diff --git a/__tests__/vitest.config.js b/__tests__/vitest.config.js
index cd9c2340..87b70c8c 100644
--- a/__tests__/vitest.config.js
+++ b/__tests__/vitest.config.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import path from 'path'
+import {defineConfig} from 'vite'
 
-export default {
+export default defineConfig({
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       node: path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/node'),
       client: path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/client')
     }
   }
-}
+})
diff --git a/api-extractor.client.json b/api-extractor.client.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9540d6b4..00000000
--- a/api-extractor.client.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/api-extractor/v7/api-extractor.schema.json",
-
-  "projectFolder": "./src/client",
-
-  "mainEntryPointFilePath": "./dist/temp/index.d.ts",
-
-  "dtsRollup": {
-    "enabled": true,
-    "publicTrimmedFilePath": "./dist/client/index.d.ts"
-  },
-
-  "apiReport": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "docModel": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "tsdocMetadata": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "messages": {
-    "compilerMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning"
-      }
-    },
-
-    "extractorMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning",
-        "addToApiReportFile": true
-      },
-
-      "ae-missing-release-tag": {
-        "logLevel": "none"
-      }
-    },
-
-    "tsdocMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning"
-      },
-
-      "tsdoc-undefined-tag": {
-        "logLevel": "none"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/api-extractor.node.json b/api-extractor.node.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d85f836..00000000
--- a/api-extractor.node.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/api-extractor/v7/api-extractor.schema.json",
-
-  "projectFolder": "./src/node",
-
-  "mainEntryPointFilePath": "./dist/temp/index.d.ts",
-
-  "dtsRollup": {
-    "enabled": true,
-    "publicTrimmedFilePath": "./dist/node/index.d.ts"
-  },
-
-  "apiReport": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "docModel": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "tsdocMetadata": {
-    "enabled": false
-  },
-
-  "messages": {
-    "compilerMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning"
-      }
-    },
-
-    "extractorMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning",
-        "addToApiReportFile": true
-      },
-
-      "ae-missing-release-tag": {
-        "logLevel": "none"
-      }
-    },
-
-    "tsdocMessageReporting": {
-      "default": {
-        "logLevel": "warning"
-      },
-
-      "tsdoc-undefined-tag": {
-        "logLevel": "none"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/bin/vitepress.js b/bin/vitepress.js
index 0aafe1a3..7c50ec90 100755
--- a/bin/vitepress.js
+++ b/bin/vitepress.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-require('../dist/node/cli')
+import('../dist/node/cli.js')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51adb045..781bcfec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 {
   "name": "vitepress",
   "version": "1.0.0-draft.4",
+  "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@7.0.1",
   "description": "Vite & Vue powered static site generator",
   "main": "dist/node/index.js",
   "typings": "types/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/node/index.js"
+    }
+  },
   "bin": {
     "vitepress": "bin/vitepress.js"
   },
@@ -34,19 +41,16 @@
     "node": ">=14.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "run-s dev-shared dev-start",
+    "dev": "rimraf dist && run-s dev-shared dev-start",
     "dev-start": "run-p dev-client dev-node dev-watch",
     "dev-client": "tsc -w -p src/client",
-    "dev-node": "tsc -w -p src/node",
+    "dev-node": "pnpm run build-node -w",
     "dev-shared": "node scripts/copyShared",
     "dev-watch": "node scripts/watchAndCopy",
-    "build": "run-s build-prepare build-client build-node build-types",
-    "build-prepare": "rimraf -rf dist && node scripts/copyShared",
+    "build": "run-s build-prepare build-client build-node",
+    "build-prepare": "rimraf dist && node scripts/copyShared",
     "build-client": "tsc -p src/client && node scripts/copyClient",
-    "build-node": "rollup -c scripts/rollup.config.js",
-    "build-types": "run-s build-types-client build-types-node",
-    "build-types-client": "tsc -p src/client --declaration --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist/temp && api-extractor run -c api-extractor.client.json && rimraf dist/temp",
-    "build-types-node": "tsc -p src/node --declaration --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist/temp && api-extractor run -c api-extractor.node.json && rimraf dist/temp",
+    "build-node": "rollup --config rollup.config.ts --configPlugin esbuild",
     "lint": "run-s lint:js lint:ts",
     "lint:js": "prettier --check --write \"{bin,docs,scripts,src}/**/*.js\"",
     "lint:ts": "prettier --check --write --parser typescript \"{__tests__,src,docs,types}/**/*.ts\"",
@@ -84,7 +88,6 @@
     "vue": "3.2.33"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@microsoft/api-extractor": "^7.23.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-alias": "^3.1.5",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^20.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.3.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "rollup": "^2.56.3",
+    "rollup-plugin-dts": "^4.2.2",
     "rollup-plugin-esbuild": "^4.8.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
     "sirv": "^1.0.12",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 555a2b16..48b1a66b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ importers:
       prismjs: ^1.25.0
       rimraf: ^3.0.2
       rollup: ^2.56.3
+      rollup-plugin-dts: ^4.2.2
       rollup-plugin-esbuild: ^4.8.2
       semver: ^7.3.5
       sirv: ^1.0.12
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ importers:
       prettier: 2.4.1
       rimraf: 3.0.2
       rollup: 2.57.0
+      rollup-plugin-dts: 4.2.2_uqij4qbui2sihvymklsku23n6q
       rollup-plugin-esbuild: 4.8.2_ofyf2sflbd3x5kuhhv7zkdsvfy
       semver: 7.3.5
       sirv: 1.0.17
@@ -256,6 +258,15 @@ packages:
       '@babel/highlight': 7.14.5
     dev: true
 
