Vite
Next Generation Frontend Tooling
Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. A dev server that provides rich feature enhancements. A build command that bundles your code, pre-configured to output highly optimized static assets.
Reviews for Vite
Hear what real users highlight about this tool.
Makers consistently praise Vite for speed, smooth HMR, and low-friction setup. The makers of Lovable say it enabled highly customized development and became essential to their workflow. The makers of Strapi report faster builds, higher efficiency, and a more reliable process after adopting it. The makers of Uploadcare highlight instant hot reloading and responsive iteration. User reviews echo this: quicker starts than legacy bundlers, simpler config, strong plugin ecosystem, and great DX—though a few note edge-case config and production differences on complex projects.
This AI-generated snapshot distills top reviewer sentiments.
Vite’s instant hot-reload and lightning-fast build times drastically sped up our development cycle. It feels way faster and simpler compared to older bundlers like Webpack.
Vite's lightning-fast hot module replacement shows website changes instantly as users chat with AI. This real-time feedback loop makes the building experience magical.
Nothing comes close in speed and simplicity. It makes testing and prototyping with prjct/cli a breeze.
Vite gave us instant server start and truly fast HMR, so we could tweak timing/animations and see results immediately — crucial for a timing-sensitive scoreboard UI.
The lightning-fast build tool that keeps our dev experience and performance snappy.
Vite gives us instant HMR and fast builds with a clean config surface. It’s ESM-first in dev and uses Rollup for production, so we get both speed and reliable, optimized bundles
We built Kovox’s frontend with Vite + React and the experience has been game-changing. It’s lightning fast, modern, and made our dev cycle smooth from day one. Other build tools felt heavy — Vite just works beautifully.
Tip: 👉 Pair Vite with React + Tailwind for blazing fast iteration and a clean UI workflow.
Alternatives considered: Webpack — too heavy and slow for our needs. Parcel — nice but didn’t feel as widely adopted.
Vite has become the de facto choice build tool for frontend code. And, I am grateful everyday for this. I remember working on legacy webpack stuff and how nightmarish was that stuff. And let's not get into gulp. Vite is easy to configure and has performance to boot. Love it
Massive appreciation to Vite for supercharging the development workflow! ⚡
Vite's lightning-fast hot module replacement and instant server startup transformed the development experience. Building our I Ching platform became incredibly efficient with sub-second build times and instant feedback.
The out-of-the-box TypeScript support, excellent plugin ecosystem, and optimized production builds made everything just work. No more waiting around for slow bundlers!
Vite's blazing-fast HMR and optimized builds made developing our React site a joy. Their modern tooling saved countless hours during development.
For the build tool, I briefly considered the classic Create React App, but the choice for Vite was immediate. The development speed is genuinely night and day. The instant server start and Hot Module Replacement (HMR) are not just quality-of-life improvements; they kept me in the flow and directly contributed to launching faster. There's no going back.
Enables instant hot reloading, lightning-fast dev builds, and smooth DX for our UI, the core of our frontend speed and customization.
Vite is blazing fast dev server starts instantly, and hot reloads feel near-instant. It’s super easy to set up with React(for me), Vue, or whatever you’re into, and the defaults just work. Build times are crazy short, and the whole dev experience feels smooth and modern.