Directory Structure

The default Nuxt.js application structure is intended to provide a great starting point for both small and large applications. Of course, you are free to organize your application however you like.

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Directories

The Assets Directory

The assets directory contains your un-compiled assets such as Stylus or Sass files, images, or fonts.

More documentation about Assets integration

The Components Directory

The components directory contains your Vue.js Components.

Components in this directory will not have access to asyncData.

The Layouts Directory

The layouts directory includes your application layouts. Layouts are used to change the look and feel of your page (for example by including a sidebar).

More documentation about Layouts integration

This directory cannot be renamed without extra configuration.

The Middleware Directory

The middleware directory contains your Application Middleware. Middleware lets you define custom functions that can be run before rendering either a page or a group of pages (layouts).

More documentation about Middleware integration

The Pages Directory

The pages directory contains your Application Views and Routes. The framework reads all the .vue files inside this directory and creates the application router.

This directory cannot be renamed without extra configuration.

More documentation about Pages integration

The Plugins Directory

The plugins directory contains your Javascript plugins that you want to run before instantiating the root Vue.js Application. This is the place to register components globally and to inject functions or constants.

More documentation about Plugins integration

The Static Directory

The static directory is directly mapped to the server root (/static/robots.txt is accessible under http://localhost:3000/robots.txt) and contains files that likely won’t be changed (e.g. the favicon)

Example: /static/robots.txt is mapped as /robots.txt

This directory cannot be renamed without extra configuration.

More documentation about Static integration

The Store Directory

The store directory contains your Vuex Store files. The Vuex Store comes with Nuxt.js out of the box but is disabled by default. Creating an index.js file in this directory enables the store.

This directory cannot be renamed without extra configuration.

More documentation about Store integration

The nuxt.config.js File

The nuxt.config.js file contains your Nuxt.js custom configuration.

This file cannot be renamed without extra configuration.

More documentation about nuxt.config.js integration

The package.json File

The package.json file contains your Application dependencies and scripts.

This file cannot be renamed.

Aliases

By default, srcDir is the same as rootDir.

Info: Inside your vue templates, if you need to link to your assets or static directory, use ~/assets/your_image.png and ~/static/your_image.png.