From 527cb949b9a9a9b35515af64bb9018cdf21c225e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Birk Skyum <birk.skyum@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 22:49:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] solid-router-withtout-meta

---
 packages/solid-router/package.json            |   1 -
 packages/solid-router/src/Asset.tsx           | 154 +++++++++++++++++-
 packages/solid-router/src/HeadContent.tsx     |   5 +-
 .../solid-router/src/ssr/RouterServer.tsx     |  13 +-
 packages/solid-router/tests/Scripts.test.tsx  |  85 +++++++++-
 pnpm-lock.yaml                                |   3 -
 6 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/solid-router/package.json b/packages/solid-router/package.json
index 84ea201c068..8017971d2f2 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/package.json
+++ b/packages/solid-router/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@solid-devtools/logger": "^0.9.4",
     "@solid-primitives/refs": "^1.0.8",
-    "@solidjs/meta": "^0.29.4",
     "@tanstack/history": "workspace:*",
     "@tanstack/router-core": "workspace:*",
     "@tanstack/solid-store": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/packages/solid-router/src/Asset.tsx b/packages/solid-router/src/Asset.tsx
index 8e1e79bff2e..17fe33eae9b 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/src/Asset.tsx
+++ b/packages/solid-router/src/Asset.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Link, Meta, Style, Title } from '@solidjs/meta'
 import { onCleanup, onMount } from 'solid-js'
 import { useRouter } from './useRouter'
 import type { RouterManagedTag } from '@tanstack/router-core'
@@ -9,15 +8,43 @@ export function Asset({
   attrs,
   children,
 }: RouterManagedTag): JSX.Element | null {
+  const router = useRouter()
+
+  if (router.isServer) {
+    switch (tag) {
+      case 'title':
+        return <title {...attrs}>{children}</title>
+      case 'meta':
+        return <meta {...attrs} />
+      case 'link':
+        return <link {...attrs} />
+      case 'style':
+        if (typeof children === 'string') {
+          return <style {...attrs} innerHTML={children} />
+        }
+        return <style {...attrs} />
+      case 'script':
+        if (attrs?.src && typeof attrs.src === 'string') {
+          return <script {...attrs} />
+        }
+        if (typeof children === 'string') {
+          return <script {...attrs} innerHTML={children} />
+        }
+        return <script {...attrs} />
+      default:
+        return null
+    }
+  }
+
   switch (tag) {
     case 'title':
-      return <Title {...attrs}>{children}</Title>
+      return <HeadTag tag="title" attrs={attrs} children={children} />
     case 'meta':
-      return <Meta {...attrs} />
+      return <HeadTag tag="meta" attrs={attrs} />
     case 'link':
-      return <Link {...attrs} />
+      return <HeadTag tag="link" attrs={attrs} />
     case 'style':
-      return <Style {...attrs} innerHTML={children} />
+      return <HeadTag tag="style" attrs={attrs} children={children} />
     case 'script':
       return <Script attrs={attrs}>{children}</Script>
     default:
@@ -138,3 +165,120 @@ function Script({
 
   return null
 }
+
+function HeadTag({
+  tag,
+  attrs,
+  children,
+}: {
+  tag: 'title' | 'meta' | 'link' | 'style'
+  attrs?: Record<string, any>
+  children?: string
+}): null {
+  onMount(() => {
+    if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const element = findOrCreateHeadElement(tag, attrs, children)
+
+    if (!element) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    onCleanup(() => {
+      if (element.parentNode) {
+        element.parentNode.removeChild(element)
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  return null
+}
+
+function findOrCreateHeadElement(
+  tag: 'title' | 'meta' | 'link' | 'style',
+  attrs?: Record<string, any>,
+  children?: string,
+) {
+  const existing = findExistingHeadElement(tag, attrs, children)
+  if (existing) {
+    return existing
+  }
+
+  const element = document.createElement(tag)
+  setAttributes(element, attrs)
+
+  if (typeof children === 'string' && (tag === 'title' || tag === 'style')) {
+    element.textContent = children
+  }
+
+  document.head.appendChild(element)
+
+  return element
+}
+
+function findExistingHeadElement(
+  tag: 'title' | 'meta' | 'link' | 'style',
+  attrs?: Record<string, any>,
+  children?: string,
+) {
+  const candidates = document.head.querySelectorAll(tag)
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    if (!matchesAttributes(candidate, attrs)) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (typeof children === 'string' && (tag === 'title' || tag === 'style')) {
+      if (candidate.textContent !== children) {
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+
+    return candidate as HTMLElement
+  }
+
+  return undefined
+}
+
+function matchesAttributes(
+  element: Element,
+  attrs?: Record<string, any>,
+): boolean {
+  if (!attrs) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(attrs)) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === false) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (value === true) {
+      if (!element.hasAttribute(key)) {
+        return false
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (element.getAttribute(key) !== String(value)) {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
+
+function setAttributes(element: Element, attrs?: Record<string, any>) {
+  if (!attrs) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(attrs)) {
+    if (value === undefined || value === false) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    element.setAttribute(key, value === true ? '' : String(value))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/solid-router/src/HeadContent.tsx b/packages/solid-router/src/HeadContent.tsx
index 103be65c465..89018ac96ca 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/src/HeadContent.tsx
+++ b/packages/solid-router/src/HeadContent.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as Solid from 'solid-js'
-import { MetaProvider } from '@solidjs/meta'
 import { For } from 'solid-js'
 import { Asset } from './Asset'
 import { useRouter } from './useRouter'
@@ -191,9 +190,7 @@ export function HeadContent() {
   const tags = useTags()
 