+  /@babel/code-frame/7.16.7:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-iAXqUn8IIeBTNd72xsFlgaXHkMBMt6y4HJp1tIaK465CWLT/fG1aqB7ykr95gHHmlBdGbFeWWfyB4NJJ0nmeIg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=6.9.0'}
+    requiresBuild: true
+    dependencies:
+      '@babel/highlight': 7.17.12
+    dev: true
+    optional: true
+
   /@babel/helper-validator-identifier/7.16.7:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-hsEnFemeiW4D08A5gUAZxLBTXpZ39P+a+DGDsHw1yxqyQ/jzFEnxf5uTEGp+3bzAbNOxU1paTgYS4ECU/IgfDw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6.9.0'}
@@ -269,6 +280,16 @@ packages:
       js-tokens: 4.0.0
     dev: true
 
+  /@babel/highlight/7.17.12:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-7yykMVF3hfZY2jsHZEEgLc+3x4o1O+fYyULu11GynEUQNwB6lua+IIQn1FiJxNucd5UlyJryrwsOh8PL9Sn8Qg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=6.9.0'}
+    dependencies:
+      '@babel/helper-validator-identifier': 7.16.7
+      chalk: 2.4.2
+      js-tokens: 4.0.0
+    dev: true
+    optional: true
+
   /@babel/parser/7.16.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6V0qdPUaiVHH3RtZeLIsc+6pDhbYzHR8ogA8w+f+Wc77DuXto19g2QUwveINoS34Uw+W8/hQDGJCx+i4n7xcng==}
     engines: {node: '>=6.0.0'}
@@ -2720,6 +2741,13 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       sourcemap-codec: 1.4.8
 
+  /magic-string/0.26.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NzzlXpclt5zAbmo6h6jNc8zl2gNRGHvmsZW4IvZhTC4W7k4OlLP+S5YLussa/r3ixNT66KOQfNORlXHSOy/X4A==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12'}
+    dependencies:
+      sourcemap-codec: 1.4.8
+    dev: true
+
   /map-obj/1.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha1-2TPOuSBdgr3PSIb2dCvcK03qFG0=}
     engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
@@ -3352,6 +3380,20 @@ packages:
       glob: 7.2.0
     dev: true
 
