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    vitejs

    vitejs/vite

    Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!

    frontend
    build-tool
    dev-server
    hmr
    vite
    TypeScript
    MIT
    83.9K stars
    9.7K forks
    564 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 10, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 434 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #23 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 15, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a next-generation frontend build tool with a dev server and optimized production bundling.
    • Delivers instant server start and lightning-fast hot module replacement for a highly efficient development experience.
    • Use for rapid development of modern web applications leveraging native ES modules and fast feedback loops.
    • Use for building optimized static assets for production with pre-configured Rollup integration.
    • Use for extending frontend tooling via a fully typed plugin and JavaScript API for custom workflows.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Next Generation Frontend Tooling

    Vite (French word for "quick", pronounced /vit/, like "veet") is a new breed of frontend build tooling that significantly improves the frontend development experience. It consists of two major parts:

    In addition, Vite is highly extensible via its Plugin API and JavaScript API with full typing support.

    Excerpt from the vitejs/vite README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Oct 8: +8Oct 24: +28Oct 25: +28Nov 8: +20Nov 9: +12Nov 10: +21Nov 11: +29

    +1,568 stars over 88 days across 15 snapshot days; best day +29 on Nov 11.

    Forks

    9.7K+1.0K

    Open issues

    835+42

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