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When nuxt.js is running in production, it doesn’t need webpack. However, because it’s listed as dependency it will always be installed.

If an npm module were made (I propose nuxt-dev) which contains these dependencies, a user of Nuxt would be able to add that module to their devDependencies list. The resulting package.json for a Nuxt project would look like this:

{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "nuxt": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nuxt-dev": "latest"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "nuxt",
    "build": "nuxt build",
    "start": "nuxt start"
  }
}

The nuxt-dev package could contain everything needed “build” the application, while the nuxt package would contain the “runtime” dependencies and any runtime-level code.