This **[Astro integration][astro-integration]** enables server-side rendering and client-side hydration for your [Svelte](https://svelte.dev/) components.
## Installation
There are two ways to add integrations to your project. Let's try the most convenient option first!
If you run into any issues, [feel free to report them to us on GitHub](https://github.com/withastro/astro/issues) and try the manual installation steps below.
Most package managers will install associated peer dependencies as well. Still, if you see a "Cannot find package 'svelte'" (or similar) warning when you start up Astro, you'll need to install Svelte:
```sh
npm install svelte
```
Now, apply this integration to your `astro.config.*` file using the `integrations` property:
This integration is powered by `@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte`. To customize the Svelte compiler, options can be provided to the integration. See the `@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte` [docs](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/blob/HEAD/docs/config.md) for more details.
### Default options
A few of the default options passed to the Svelte compiler are required to build properly for Astro and cannot be overridden.
Providing your own `preprocess` options **will** override the defaults - make sure to enable the preprocessor flags needed for your project. For example,
```js
// astro.config.js
import svelte from '@astrojs/svelte';
export default {
integrations: [svelte({ preprocess: [] })],
};
```
and
```js
// svelte.config.js
export default {
preprocess: [],
};
```
Will override the default `preprocess` option. You can read the [`vitePreprocess` docs](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/blob/HEAD/docs/preprocess.md) for more information of how it works.
## Intellisense for TypeScript
If you're using a preprocessor like TypeScript or SCSS in your Svelte files, you can create a `svelte.config.js` file with:
```js
import { vitePreprocess } from '@astrojs/svelte';
export default {
preprocess: vitePreprocess(),
};
```
So the Svelte IDE extension can correctly parse the Svelte files. This config file is added by default when you run `astro add svelte`.