Vuex without Vue? - node.js

Question

I'd like to use Vuex to power a server-side application that doesn't use Vue. Is this possible?
const Vuex = require('vuex');
const store = new Vuex.Store({
state: {
potatoes: 1,
},
getters: {
doublePotatoes(state) {
return state.potatoes * 2;
},
},
mutations: {
addPotato(state) {
state.potatoes += 1;
},
}
});
store.watch((state, getters) => getters.doublePotatoes, console.log);
store.commit("addPotato");
Here's the error I get:
$ node index.js
/private/tmp/vtest/node_modules/vuex/dist/vuex.common.js:99
if (!condition) { throw new Error(("[vuex] " + msg)) }
^
Error: [vuex] must call Vue.use(Vuex) before creating a store instance.
at assert (/private/tmp/vtest/node_modules/vuex/dist/vuex.common.js:99:27)
at new Store (/private/tmp/vtest/node_modules/vuex/dist/vuex.common.js:279:5)
at Object.<anonymous> (/private/tmp/vtest/index.js:3:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:573:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:584:10)
at Module.load (module.js:507:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:470:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:462:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:609:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:158:16)

Answer 1

I wound up adding Vue without creating a Vue app:
const Vue = require('vue');
Vue.use(Vuex);
My tiny test store works now. I don't know if Vue.use(Vuex) without creating a Vue app will cause any problems.
Of note for server-side use cases, Vuex doesn't call my watcher for every commit; it batches changes and calls the watcher once. I don't see this documented.