attempted to import the Node standard library module "node:stream" in React Native project
Author: FloppiTunaCreated Aug 12, 2024Updated Oct 1, 2025
Previously, I was able to use Cheerio in one of my React Native applications. However after the recent release of v1.0.0 I receive an error upon launch due to it trying to import a NodeJS exclusive library:
The package at "node_modules/cheerio/dist/commonjs/index.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "node:stream".
It failed because the native React runtime does not include the Node standard library.expo-env-info output:
expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 15.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 18.20.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.4/bin/node
npm: 10.7.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.20.4/bin/npm
Watchman: 2024.07.29.00 - /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.15.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 24.0, iOS 18.0, macOS 15.0, tvOS 18.0, visionOS 2.0, watchOS 11.0
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2024.1 AI-241.18034.62.2411.12071903
Xcode: 16.0/16A5211f - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmPackages:
expo: ~51.0.26 => 51.0.26
expo-router: ~3.5.21 => 3.5.21
react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-dom: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0
react-native: 0.74.3 => 0.74.3
Expo Workflow: managed
```Source: cheeriojs/cheerio