+  /rollup-plugin-dts/4.2.2_uqij4qbui2sihvymklsku23n6q:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-A3g6Rogyko/PXeKoUlkjxkP++8UDVpgA7C+Tdl77Xj4fgEaIjPSnxRmR53EzvoYy97VMVwLAOcWJudaVAuxneQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=v12.22.11'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      rollup: ^2.55
+      typescript: ^4.1
+    dependencies:
+      magic-string: 0.26.2
+      rollup: 2.57.0
+      typescript: 4.6.4
+    optionalDependencies:
+      '@babel/code-frame': 7.16.7
+    dev: true
+
   /rollup-plugin-esbuild/4.8.2_ofyf2sflbd3x5kuhhv7zkdsvfy:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-wsaYNOjzTb6dN1qCIZsMZ7Q0LWiPJklYs2TDI8vJA2LUbvtPUY+17TC8C0vSat3jPMInfR9XWKdA7ttuwkjsGQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=12'}
diff --git a/rollup.config.ts b/rollup.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fac34d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rollup.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'rollup'
+import { nodeResolve } from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve'
+import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs'
+import esbuild from 'rollup-plugin-esbuild'
+import json from '@rollup/plugin-json'
+import dts from 'rollup-plugin-dts'
+import alias from '@rollup/plugin-alias'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+import pkg from './package.json'
+
+const ROOT = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const r = (p:string) => resolve(ROOT, '..', p)
+
+const  external =[
+  ...Object.keys(pkg.dependencies),
+  'buffer',
+  'punycode',
+  'prismjs/components/index.js'
+]
+
+export default defineConfig([
+  {
+    input: [r('src/node/index.ts'), r('src/node/cli.ts')],
+    output: {
+      format: 'esm',
+      dir: r('dist/node')
+    },
+    external,
+    plugins: [
+      alias({
+        entries: {
+          'readable-stream': 'stream'
+        }
+      }),
+      commonjs(),
+      nodeResolve(),
+      esbuild({
+        target: 'node14'
+      }),
+      json()
+    ],
+    onwarn(warning, warn) {
+      if (warning.code !== 'EVAL') warn(warning)
+    }
+  }, {
+    input: r('src/node/index.ts'),
+    output: {
+      format: 'esm',
+      file: 'dist/node/index.d.ts'
+    },
+    plugins: [
+      dts()
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    input: r('src/client/index.ts'),
+    output: {
+      format: 'esm',
+      file: 'dist/client/index.d.ts'
+    },
+    plugins: [
+      dts({
+        compilerOptions: {
+          "skipLibCheck": true,
+        }
+      })
+    ]
+  }
+])
diff --git a/scripts/copyClient.js b/scripts/copyClient.js
index 20553aea..3abd6067 100644
--- a/scripts/copyClient.js
+++ b/scripts/copyClient.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
-const glob = require('globby')
+import { copy } from 'fs-extra'
+import { sync } from 'globby'
 
 function toDest(file) {
   return file.replace(/^src\//, 'dist/')
 }
 
-glob.sync('src/client/**').forEach((file) => {
-  if (/(\.ts|tsconfig\.json)$/.test(file)) return
-  fs.copy(file, toDest(file))
+sync('src/client/**').forEach((file) => {
+  if (/(\.ts|tsconfig\.json)$/.test(file)) 
+  return
+  copy(file, toDest(file))
 })
diff --git a/scripts/copyShared.js b/scripts/copyShared.js
index 89c5d350..db4b810d 100644
--- a/scripts/copyShared.js
+++ b/scripts/copyShared.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
-const glob = require('globby')
+import { copy } from 'fs-extra'
+import { sync } from 'globby'
 
-glob.sync('src/shared/**/*.ts').forEach((file) => {
-  fs.copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
-  fs.copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
+sync('src/shared/**/*.ts')
+.map(async (file) => {
+  await copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
+  await copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
 })
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
index 8e5cef88..075880fd 100644
--- a/scripts/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const chalk = require('chalk')
-const semver = require('semver')
-const { prompt } = require('enquirer')
-const execa = require('execa')
-const currentVersion = require('../package.json').version
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import { cyan } from 'chalk'
+import { inc as _inc, valid } from 'semver'
+import { prompt } from 'enquirer'
+import execa from 'execa'
+import { version as currentVersion } from '../package.json'
 
 const versionIncrements = ['patch', 'minor', 'major']
 
