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Vite

Next Generation Frontend Tooling

Overview

Vite is a blazing fast frontend build tool for modern web projects. It provides an instant-start dev server with lightning-fast HMR and an optimized production build, with rich features (TypeScript, JSX, CSS, etc.) available out of the box and extensible via a flexible plugin system.

Rendering Modes
Dev ServerBuild
Best For

Modern web projects, Library development, Any frontend framework

License

MIT

Quick Start

npm create vite@latest

Select a framework/template during scaffolding, then install dependencies and start the dev server (standard Vite scaffold flow). For production, build to dist and optionally preview the build locally with vite preview; deploy the dist folder to your hosting platform.

Key Features

Instant Server Start

Lightning Fast HMR

Rich Plugin System

Framework Agnostic

SSR Support

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Extremely fast dev server
  • Works with any framework
  • Excellent DX

Cons

  • Different from Webpack
  • Plugin compatibility

Common Use Cases

Scaffolding New Frontend ProjectsFast Local DevelopmentProduction Builds for SPAsStatic Site DeploymentFramework-Based AppsPlugin-Driven Tooling Extensions

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