Cordis is a TypeScript plugin framework for applications that need explicit dependency injection, scoped services, lifecycle-managed cleanup, and optional configuration-driven loading. The core package is published as cordis; the official packages in this repository add a loader, config-file includes, HMR, console logging, timers, and project scaffolding.

Install

yarn add cordis

Cordis is ESM-first. The repository is tested on current Node releases, and the scaffolder requires Node 22 or newer.

Quick Start

import { Context, Service } from 'cordis'

declare module 'cordis' {
  interface Context {
    counter: Counter
  }

  interface Events {
    'app/ready'(message: string): void
  }
}

class Counter extends Service {
  value = 0

  constructor(ctx: Context) {
    super(ctx, 'counter')
  }

  next() {
    return ++this.value
  }
}

const greeter = Object.assign((ctx: Context) => {
  ctx.on('app/ready', (message) => {
    ctx.logger.info('%s #%d', message, ctx.counter.next())
  })
}, {
  inject: ['counter'],
})

const root = new Context()
await root.plugin(Counter)
await root.plugin(greeter)

root.emit('app/ready', 'started')
await root.fiber.dispose()

The important pieces are:

new Context() creates the root dependency container.
ctx.plugin() starts a plugin and returns a Fiber.
inject tells Cordis which services must exist before the plugin runs.
Effects, event listeners, and services are removed when their owning fiber is disposed.

Documentation

Packages

Package	Purpose
`cordis`	Core context, plugin registry, fiber lifecycle, events, services, and logger.
`create-cordis`	Interactive project scaffolder.
`@cordisjs/plugin-loader`	Runtime plugin tree and loader service.
`@cordisjs/plugin-include`	YAML/JSON config-file include support for the loader.
`@cordisjs/plugin-group`	Nested plugin groups for loader configs.
`@cordisjs/plugin-hmr`	Hot module replacement for loader-managed plugins.
`@cordisjs/plugin-logger-console`	Console exporter for the built-in logger.
`@cordisjs/plugin-timer`	Disposal-aware timeout, interval, throttle, and debounce helpers.
`@cordisjs/utils`	Shared utilities used by Cordis packages.

Development

yarn install
yarn build
yarn test
yarn lint

The monorepo uses Yakumo to build and test all packages. Most examples in the docs use public APIs from cordis; loader examples additionally use @cordisjs/plugin-loader and @cordisjs/plugin-include.

Volatile configuration

Schemas may return Volatile<T> references, whose values are read through .get(). Cordis exports the consumer types; Loader commits volatile-only changes into the running references without restarting and notifies the owning fiber through loader/volatile-update. Direct fiber.update() retains its existing update waterfall and default restart.

Configuration access

fiber.rawConfig reads or retains the raw input for a later activation. Assigning it does not validate, update the running instance or trigger a restart. Registry wrappers route raw writes, updates and restarts through the same canonical fiber. fiber.resolveConfig(candidate) evaluates the fiber's config hooks and schema without publishing the result; any services used by those hooks must already be available. fiber.effectiveConfig returns the object passed to activation or the latest successful update that retained the instance, without re-parsing. Rejected or superseded updates do not replace it. Volatile updates preserve its references. It is undefined before activation and stays readable after unload, so consumers that require a running instance also check the fiber state.

Use fiber.update() for an ordinary config change and await its result for completion. The internal/config(fiber, next) waterfall resolves candidates, internal/commit requests persistence unless noSave is set, and internal/update(config, next) either retains the instance or awaits the restart returned by next(). Loader retains raw input separately when committing only volatile values into the running object.

Lifecycle completion

Service providers retain their implementations until dependent fibers finish unloading. Errors from superseded activations are logged without failing the replacement state. A disposed instance cannot access its released injections. A failed fiber requires an explicit update() to recover, including after its dependencies change.