[Bug]: Error import package prisma in monorepo (turbo, pnpm) for adminjs 7+ (esm)

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What happened?

I have a project structure:

apps
   api (express)
   web
      adminjs ( version 7 +, AdminJS only supports ESM)
   packages 
       prisma 
  pnpm-lock.yaml
  pnpm-workspace.yaml

I get an error in adminjs:

2025-06-27 12:27:43 SyntaxError: Named export 'Prisma' not found. The requested module '@prisma/client' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports. 2025-06-27 12:27:43 CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using: 2025-06-27 12:27:43 2025-06-27 12:27:43 import pkg from '@prisma/client'; 2025-06-27 12:27:43 const { Prisma } = pkg; 2025-06-27 12:27:43 2025-06-27 12:27:43 at #_instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:249:21) 2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:357:5) 2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async onImport.tracePromise.proto (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:665:26) 2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async asyncRunEntryPointWithESMLoader (node:internal/modules/run_main:99:5)

When importing (for adminjs) the package @mycompany/prisma:

import { Database, Resource } from '@adminjs/prisma'; import { prisma } from '@mycompany/prisma'; < --------------- this error import AdminJS from 'adminjs'; AdminJS.registerAdapter({ Database, Resource }); const initialize = async () => ({ prisma }); export default initialize; export { prisma };

Bug prevalence

Critical error

AdminJS dependencies version

apps/web/adminjs/package.json

{ "name": "@mycompany/adminjs", "version": "0.0.1", "private": true, "type": "module", "scripts": { "dev": "rm -rf dist && tsc --watch", "build": "rm -rf dist && tsc" }, "dependencies": { "@mycompany/prisma": "workspace:*", "@adminjs/express": "6.1.1", "@adminjs/prisma": "5.0.4", "adminjs": "7.8.16", "express": "^5.1.0", "express-formidable": "^1.2.0", "express-session": "^1.18.1", "pg": "latest" }, "devDependencies": { "@types/react": "19.1.8", "@types/express": "^5.0.3", "@types/node": "^24.0.4", "prettier": "^3.6.1", "ts-node": "latest", "tslib": "^2.8.1", "tsx": "latest", "typescript": "^5.8.3" } }

packages/prisma/package.json

{ "name": "@mycompany/prisma", "version": "0.0.1", "main": "index.ts", "exports": { ".": "./index.ts" }, "files": [ "client/index.js", "client/index.d.ts", "schema.prisma" ], "scripts": { "prisma:studio": "npx prisma studio --port 5555", "prisma:push": "prisma db push", "prisma:generate": "npx prisma generate", "prisma:seed": "tsx src/seed.ts" }, "prisma": { "schema": "prisma/schema.prisma" }, "devDependencies": { "eslint": "9.29.0", "tsup": "8.5.0", "tsx": "4.20.3", "typescript": "5.8.3", "prisma": "6.10.q" }, "dependencies": { "@prisma/client": "6.10.1" } }

What browsers do you see the problem on?

Chrome

Relevant log output

Relevant code that's giving you issues

**apps/packages/prisma/package.json**

> import { PrismaClient } from "./client/index.js"; 
  export const prisma = new PrismaClient();
  export * from "./client/index.js";   


**apps/packages/prisma/package.json**

> datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
  previewFeatures = []
  output   = "../client" // Для доступа к типам данных сылаемся на сгенерированный пак
  binaryTargets   = ["native", "linux-musl-arm64-openssl-3.0.x"]
}