   return (
-    <MetaProvider>
-      <For each={tags()}>{(tag) => <Asset {...tag} />}</For>
-    </MetaProvider>
+    <For each={tags()}>{(tag) => <Asset {...tag} />}</For>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/solid-router/src/ssr/RouterServer.tsx b/packages/solid-router/src/ssr/RouterServer.tsx
index 99b4e684bbb..39c278eed8e 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/src/ssr/RouterServer.tsx
+++ b/packages/solid-router/src/ssr/RouterServer.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   ssr,
   useAssets,
 } from 'solid-js/web'
-import { MetaProvider } from '@solidjs/meta'
 import { Asset } from '../Asset'
 import { useTags } from '../HeadContent'
 import { RouterProvider } from '../RouterProvider'
@@ -16,11 +15,11 @@ export function ServerHeadContent() {
   const tags = useTags()
   useAssets(() => {
     return (
-      <MetaProvider>
+      <>
         {tags().map((tag) => (
           <Asset {...tag} />
         ))}
-      </MetaProvider>
+      </>
     )
   })
   return null
@@ -44,11 +43,9 @@ export function RouterServer<TRouter extends AnyRouter>(props: {
               router={props.router}
               InnerWrap={(props) => (
                 <NoHydration>
-                  <MetaProvider>
-                    <ServerHeadContent />
-                    <Hydration>{props.children}</Hydration>
-                    <Scripts />
-                  </MetaProvider>
+                  <ServerHeadContent />
+                  <Hydration>{props.children}</Hydration>
+                  <Scripts />
                 </NoHydration>
               )}
             />
diff --git a/packages/solid-router/tests/Scripts.test.tsx b/packages/solid-router/tests/Scripts.test.tsx
index 6ffa0bd645d..cbaf06a4a4d 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/tests/Scripts.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/solid-router/tests/Scripts.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { render } from '@solidjs/testing-library'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { cleanup, render } from '@solidjs/testing-library'
 
 import {
   HeadContent,
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import {
 } from '../src'
 import { Scripts } from '../src/Scripts'
 
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup()
+})
+
 describe('ssr scripts', () => {
   test('it works', async () => {
     const rootRoute = createRootRoute({
@@ -195,3 +199,80 @@ describe('ssr HeadContent', () => {
     ])
   })
 })
+
+describe('client HeadContent', () => {
+  test('renders and cleans up head tags', async () => {
+    const rootRoute = createRootRoute({
+      head: () => ({
+        meta: [
+          { title: 'Root' },
+          { name: 'description', content: 'Root description' },
+        ],
+        links: [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: '/root.css' }],
+        styles: [{ children: '.root{color:red}' }],
+      }),
+      component: () => {
+        return <HeadContent />
+      },
+    })
+
+    const indexRoute = createRoute({
+      path: '/',
+      getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
+      head: () => ({
+        meta: [
+          { title: 'Index' },
+          { name: 'description', content: 'Index description' },
+        ],
+        links: [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: '/index.css' }],
+        styles: [{ children: '.index{color:red}' }],
+      }),
+    })
+
+    const router = createRouter({
+      history: createMemoryHistory({
+        initialEntries: ['/'],
+      }),
+      routeTree: rootRoute.addChildren([indexRoute]),
+    })
+
+    await router.load()
+
+    const { unmount } = render(() => <RouterProvider router={router} />)
+
+    const meta = document.head.querySelector('meta[name="description"]')
+    const link = document.head.querySelector(
+      'link[rel="stylesheet"][href="/index.css"]',
+    )
+    const style = Array.from(document.head.querySelectorAll('style')).find(
+      (el) => el.textContent === '.index{color:red}',
+    )
+    const title = Array.from(document.head.querySelectorAll('title')).find(
+      (el) => el.textContent === 'Index',
+    )
+
+    expect(meta?.getAttribute('content')).toBe('Index description')
+    expect(link).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(style).not.toBeUndefined()
+    expect(title).not.toBeUndefined()
+
+    unmount()
+
+    expect(
+      document.head.querySelector('meta[name="description"]'),
+    ).toBeNull()
+    expect(
+      document.head.querySelector('link[rel="stylesheet"][href="/index.css"]'),
+    ).toBeNull()
+    expect(
+      Array.from(document.head.querySelectorAll('style')).find(
+        (el) => el.textContent === '.index{color:red}',
+      ),
+    ).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(
+      Array.from(document.head.querySelectorAll('title')).find(
+        (el) => el.textContent === 'Index',
+      ),
+    ).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0f8bf0ee503..f30bc797de2 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -11703,9 +11703,6 @@ importers:
       '@solid-primitives/refs':
         specifier: ^1.0.8
         version: 1.1.0(solid-js@1.9.10)
-      '@solidjs/meta':
-        specifier: ^0.29.4
-        version: 0.29.4(solid-js@1.9.10)
       '@tanstack/history':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../history