-const inc = (i) => semver.inc(currentVersion, i)
-const run = (bin, args, opts = {}) =>
-  execa(bin, args, { stdio: 'inherit', ...opts })
-const step = (msg) => console.log(chalk.cyan(msg))
+const inc = (i) => _inc(currentVersion, i)
+const run = (bin, args, opts = {}) => execa(bin, args, { stdio: 'inherit', ...opts })
+const step = (msg) => console.log(cyan(msg))
 
 async function main() {
   let targetVersion
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ async function main() {
     targetVersion = release.match(/\((.*)\)/)[1]
   }
 
-  if (!semver.valid(targetVersion)) {
+  if (!valid(targetVersion)) {
     throw new Error(`Invalid target version: ${targetVersion}`)
   }
 
@@ -90,12 +89,12 @@ async function main() {
 }
 
 function updatePackage(version) {
-  const pkgPath = path.resolve(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), 'package.json')
-  const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
+  const pkgPath = resolve(resolve(__dirname, '..'), 'package.json')
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
 
   pkg.version = version
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
+  writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
 }
 
 main().catch((err) => console.error(err))
diff --git a/scripts/rollup.config.js b/scripts/rollup.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c35907e..00000000
--- a/scripts/rollup.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'rollup'
-import { nodeResolve } from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve'
-import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs'
-import esbuild from 'rollup-plugin-esbuild'
-import json from '@rollup/plugin-json'
-import alias from '@rollup/plugin-alias'
-import { resolve } from 'path'
-
-const r = (p) => resolve(__dirname, '../', p)
-const pkg = require('../package.json')
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  input: [r('src/node/index.ts'), r('src/node/cli.ts')],
-  output: {
-    format: 'cjs',
-    dir: r('dist/node')
-  },
-  external: [...Object.keys(pkg.dependencies), 'buffer', 'punycode'],
-  plugins: [
-    alias({
-      entries: {
-        'readable-stream': 'stream'
-      }
-    }),
-    commonjs(),
-    nodeResolve(),
-    esbuild({
-      target: 'node12'
-    }),
-    json()
-  ],
-  onwarn(warning, warn) {
-    if (warning.code !== 'EVAL') warn(warning)
-  }
-})
diff --git a/scripts/watchAndCopy.js b/scripts/watchAndCopy.js
index ff9f3e79..58c3b421 100644
--- a/scripts/watchAndCopy.js
+++ b/scripts/watchAndCopy.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
-const chokidar = require('chokidar')
-const { normalizePath } = require('vite')
+import { copy, remove } from 'fs-extra'
+import { watch } from 'chokidar'
+import { normalizePath } from 'vite'
 
 function toClientAndNode(method, file) {
   file = normalizePath(file)
   if (method === 'copy') {
-    fs.copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
-    fs.copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
+    copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
+    copy(file, file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
   } else if (method === 'remove') {
-    fs.remove(file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
-    fs.remove(file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
+    remove(file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/node/'))
+    remove(file.replace(/^src\/shared\//, 'src/client/'))
   }
 }
 
@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ function toDist(file) {
 }
 
 // copy shared files to the client and node directory whenever they change.
-chokidar
-  .watch('src/shared/**/*.ts')
+watch('src/shared/**/*.ts')
   .on('change', (file) => toClientAndNode('copy', file))
   .on('add', (file) => toClientAndNode('copy', file))
   .on('unlink', (file) => toClientAndNode('remove', file))
 
 // copy non ts files, such as an html or css, to the dist directory whenever
 // they change.
-chokidar
-  .watch('src/client/**/!(*.ts|tsconfig.json)')
-  .on('change', (file) => fs.copy(file, toDist(file)))
-  .on('add', (file) => fs.copy(file, toDist(file)))
-  .on('unlink', (file) => fs.remove(toDist(file)))
+watch('src/client/**/!(*.ts|tsconfig.json)')
+  .on('change', (file) => copy(file, toDist(file)))
+  .on('add', (file) => copy(file, toDist(file)))
+  .on('unlink', (file) => remove(toDist(file)))
diff --git a/src/client/app/index.ts b/src/client/app/index.ts
index 96052d19..d22d123c 100644
--- a/src/client/app/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function newRouter(): Router {
 
