From f8bb4b843fe228918d5d81eac68e6a5ec0b7893c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dharya Gangwar <72541016+Dharya-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 02:34:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): inject pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies to fix Vite init
 with pnpm

---
 .../shadcn/src/templates/create-template.ts   | 26 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/shadcn/src/templates/create-template.ts b/packages/shadcn/src/templates/create-template.ts
index 602c20d96d6..0783e3938aa 100644
--- a/packages/shadcn/src/templates/create-template.ts
+++ b/packages/shadcn/src/templates/create-template.ts
@@ -270,25 +270,35 @@ function defaultScaffold({
       // Adapt workspace config and lockfiles for the target package manager.
       await adaptWorkspaceConfig(projectPath, packageManager)
 
-      // Run install.
-      const installArgs = getInstallArgs(packageManager)
-      const args = ["install", ...installArgs]
-      await execa(packageManager, args, {
-        cwd: projectPath,
-      })
-
-      // Write project name to the package.json.
+      // Write project name to the package.json and inject pnpm configuration.
       const packageJsonPath = path.join(projectPath, "package.json")
       if (fs.existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
         const packageJsonContent = await fs.readFile(packageJsonPath, "utf8")
         const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonContent)
         packageJson.name = path.basename(projectPath)
+
+        if (packageManager === "pnpm") {
+          packageJson.pnpm = packageJson.pnpm || {}
+          packageJson.pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies =
+            packageJson.pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies || []
+          if (!packageJson.pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies.includes("esbuild")) {
+            packageJson.pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies.push("esbuild")
+          }
+        }
+
         await fs.writeFile(
           packageJsonPath,
           JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2) + "\n"
         )
       }
 
+      // Run install.
+      const installArgs = getInstallArgs(packageManager)
+      const args = ["install", ...installArgs]
+      await execa(packageManager, args, {
+        cwd: projectPath,
+      })
+
       createSpinner?.succeed(`Creating a new ${title} project.`)
     } catch (error) {
       createSpinner?.fail(