stacks-utils

name	stacks-utils
description	Use when needing general utility functions in Stacks — deep merge, debounce/throttle, color output, byte formatting, markdown tables, YAML parsing, Pipeline class, ResizeObserver, Macroable, project initialization, indentation detection, or the comprehensive utility toolkit. Covers @stacksjs/utils.
license	MIT
compatibility	Bun >= 1.3.0, TypeScript
allowed-tools	Read Edit Write Bash Grep Glob

Stacks Utilities

Umbrella package providing utility functions plus re-exports from specialized packages.

Key Paths

• Core package: storage/framework/core/utils/src/
• Package: @stacksjs/utils

Architecture

The index.ts re-exports from these local modules:

• clean.ts — project cleanup (cleanProject())
• config.ts — config builder re-exports from @stacksjs/config
• equal.ts — deep equality
• export-size.ts — re-exports from size.ts
• find.ts — find Stacks projects on filesystem
• git.ts — git status check
• hash.ts — path hashing for cloud deploy
• helpers.ts — project helpers (env, YAML, version, npm scripts, etc.)
• macroable.ts — dynamic method registration on classes
• versions.ts — semver comparison via Bun.semver
• merge.ts — deep object merge (defu replacement)
• detect.ts — indentation and newline detection
• debounce.ts — debounce, throttle, delay
• bytes.ts — byte formatting and parsing
• colors.ts — ANSI terminal color output
• markdown.ts — markdown table generation
• size.ts — file/export size calculation
• observer.ts — ResizeObserver polyfill
• pipeline.ts — Pipeline class for data transformation chains

Also re-exports from @stacksjs/browser:

export * as browserUtils from '@stacksjs/browser'
export { clamp, notNullish, retry, useOnline } from '@stacksjs/browser'

Deep Merge (merge.ts)

Replacement for defu. Arrays are concatenated, objects are recursively merged, special objects (Date, RegExp, Error, Promise, Map, Set, WeakMap, WeakSet, ArrayBuffer views) are NOT deeply merged.

import { merge, mergeDefaults, createMerger, defu } from '@stacksjs/utils'

merge({ a: 1 }, { b: 2 })                    // { a: 1, b: 2 }
merge({ a: [1] }, { a: [2] })                 // { a: [1, 2] }  -- arrays concatenated
merge({ a: { x: 1 } }, { a: { y: 2 } })      // { a: { x: 1, y: 2 } }  -- objects merged

mergeDefaults(obj, defaults1, defaults2)       // merge defaults first, obj wins
const merger = createMerger(defaults)           // reusable merger function
defu(obj, defaults1, defaults2)                // alias for mergeDefaults

Key behavior: undefined values in source objects are skipped. Later arguments take precedence in merge(), but the first argument takes precedence in mergeDefaults()/defu().

Debounce & Throttle (debounce.ts)

interface DebounceOptions {
  leading?: boolean    // default: false
  trailing?: boolean   // default: true
}

const debouncedFn = debounce(fn, 300, { leading: false, trailing: true })
debouncedFn.cancel()     // cancel pending invocation
debouncedFn.flush()      // immediately invoke pending, returns result

const throttledFn = throttle(fn, 100)
throttledFn.cancel()     // cancel pending invocation

await delay(1000)        // sleep for 1 second (returns Promise<void>)

Note: unlike some implementations, this debounce does NOT support maxWait. The throttle uses Date.now() for timing, not setTimeout stacking.

Color Output (colors.ts)

ANSI terminal color library. Auto-detects support via process.env.NO_COLOR, process.env.FORCE_COLOR, and process.stdout.isTTY.

Text Colors

black('text'), red('text'), green('text'), yellow('text')
blue('text'), magenta('text'), cyan('text'), white('text')
gray('text'), grey('text')  // grey is alias for gray

Bright Text Colors

lightRed('text'), lightGreen('text'), lightYellow('text'), lightBlue('text')
lightMagenta('text'), lightCyan('text'), lightGray('text'), lightGrey('text')

Background Colors

bgBlack('text'), bgRed('text'), bgGreen('text'), bgYellow('text')
bgBlue('text'), bgMagenta('text'), bgCyan('text'), bgWhite('text')

Bright Background Colors

bgLightRed('text'), bgLightGreen('text'), bgLightYellow('text'), bgLightBlue('text')
bgLightMagenta('text'), bgLightCyan('text')

Text Formatting

bold('text'), dim('text'), italic('text'), underline('text')
inverse('text'), hidden('text'), strikethrough('text'), reset('text')

Utilities

stripColors(coloredText)    // remove all ANSI escape codes
supportsColor()             // boolean -- is color output supported?

All color functions accept string | number and return string. When colors are unsupported, they return String(text) unchanged.