     // SSR: sync require
     // @ts-ignore
-    return require(pageFilePath)
+    return import(pageFilePath)
   }, NotFound)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/index.ts b/src/client/index.ts
index 519a6054..96c628bf 100644
--- a/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,5 @@ export { inBrowser, withBase } from './app/utils'
 // components
 export { Content } from './app/components/Content'
 
-import { ComponentOptions } from 'vue'
 import _Debug from './app/components/Debug.vue'
-const Debug = _Debug as ComponentOptions
-export { Debug }
+export const Debug = _Debug as import('vue').ComponentOptions
diff --git a/src/client/tsconfig.json b/src/client/tsconfig.json
index 1220a29d..92a8af1c 100644
--- a/src/client/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/client/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "../../dist/client",
diff --git a/src/node/alias.ts b/src/node/alias.ts
index 863e4f17..f863a46f 100644
--- a/src/node/alias.ts
+++ b/src/node/alias.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import path from 'path'
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+import {resolve, join} from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import { Alias, AliasOptions } from 'vite'
 
-const PKG_ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '../../')
-export const DIST_CLIENT_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../client')
-export const APP_PATH = path.join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'app')
-export const SHARED_PATH = path.join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'shared')
-export const DEFAULT_THEME_PATH = path.join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'theme-default')
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+const PKG_ROOT = resolve(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../../')
+export const DIST_CLIENT_PATH = resolve(PKG_ROOT, 'client')
+export const APP_PATH = join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'app')
+export const SHARED_PATH = join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'shared')
+export const DEFAULT_THEME_PATH = join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, 'theme-default')
 
 // special virtual file
 // we can't directly import '/@siteData' because
@@ -39,11 +42,11 @@ export function resolveAliases(root: string, themeDir: string): AliasOptions {
     })),
     {
       find: /^vitepress$/,
-      replacement: path.join(__dirname, '../client/index')
+      replacement: join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, '/index')
     },
     {
       find: /^vitepress\/theme$/,
-      replacement: path.join(__dirname, '../client/theme-default/index')
+      replacement: join(DIST_CLIENT_PATH, '/theme-default/index')
     },
     // alias for local linked development
     { find: /^vitepress\//, replacement: PKG_ROOT + '/' },
diff --git a/src/node/build/bundle.ts b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
index 7a5a46f1..26d608fb 100644
--- a/src/node/build/bundle.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/bundle.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ export async function bundle(
   // resolve options to pass to vite
   const { rollupOptions } = options
 
-  const resolveViteConfig = (ssr: boolean): ViteUserConfig => ({
+  const resolveViteConfig = async (ssr: boolean): Promise<ViteUserConfig> => ({
     root: srcDir,
     base: config.site.base,
     logLevel: 'warn',
-    plugins: createVitePressPlugin(
+    plugins: await createVitePressPlugin(
       root,
       config,
       ssr,
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ export async function bundle(
   spinner.start('building client + server bundles...')
   try {
     ;[clientResult, serverResult] = await (Promise.all([
-      config.mpa ? null : build(resolveViteConfig(false)),
-      build(resolveViteConfig(true))
+      config.mpa ? null : build(await resolveViteConfig(false)),
+      build(await resolveViteConfig(true))
     ]) as Promise<[RollupOutput, RollupOutput]>)
   } catch (e) {
     spinner.stopAndPersist({
diff --git a/src/node/build/render.ts b/src/node/build/render.ts
index 1a57d4c3..7e9d6989 100644
--- a/src/node/build/render.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/render.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { normalizePath, transformWithEsbuild } from 'vite'
 import { RollupOutput, OutputChunk, OutputAsset } from 'rollup'
 import { slash } from '../utils/slash'
 import escape from 'escape-html'
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 
 export async function renderPage(
   config: SiteConfig,
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ export async function renderPage(
   pageToHashMap: Record<string, string>,
   hashMapString: string
 ) {
-  const { createApp } = require(path.join(config.tempDir, `app.js`))
+  const { createApp } = await import(path.join(config.tempDir, `app.js`))
   const { app, router } = createApp()
   const routePath = `/${page.replace(/\.md$/, '')}`
   const siteData = resolveSiteDataByRoute(config.site, routePath)
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ export async function renderPage(
   }
 
