build

Compiles an application into an output directory named dist/ at the given output path. Must be executed from within a workspace directory.

Usage

The build command is a built-in alias to the run command.

These two commands are equivalent:

nx build <project> [options]

nx run <project>:build [options]

Install nx globally to invoke the command directly using nx, or use npx nx, yarn nx, or pnpx nx.

Examples

Compile a production build of the myapp project:

nx build myapp --prod

Options

The options below are common to the build command used within an Nx workspace. The Web and Angular-specific build options are listed after these options.

baseHref

Default: /

Base url for the application being built.

commonChunk

Use a separate bundle containing code used across multiple bundles.

Default: true

budgets

Budget thresholds to ensure parts of your application stay within boundaries which you set.

namedChunks

Default: true

Names the produced bundles according to their entry file

deployUrl

URL where the application will be deployed.

es2015Polyfills

Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support ES2015.

extractCss

Extract css into a .css file

extractLicenses

Extract all licenses in a separate file, in the case of production builds only.

index

HTML File which will be contain the application

main

The name of the main entry-point file.

tsConfig

The name of the Typescript configuration file.

outputPath

The output path of the generated files.

progress

Log progress to the console while building.

optimization

Enables optimization of the build output.

outputHashing

Default: none

Define the output filename cache-busting hashing mode.

scripts

External Scripts which will be included before the main application entry.

showCircularDependencies

Default: true

Show circular dependency warnings on builds.

sourceMap

Default: true

Output sourcemaps.

statsJson

Generates a 'stats.json' file which can be analyzed using tools such as: 'webpack-bundle-analyzer' or https://webpack.github.io/analyse.

styles

External Styles which will be included with the application

subresourceIntegrity

Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.

vendorChunk

Default: true

Use a separate bundle containing only vendor libraries.

verbose

Emits verbose output

watch

Enable re-building when files change.

help

Show help information

version

Show version number

Web-Build Options

assets

List of static application assets.

fileReplacements

Replace files with other files in the build.

maxWorkers

Number of workers to use for type checking.

Default: # of CPUS - 2

memoryLimit

Memory limit for type checking service process in MB.

Default: 2048

polyfills

Polyfills to load before application

stylePreprocessorOptions

Options to pass to style preprocessors.

webpackConfig

Path to a function which takes a webpack config, some context and returns the resulting webpack config

Angular Options

aot

Build using Ahead of Time compilation.

buildEventLog

EXPERIMENTAL Output file path for Build Event Protocol events

buildOptimizer

Enables @angular-devkit/build-optimizer optimizations when using the --aot option.

configuration (-c)

A named build target, as specified in the "configurations" section of angular.json. Each named target is accompanied by a configuration of option defaults for that target. Setting this explicitly overrides the "--prod" flag

crossOrigin

Define the crossorigin attribute setting of elements that provide CORS support.

deleteOutputPath

Delete the output path before building.

deployUrl

URL where files will be deployed.

es5BrowserSupport

Enables conditionally loaded ES2015 polyfills.

evalSourceMap

Output in-file eval sourcemaps.

experimentalRollupPass

Concatenate modules with Rollup before bundling them with Webpack.

forkTypeChecker

Run the TypeScript type checker in a forked process.

i18nFile

Localization file to use for i18n.

i18nFormat

Format of the localization file specified with --i18n-file.

i18nLocale

Locale to use for i18n.

i18nMissingTranslation

How to handle missing translations for i18n.

localize

ngswConfigPath

Path to ngsw-config.json.

poll

Enable and define the file watching poll time period in milliseconds.

polyfills

The full path for the polyfills file, relative to the current workspace.

preserveSymlinks

Do not use the real path when resolving modules.

rebaseRootRelativeCssUrls

Change root relative URLs in stylesheets to include base HREF and deploy URL. Use only for compatibility and transition. The behavior of this option is non-standard and will be removed in the next major release.

resourcesOutputPath

The path where style resources will be placed, relative to outputPath.

serviceWorker

Generates a service worker config for production builds.

skipAppShell

Flag to prevent building an app shell.

vendorSourceMap

Resolve vendor packages sourcemaps.

verbose

Adds more details to output logging.

webWorkerTsConfig

TypeScript configuration for Web Worker modules.