Byte Formatting (bytes.ts)

interface BytesOptions {
  precision?: number               // default: 1
  binary?: boolean                 // use KiB/MiB/GiB (default: false, uses KB/MB/GB)
  space?: boolean                  // space between number and unit (default: true)
  locale?: string                  // number formatting locale (default: 'en-US')
  minimumFractionDigits?: number   // default: 0
  maximumFractionDigits?: number   // default: precision
}

formatBytes(1024)                          // '1 KB'
formatBytes(1024, { binary: true })        // '1 KiB'
formatBytes(1234567, { precision: 2 })     // '1.23 MB'
formatBytes(-1024)                         // '-1 KB'
formatBytes(0.5)                           // '0.5 B'

parseBytes('1 KB')                         // 1000
parseBytes('1 KiB')                        // 1024
parseBytes('1.5 MB')                       

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Units: B, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB, YB (decimal) or B, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB, YiB (binary).

Export Size Calculation (size.ts)

interface ExportSize {
  name: string          // relative path
  size: number          // bytes
  readable: string      // human-readable
}

interface PackageExportsSizeResult {
  totalSize: number
  totalReadable: string
  exports: ExportSize[]   // sorted by size descending
}

await getFileSize('/path/to/file')          // number (bytes), returns 0 on error
const result = await getExportsSize('./dist')  // PackageExportsSizeResult
estimateGzipSize(size)                      // Math.floor(size * 0.3)
estimateBrotliSize(size)                    // Math.floor(size * 0.25)
formatExportSizes(result)                   // formatted multi-line string with table

getExportsSize scans a directory for .js, .mjs, .cjs files and calculates their sizes.

Pipeline (pipeline.ts)

Laravel-inspired pipeline for chaining data transformations.

type PipeFunction<T> = (data: T, next: (data: T) => T) => T
interface PipeClass<T> { handle: PipeFunction<T> }

// Array-based chaining
const result = Pipeline.send(data)
  .through([transform1, transform2, transform3])
  .via('process')       // method name on pipe classes (default: 'handle')
  .then((data) => data) // final transformation

// Fluent pipe chaining
const result2 = Pipeline.send(data)
  .pipe(fn1)
  .pipe(fn2)
  .thenReturn()         // returns data as-is after pipeline

// Pipes can be functions or objects with a handle/via method
Pipeline.send('hello')
  .through([
    (data, next) => next(data.toUpperCase()),
    (data, next) => next(data + '!'),
  ])
  .then(data => data)   // 'HELLO!'

Internally uses reduceRight so pipes execute in order (first pipe wraps outermost).

Markdown Tables (markdown.ts)

interface MarkdownTableOptions {
  align?: Array<'l' | 'c' | 'r' | 'left' | 'center' | 'right' | null>
  padding?: boolean           // default: true
  delimiter?: string          // default: '|'
  delimiterStart?: boolean    // default: true
  delimiterEnd?: boolean      // default: true
  alignDelimiter?: string     // default: '-'
}

markdownTable([
  ['Name', 'Age', 'City'],
  ['Alice', '30', 'NYC'],
  ['Bob', '25', 'LA']
])
// | Name  | Age | City |
// | ----- | --- | ---- |
// | Alice | 30  | NYC  |
// | Bob   | 25  | LA   |

markdownTable([['Left', 'Center', 'Right'], ['a', 'b', 'c']], { align: ['l', 'c', 'r'] })
// Uses :--- for left, :---: for center, ---: for right

([
  { : , :  },
  { : , :  }
])

Cell values can be string | number | boolean | null | undefined -- all are converted to strings.

YAML (helpers.ts)

Uses Bun.YAML natively:

parseYaml(yamlString)     // Bun.YAML.parse(content)
loadYaml(content)         // alias for parseYaml
dumpYaml(object)          // Bun.YAML.stringify(content), falls back to JSON.stringify

Macroable (macroable.ts)

Laravel-inspired dynamic method registration on classes.

import { Macroable, createMacroable, macroable } from '@stacksjs/utils'

// Option 1: Extend Macroable
class MyClass extends Macroable {}

MyClass.macro('greet', function() { return 'Hello!' })
const instance = new MyClass()
;(instance as any).greet() // 'Hello!'

MyClass.hasMacro('greet')    // true
MyClass.getMacros()          // ['greet']
MyClass.flushMacros()        // remove all macros

// Mixin multiple methods from an object
MyClass.mixin({ hello() { return 'hi' }, bye() { return 'bye' } })
// replace parameter (default: true for mixin, false for macro)
MyClass.macro('greet', newFn, true)  // replace existing

// Option 2: Create macroable from existing class
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.(, fn)

Static methods: macro(name, fn, replace?), mixin(obj, replace?), hasMacro(name), flushMacros(), getMacros().

ResizeObserver (observer.ts)

isResizeObserverSupported()               // boolean
const RO = getResizeObserver()            // native or polyfill class

const cleanup = createResizeObserver(callback, element)
const cleanup2 = createResizeObserver(callback, [el1, el2])  // multiple elements
cleanup()                                  // disconnect observer

const stop = observeElementSize(element, (entry) => {
  console.log(entry.contentRect.width, entry.contentRect.height)
})
stop()                                     // stop observing

The polyfill uses requestAnimationFrame (or setTimeout fallback) to poll element sizes via getBoundingClientRect().

