Core plugins

Built-in plugins

These plugins are bundled with the @rushstack/heft package and are enabled by default:

Plugin	Description
ApiExtractorPlugin	Implements the api-extractor task
CopyFilesPlugin	Implements the copy-files task
CopyStaticAssetsPlugin	Implements the copy-static-assets task
DeleteGlobsPlugin	Implements the delete-globs task
NodeServicePlugin	Implements the node-service task for developing Node.js services
ProjectValidatorPlugin	An internal Heft plugin that performs basic validation such as warning about obsolete files in the .heft folder
SassTypingsPlugin	Implements the sass-typings task
TypeScriptPlugin	Implements the typescript, eslint, and tslint tasks

Packaged plugins

The following core plugins are published as separate NPM packages, and must be explicitly loaded using your project's heft.json config file:

• @rushstack/heft-jest-plugin - Implements the jest task for unit tests
• @rushstack/heft-webpack5-plugin - Implements the webpack bundling and webpack-dev-server functionality for Webpack 5
• @rushstack/heft-webpack4-plugin - Supports older projects using Webpack 4