Svelte 5 Migration
How to migrate to Svelte 5 from Svelte 4.
Prerequisites
- Ensure you have read up on the changes from Svelte 4 to Svelte 5. Svelte provides a comprehensive guide for this on their website.
- Commit any pending changes to your repository.
- Determine which of your components have custom behavior/styles so that you can reimplement those after updating.
Migrate Configs
The components.json, utils, and the global css files have all changed for Svelte 5.
Automatic
Note: This works best for projects that have not changed the contents of utils and the global CSS file.
Manual
Update components.json
Add the registry to the root object, and add hooks and ui keys under aliases.
{
"$schema": "https://next.shadcn-svelte.com/schema.json",
"style": "default",
"tailwind": {
"css": "src/app.css",
"baseColor": "slate"
},
"aliases": {
"components": "$lib/components",
"utils": "$lib/utils",
"ui": "$lib/components/ui",
"hooks": "$lib/hooks"
},
"typescript": true,
"registry": "https://next.shadcn-svelte.com/registry"
}
Update the global CSS file
Add the following to your global CSS file. You can learn more about using CSS variables for theming in the theming section.
@import "tailwindcss";
@import "tw-animate-css";
@custom-variant dark (&:is(.dark *));
:root {
--radius: 0.625rem;
--background: oklch(1 0 0);
--foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--card: oklch(1 0 0);
--card-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--popover: oklch(1 0 0);
--popover-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--primary: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--secondary: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--secondary-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--muted: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--muted-foreground: oklch(0.556 0 0);
--accent: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--accent-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--destructive: oklch(0.577 0.245 27.325);
--border: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--input: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--ring: oklch(0.708 0 0);
--chart-1: oklch(0.646 0.222 41.116);
--chart-2: oklch(0.6 0.118 184.704);
--chart-3: oklch(0.398 0.07 227.392);
--chart-4: oklch(0.828 0.189 84.429);
--chart-5: oklch(0.769 0.188 70.08);
--sidebar: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--sidebar-primary: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-accent: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--sidebar-accent-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-border: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--sidebar-ring: oklch(0.708 0 0);
}
.dark {
--background: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--card: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--card-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--popover: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--popover-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--primary: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--primary-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--secondary: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--secondary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--muted: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--muted-foreground: oklch(0.708 0 0);
--accent: oklch(0.371 0 0);
--accent-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--destructive: oklch(0.704 0.191 22.216);
--border: oklch(1 0 0 / 10%);
--input: oklch(1 0 0 / 15%);
--ring: oklch(0.556 0 0);
--chart-1: oklch(0.488 0.243 264.376);
--chart-2: oklch(0.696 0.17 162.48);
--chart-3: oklch(0.769 0.188 70.08);
--chart-4: oklch(0.627 0.265 303.9);
--chart-5: oklch(0.645 0.246 16.439);
--sidebar: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-primary: oklch(0.488 0.243 264.376);
--sidebar-primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-accent: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--sidebar-accent-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-border: oklch(1 0 0 / 10%);
--sidebar-ring: oklch(0.439 0 0);
}
@theme inline {
--radius-sm: calc(var(--radius) - 4px);
--radius-md: calc(var(--radius) - 2px);
--radius-lg: var(--radius);
--radius-xl: calc(var(--radius) + 4px);
--color-background: var(--background);
--color-foreground: var(--foreground);
--color-card: var(--card);
--color-card-foreground: var(--card-foreground);
--color-popover: var(--popover);
--color-popover-foreground: var(--popover-foreground);
--color-primary: var(--primary);
--color-primary-foreground: var(--primary-foreground);
--color-secondary: var(--secondary);
--color-secondary-foreground: var(--secondary-foreground);
--color-muted: var(--muted);
--color-muted-foreground: var(--muted-foreground);
--color-accent: var(--accent);
--color-accent-foreground: var(--accent-foreground);
--color-destructive: var(--destructive);
--color-border: var(--border);
--color-input: var(--input);
--color-ring: var(--ring);
--color-chart-1: var(--chart-1);
--color-chart-2: var(--chart-2);
--color-chart-3: var(--chart-3);
--color-chart-4: var(--chart-4);
--color-chart-5: var(--chart-5);
--color-sidebar: var(--sidebar);
--color-sidebar-foreground: var(--sidebar-foreground);
--color-sidebar-primary: var(--sidebar-primary);
--color-sidebar-primary-foreground: var(--sidebar-primary-foreground);
--color-sidebar-accent: var(--sidebar-accent);
--color-sidebar-accent-foreground: var(--sidebar-accent-foreground);
--color-sidebar-border: var(--sidebar-border);
--color-sidebar-ring: var(--sidebar-ring);
}
@layer base {
* {
@apply border-border outline-ring/50;
}
body {
@apply bg-background text-foreground;
}
}
Update utils
Note: You may not want to do this if you aren't going to upgrade all your components, as some components may still rely on the now removed flyAndScale function.
The only function exported from utils now is cn.
import { type ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}
Upgrade Components
Pick and choose which components to upgrade with the update command.
Upgrade bits-ui
The update command doesn't upgrade bits-ui so you will need to do that yourself.
Remove unused dependencies
In Svelte 5 we have changed some dependencies.
Remove cmdk-sv
cmdk-sv has been merged into bits-ui and is no longer necessary. Update any imports from cmdk-sv to bits-ui.
Remove svelte-headless-table
svelte-headless-table has been removed in favor of @tanstack/table-core.