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Vite (software)

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Vite
Original author(s)Evan You
Initial release20 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-20)
Stable release
v5.4.9 / 14 October 2024; 49 days ago (2024-10-14)
Repositorygithub.com/vitejs/vite
Written inTypeScript
PlatformNode.js, Deno, Bun
Available inEnglish
Docs in English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish
TypeDevelopment server
LicenseMIT License
Websitevitejs.dev Edit this at Wikidata

Vite (French: [vit], like "veet") is a local development server written by Evan You,[1] the creator of Vue.js, and used by default by Vue and for React project templates. It has support for TypeScript and JSX. It uses Rollup and esbuild internally for bundling.[2]

It monitors files as they're being edited and upon file save the web browser reloads the code being edited through a process called Hot Module Replacement (HMR)[3] which works by just reloading the specific file being changed using ES6 modules (ESM) instead of recompiling the entire application.

Vite provides built-in support for server-side rendering (SSR). By default, it listens on TCP port 5173. It is possible to configure Vite to serve content over HTTPS and proxy requests (including WebSocket) to a back-end web server (such as Apache HTTP Server or lighttpd).

Features and performance

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Vite has a Hot Module Replacement (HMR) system, which reduces wait times during development. Vite supports frameworks such as React, Vue, and Svelte, and has server-side rendering (SSR), code-splitting, and asynchronous loading.

Vite's production build times are fast compared to traditional build tools, clocking in at 3.37 seconds versus Webpack's 10.82 seconds and Parcel's 9.01 seconds. Vite is framework-agnostic and integrates seamlessly with tools such as Vitest for testing, Astro for content-driven sites, and Slidev for presentations.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Introducing Vite JS - Next-Gen Frontend Tooling". Radixweb. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Why Vite". vite.dev.
  3. ^ "Educative Answers - Trusted Answers to Developer Questions". Educative. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Understanding Vite and Bun.js: A Detailed Developer's Review". Valletta Software Blog. July 27, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
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