410]

also looking for this...

[just-jeb]

Why is using plugins option in conjunction with @module-federation/esbuild not enough?

[maitrungduc1410]

@just-jeb it's throwing this error when I try to start project "npm start" or "npm run build"

Repo to reproduce: https://github.com/maitrungduc1410/angular-esbuild-mfe

[just-jeb]

I don't know why Angular compiler tries to open this file, but it's certainly not an issue with custom-esbuild builder.
It loads the plugin and passes it on to the Angular build chain, just as it's supposed to. So I'd suggest you ask for help on Angular Github.
In general the plugin should be enough, there is no need to support module federation natively on the builder level.

[joon84]

Why is using plugins option in conjunction with @module-federation/esbuild not enough?

if you wish, you can check this. some long texts though: module-federation/module-federation-examples#4258 (comment)

it seems, if you use this package in both host and remote sides (with or without react ), it will work ( https://github.com/module-federation/core/tree/main/apps/esbuild ).

for others who prefers say rspack, vite, webpack etc in shell side, its not working (most prob due to importMaps being used in esbuild/ plugin).