[Bug]: Cannot find module 'solid-start:get-manifest'

[karimmaassen]

Duplicates

• I have searched the existing issues

Latest version

• I have tested the latest version

Current behavior 😯

When installing the Solid-Start alpha (with Tailwind, and TypeScript), running the project gives this error:

Error: Cannot find module 'solid-start:get-manifest' imported from '/~/node_modules/@solidjs/start/dist/shared/lazy.js'

Expected behavior 🤔

The project should run.

Steps to reproduce 🕹

Steps:

1. pnpm create solid
2. with typescript
3. with tailwind
4. pnpm i
5. pnpm dev

Context 🔦

I cannot create new Solid-Start projects. Issue #2095 and this issue keep me from successfully building and running a project.

Your environment 🌎

[katywings]

Hey @karimmaassen 🙋‍♀️

This error occured in one of my projects as well, when I noticed that pnpm for some reason installed multiple versions of @solidjs/start in node_modules/.pnpm. In my case adding the vite config below fixed the error:

{
  resolve: {
    dedupe: ["@solidjs/start"] 
  } 
} 

Can you try if this also fixes the error for you 🙂?

[karimmaassen]

Thank for the input @katywings 👋

I've tried adding the dedupe to my vite config as such:

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    solidStart(),
    tailwindcss(),
    nitro()
  ],
  resolve: {
    dedupe: ["@solidjs/start"] 
  } 
});

However, the issue still persists I'm afraid.

[katywings]

@karimmaassen I just tried reproducing the error with the steps from your description. But the project just works 🫠. Couple further points that might help us figure out whats going on:

• What version of pnpm are you using? Mine is: v10.30.3
• What OS are you on? I am testing on linux 😅
• Can you try running this nitro v3 example project? start-v2-template.tar.gz
• Can you send me a repository and archive with your project files?

[karimmaassen]

@katywings classic :') Thanks for the assist! Here are the answers to your questions:

• 10.27.0 (I'll update and see if that changes anything) (edit: cannot update past 10.27.0 - I have the latest running locally)
• OSX 26.3.1
• it runs perfectly!
• Here you go! project.zip

[katywings]

@karimmaassen Your project just works on my machine, first try 😂🙈. For the sake of completeness, I tried it out with node v24.13.0. Unfortunately I do not have an uptodate mac to reproduce this on macOS.

P.S. I'll gonna try to get an apple enjoyer involved for this issue.

[birkskyum]

Downloaded and ran the project.zip, and pnpm i , pnpm dev seemed to work just fine.

build / preview works as well.

macos 26.3

[karimmaassen]

@katywings @birkskyum I found the issue!

My project's directory name has a space in it. That trips it up. Actually, my projects are inside a directory, that's inside a directory with a space in its name (current projects/2026/project). Removing all spaces in all directory names in the tree, avoids the error. e.g. (current-projects/2026/project)

You can check yourself, trying to build and run this project of mine which fails when running. After renaming it by removing the space, the project runs.

Now question is, should we allow for spaces in directory names?

[katywings]

@karimmaassen Whew, great discovery 😮! My personal opinion is that we should allow them, as spaces are a basic filesystem feature and if the error happens again in 3 months from now, nobody will remember to check for spaces 😂. But I am curious about other opinions 😅

[birkskyum]

I agree that it should work

[karimmaassen]

I would agree as well, though curious what others think.