From 57f702f7656e6fc03873f8121480c321b2f44c8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dom Porada <dominik@porada.co>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:07:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Include available `printers` in plugin type declarations
 (#18706)

Co-authored-by: fisker <lionkay@gmail.com>
---
 changelog_unreleased/api/18706.md | 15 +++++++++++
 scripts/build/build-types.js      | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tests/dts/unit/cases/parsers.ts   |  4 +++
 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog_unreleased/api/18706.md

diff --git a/changelog_unreleased/api/18706.md b/changelog_unreleased/api/18706.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc7009e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog_unreleased/api/18706.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#### Include available `printers` in plugin type declarations (#18706 by @porada)
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```ts
+// Input
+import * as prettierPluginEstree from "prettier/plugins/estree";
+
+// Prettier stable
+// Property 'printers' does not exist on type 'typeof import("prettier/plugins/estree")'. ts(2339)
+prettierPluginEstree.printers.estree; //=> any
+
+// Prettier main
+prettierPluginEstree.printers.estree; //=> Printer
+prettierPluginEstree.printers["estree-json"]; //=> Printer
+```
diff --git a/scripts/build/build-types.js b/scripts/build/build-types.js
index 86f1c9ef0..95b329b73 100644
--- a/scripts/build/build-types.js
+++ b/scripts/build/build-types.js
@@ -36,15 +36,19 @@ async function buildPluginTypes({ packageConfig, file: { input, output } }) {
   );
   const plugin = pluginModule.default ?? pluginModule;
   const parserNames = Object.keys(plugin.parsers ?? {});
+  const printerNames = Object.keys(plugin.printers ?? {});
+  const typesImportPath =
+    packageConfig.packageName === "prettier" ? "../index.js" : "prettier";
 
-  // We only add `parsers` to types file, printers should not be used alone
-  // For `estree` plugin, we just export an empty object to ensure it treated as a module
-  const code =
-    parserNames.length === 0
-      ? "export {};"
-      : outdent`
-        import { Parser } from "${packageConfig.packageName === "prettier" ? "../index.js" : "prettier"}";
+  // Export available `parsers` and `printers` as types. If none are available,
+  // export an empty module object to ensure the file is treated as a module
+  const types = [];
+  const declarations = [];
 
+  if (parserNames.length > 0) {
+    types.push("Parser");
+    declarations.push(
+      outdent`
         export declare const parsers: {
         ${parserNames
           .map(
@@ -53,6 +57,33 @@ async function buildPluginTypes({ packageConfig, file: { input, output } }) {
           )
           .join("\n")}
         };
+      `,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (printerNames.length > 0) {
+    types.push("Printer");
+    declarations.push(
+      outdent`
+        export declare const printers: {
+        ${printerNames
+          .map(
+            (printerName) =>
+              `${" ".repeat(2)}${toPropertyKey(printerName)}: Printer;`,
+          )
+          .join("\n")}
+        };
+      `,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const code =
+    declarations.length === 0
+      ? "export {};"
+      : outdent`
+        import { ${types.join(", ")} } from "${typesImportPath}";
+
+        ${declarations.join("\n\n")}
       `;
 
   await writeFile(
diff --git a/tests/dts/unit/cases/parsers.ts b/tests/dts/unit/cases/parsers.ts
index 725f6022c..9a690607f 100644
--- a/tests/dts/unit/cases/parsers.ts
+++ b/tests/dts/unit/cases/parsers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as prettier from "../../../../dist/prettier/index.js";
+import { expectType } from "ts-expect";
 
 import * as prettierPluginEstree from "../../../../dist/prettier/plugins/estree.js";
 import * as prettierPluginBabel from "../../../../dist/prettier/plugins/babel.js";
@@ -104,3 +105,6 @@ prettier.format("hello world", {
     prettierPluginYaml,
   ],
 });
+
+expectType<prettier.Printer>(prettierPluginEstree.printers.estree);
+expectType<prettier.Printer>(prettierPluginEstree.printers["estree-json"]);