# Quick Start Guide Before reading this guide, please first read the [Setting Up Environment](/guide/start/setting-up-env.md). This guide will lead you step by step to learn how to use Module Federation. We will build two independent Single Page Applications (SPAs) that will share components using Module Federation. If you encounter unfamiliar terms in the following text, please refer to the [Glossary](/guide/start/glossary.md). ## Creating a New Project Module Federation provides the `create-module-federation` tool to create projects. You don't need to install it globally; you can directly use `npx` to run it on-demand. You can use `create-module-federation` to create a Module Federation project by running the following command: ```sh [npm] npm create module-federation@latest ``` ```sh [yarn] yarn create module-federation ``` ```sh [pnpm] pnpm create module-federation@latest ``` Just follow the prompts step by step. During the creation process, you can select the project type, role type, etc. ### Templates When creating a project, you can choose from the following templates provided by `create-module-federation`: | Template | Description | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | provider-modern | A provider using [Modern.js](https://modernjs.dev/) | | provider-rsbuild | A provider using [Rsbuild](https://rsbuild.dev/) | | provider-rslib | A provider using [Rslib](https://lib.rsbuild.dev/) | | provider-rslib-storybook | A provider using [Rslib](https://lib.rsbuild.dev/) with the storybook feature enabled | | consumer-modern | A consumer using [Modern.js](https://modernjs.dev/) | | consumer-rsbuild | A consumer using [Rsbuild](https://rsbuild.dev/) | ### Quick Creation [create-module-federation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-module-federation) provides some CLI options. By setting these CLI options, you can skip the interactive selection steps and create a project with one click. For example, to create a Modern.js provider project named `provider` in the `my-project` directory with one click: ```bash npx create-module-federation --dir my-project --template provider-modern --name provider # Use abbreviations npx create-module-federation -d my-project -t provider-modern -n provider ``` The complete CLI options for `create-module-federation` are as follows: ```text Usage: create-module-federation [options] Options: -h, --help display help for command -d, --dir create project in specified directory -t, --template specify the template to use -n, --name specify the mf name -r, --role specify the mf role type: provider or consumer --override override files in target directory Templates: provider-modern, provider-rsbuild, provider-rslib, provider-rslib-storybook, consumer-modern, consumer-rsbuild ``` ### Create a provider Execute the `create-module-federation` command, select the required framework and type according to your needs, and select the role type as provider to create a project. Here we take creating an rsbuild provider project as an example: ```bash ➜ ~ ✗ npm create module-federation@latest > npx > create-module-federation ◆ Create Module Federation Project │ ◇ Please input Module Federation name: │ mf_provider │ ◇ Please select the type of project you want to create: │ Application │ ◇ Select template │ Rsbuild │ ◇ Please select the role of project you want to create: │ Provider │ ◇ Next steps ─────╮ │ │ │ cd mf_provider │ │ npm install │ │ npm run dev │ │ │ ├──────────────────╯ │ └ Done. ``` ### Create a consumer Execute the `create-module-federation` command, select the required framework and type according to your needs, and select the role type as consumer to create a project. Here is an example of creating an rsbuild consumer project: ```bash ➜ ~ ✗ npm create module-federation@latest > npx > create-module-federation ◆ Create Module Federation Project │ ◇ Please input Module Federation name: │ mf_consumer │ ◇ Please select the type of project you want to create: │ Application │ ◇ Select template │ Rsbuild │ ◇ Please select the role of project you want to create: │ Consumer │ ◇ Next steps ─────╮ │ │ │ cd mf_consumer │ │ npm install │ │ npm run dev │ │ │ ├──────────────────╯ │ └ Done. ``` #### Replace provider The default consumer project created will consume a published provider. If you want to replace the provider, you need to modify the `remotes` configuration in `module-federation.config.ts`. ```diff title="module-federation.config.ts" import { createModuleFederationConfig } from '@module-federation/rsbuild-plugin'; export default createModuleFederationConfig({ name: 'mf_consumer', remotes: { - 'provider': 'rslib_provider@https://unpkg.com/module-federation-rslib-provider@latest/dist/mf/mf-manifest.json', + 'provider': 'rslib_provider@http://localhost:3000/mf-manifest.json', }, shared: { react: { singleton: true }, 'react-dom': { singleton: true }, }, }); ``` ## Existing project integration If you want to integrate `Module Federation` into an existing project, you can refer to [docs](/practice/frameworks/overview.md). ## Summary Through the above process, you have completed the export of a component from a 'provider' for use by a 'consumer' based on Module Federation. Along the way, you have preliminarily used and understood the configurations of remotes, exposes, and shared in the Module Federation plugin. If you wish to learn how to directly export and consume remote modules on Webpack and Rspack build tools, you can refer to: [Rspack Plugin](/guide/build-plugins/plugins-rspack.md), [Webpack Plugin](/guide/build-plugins/plugins-webpack.md) ## Next Steps You may want to: ## Follow Us - [GitHub - Star us on GitHub](https://github.com/module-federation/core) - [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/1055442562959290389/1055442563718467637) - [Feishu Group (Chinese Community)](https://applink.larkoffice.com/client/chat/chatter/add_by_link?link_token=a41s8f79-741f-41ba-8349-395d9a0e9662)