Deep Equality (equal.ts)

isDeepEqual(obj1, obj2)           // deep structural equality
isDeepEqual([1, 2], [1, 2])       // true
isDeepEqual({ a: 1 }, { a: 1 })   // true
isDeepEqual(NaN, NaN)             // true (uses Object.is)

Compares arrays element-by-element, objects key-by-key, primitives with Object.is.

Version Comparison (versions.ts)

Uses Bun.semver natively:

const semver: typeof Bun.semver = Bun.semver

isVersionGreaterThan('2.0.0', '1.0.0')         // true
isVersionLessThan('1.0.0', '2.0.0')             // true
isVersionEqual('1.0.0', '1.0.0')                 // true
isVersionGreaterThanOrEqual('1.0.0', '1.0.0')   // true
isVersionLessThanOrEqual('1.0.0', '2.0.0')       // true

// Also exports the framework version
import { version } from '@stacksjs/utils'  // from package.json

Detection Utilities (detect.ts)

Separate from the strings package detection -- this is the utils-specific implementation:

interface IndentInfo {
  amount: number
  type: 'space' | 'tab' | null
  indent: string
}

detectIndent(text: string): IndentInfo
detectNewline(text: string): '\r\n' | '\n' | '\r' | null
detectNewlineGraceful(text, fallback?): '\r\n' | '\n' | '\r'  // fallback default: '\n'
normalizeNewlines(text, '\n'): string        // replace all newlines with specified type
countNewlines(text): { crlf, lf, cr, total }

Project Utilities (helpers.ts)

await packageManager()                    // reads from framework package.json
await frameworkVersion()                  // reads version from framework package.json
await isAppKeySet()                       // checks .env for APP_KEY with length > 16
await initProject()                       // generates application key via Action.KeyGenerate
await ensureProjectIsInitialized()        // copies .env.example if needed, checks app key
await installIfVersionMismatch()          // currently a no-op (placeholder)
await setEnvValue('KEY', 'value')         // set/update value in .env file
await runNpmScript('build', options?)     // run npm script via bun, validates script exists
hasScript(manifest, 'test')              // check if script exists in package.json manifest
determineDebugLevel(options?)             // returns true if --verbose or app.debug === true
determineResetPreset(preset?)             // returns CSS reset import array for UnoCSS
isManifest(obj)                          // type guard for package.json manifest
isOptionalString(value)                  // type guard for string | null | undefined
isIpv6(address)                          // check if AddressInfo is IPv6 (handles node >=18 quirks)

Find Stacks Projects (find.ts)

await findStacksProjects(dir?, options?)   // recursively search for Stacks projects
// A Stacks project = directory with 'buddy' file + 'storage/framework/core/buddy' structure
// Excludes: node_modules, dist, vendor, storage/framework, ~/Documents, ~/Pictures, ~/Library, ~/.Trash, dotfolders

Git Utilities (git.ts)

isGitClean(): boolean     // runs `git diff-index --quiet HEAD --`, returns true if clean

Clean Project (clean.ts)

await cleanProject()      // removes bun.lock, yarn.lock, node_modules, dist, cdk.out, etc.

Config Builders (re-exported from @stacksjs/config)

defineApp()
defineCache()
defineCdn()
defineChat()
defineCli()
defineDatabase()
defineDependencies()
defineDns()
defineEmail()
defineEmailConfig()
defineGit()
defineHashing()
defineLibrary()
defineNotification()
definePayment()
defineQueue()
defineSearchEngine()
defineServices()
defineSms()
defineFilesystems()
defineUi()

Hash Utilities (hash.ts)

Internal cloud deployment helpers:

originRequestFunctionHash()   // hash of cloud edge function source
websiteSourceHash()           // hash of website/docs source (depends on docMode config)
docsSourceHash()              // hash of docs source

Glob (re-export)

export { glob } from '@stacksjs/storage'

Gotchas

• merge() concatenates arrays instead of replacing them -- this differs from spread/Object.assign behavior
• mergeDefaults()/defu() gives precedence to the FIRST argument (the object), not the defaults
• Color functions only work in terminal environments -- check supportsColor() first
• debounce does NOT support maxWait -- use throttle if you need guaranteed maximum delay
• throttle.cancel() exists but there is no throttle.flush()
• Pipeline uses reduceRight internally so pipes execute in array order, not reverse
• YAML operations use Bun.YAML -- dumpYaml falls back to JSON.stringify if Bun.YAML.stringify is unavailable
• detectIndent in utils (detect.ts) is a different, simpler implementation than the one in strings (detect-indent.ts)
• isDeepEqual uses getTypeName from @stacksjs/types for type checking
• Version comparison uses Bun.semver.order() which returns -1, 0, or 1
• cleanProject() uses Bun.$ shell -- destructive operation that removes lock files, node_modules, and dist