the api folder's context.ts Cannot find module 'hono' or its corresponding type declarations.

[luzede]

The command I ran to start the project

{
  "$schema": "https://r2.better-t-stack.dev/schema.json",
  "version": "3.14.1",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-04T17:05:12.474Z",
  "database": "postgres",
  "orm": "prisma",
  "backend": "hono",
  "runtime": "bun",
  "frontend": ["tanstack-router"],
  "addons": ["biome", "turborepo"],
  "examples": ["todo", "ai"],
  "auth": "better-auth",
  "payments": "none",
  "packageManager": "bun",
  "dbSetup": "docker",
  "api": "orpc",
  "webDeploy": "none",
  "serverDeploy": "none",
}

The issue:

The issue probably is that hono is used in two modules, one in server and one in api, but the hono exists only in server's package.json but not in the project's package.json.

The project package json should track the hono version and use "catalog:" for both server and api folder's package.jsons

By making the changes below and running "bun install", the problem got fixed

[dosubot]

Hi @luzede! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the create-better-t-stack team.

The root cause was that the api package used hono, but hono was only listed as a dependency in the server package, not in api’s package.json. In a Bun monorepo, each workspace that imports a dependency must declare it directly or reference it via a workspace alias—otherwise, you’ll get “Cannot find module” errors. Switching to workspace aliasing (like "catalog:") for hono in both server and api package.jsons and running bun install ensures both packages resolve the same hono version and fixes the error. This approach is a best practice for Bun monorepos, as it avoids duplicate installs and type conflicts, and keeps dependency resolution predictable. If you see similar errors, check that every workspace using a dependency either lists it directly or references it via a workspace alias, and keep Bun up to date to avoid known bugs with workspace resolution source source source.

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[AmanVarshney01]

Sorry about this. 😔

completely missed this now fixed! It happened after I migrated the templated logic to a separate package.