Overview of the issue

*sorry, must be v1.1.27 in the title ofc.
After installing Compodoc 1.1.27 (so happy that we finally have a release), the following error about i18next appears when trying to start storybook (9.1.3) or compodoc standalone documentation.

This error lets the build/serve fail, and storybook build/serve, too.

Operating System, Node.js, npm, compodoc version(s)

1.1.27

TypeScript version used by Compodoc : 5.8.3

Node.js version : v22.17.1

Operating system : Linux 6.6

Angular 19.2.15

If possible your terminal logs before the error

CLI Error:
TypeError: i18next.init is not a function

Reproduce the error

Install Compodoc 1.1.27 and try to build/serve, same with storybook.