   // render page
-  const content = await require(rendererPath).renderToString(app)
+  const content = await import(rendererPath).then(r=>r.renderToString(app))
 
   const pageName = page.replace(/\//g, '_')
   // server build doesn't need hash
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ export async function renderPage(
   const pageClientJsFileName = `assets/${pageName}.${pageHash}.lean.js`
 
   // resolve page data so we can render head tags
-  const { __pageData } = require(path.join(
+  const { __pageData } = await import(path.join(
     config.tempDir,
     pageServerJsFileName
   ))
diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index 0a2cf4fb..308fc416 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import minimist from 'minimist'
 import { createServer, build, serve } from '.'
+import {version} from '../../package.json'
 
 const argv: any = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))
 
-console.log(chalk.cyan(`vitepress v${require('../../package.json').version}`))
+console.log(chalk.cyan(`vitepress v${version}`))
 
 const command = argv._[0]
 const root = argv._[command ? 1 : 0]
diff --git a/src/node/config.ts b/src/node/config.ts
index b02bf083..0bd00bb5 100644
--- a/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/src/node/config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { MarkdownOptions } from './markdown/markdown'
 import _debug from 'debug'
 
 export { resolveSiteDataByRoute } from './shared'
-export type { MarkdownOptions }
 
 const debug = _debug('vitepress:config')
 
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
index aab5f996..4b9af8fd 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlight.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import escapeHtml from 'escape-html'
 import prism from 'prismjs'
-
-// prism is listed as actual dep so it's ok to require
-const loadLanguages = require('prismjs/components/index')
+// @ts-expect-error
+import loadLanguages from 'prismjs/components/index.js'
 
 // required to make embedded highlighting work...
 loadLanguages(['markup', 'css', 'javascript'])
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 02ba4661..e2297e85 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const isPageChunk = (
     chunk.facadeModuleId.endsWith('.md')
   )
 
-export function createVitePressPlugin(
+export async function createVitePressPlugin(
   root: string,
   siteConfig: SiteConfig,
   ssr = false,
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ export function createVitePressPlugin(
   let markdownToVue: ReturnType<typeof createMarkdownToVueRenderFn>
 
   // lazy require plugin-vue to respect NODE_ENV in @vue/compiler-x
-  const vuePlugin = require('@vitejs/plugin-vue')({
+  const vuePlugin = await import('@vitejs/plugin-vue').then(r=>r.default({
     include: [/\.vue$/, /\.md$/],
     ...userVuePluginOptions
-  })
+  }))
 
   const processClientJS = (code: string, id: string) => {
     return scriptClientRE.test(code)
diff --git a/src/node/server.ts b/src/node/server.ts
index f0b7bd57..4f81fef4 100644
--- a/src/node/server.ts
+++ b/src/node/server.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function createServer(
     root: config.srcDir,
     base: config.site.base,
     // logLevel: 'warn',
-    plugins: createVitePressPlugin(root, config),
+    plugins: await createVitePressPlugin(root, config),
     server: serverOptions
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/node/tsconfig.json b/src/node/tsconfig.json
index 5681fb02..26db4671 100644
--- a/src/node/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/node/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es2019",
+    "target": "es2020",
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "../../dist/node",
-    "module": "commonjs",
+    "module": "esnext",
     "types": ["node"],
     "sourceMap": true
   },
diff --git a/src/node/utils/parseHeader.ts b/src/node/utils/parseHeader.ts
index d1b40c80..b303e222 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/parseHeader.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/parseHeader.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import emojiData from 'markdown-it-emoji/lib/data/full.json'
 const parseEmojis = (str: string) => {
   return str.replace(
     /:(.+?):/g,
-    (placeholder, key) => emojiData[key] || placeholder
+    (placeholder, key) => (emojiData as any)[key] || placeholder
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
similarity index 58%
rename from src/tsconfig.json
rename to tsconfig.json
index 23959e09..62c23268 100644
--- a/src/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "esnext",
+    "target": "esnext",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "strict": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "lib": ["ESNext"]
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "lib": ["ESNext", "DOM"],
   },
-  "include": ["../types/shared.d.ts"]
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist"
+  ]
 }