Vite (software)

{{short description|Local development server}}

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| name = Vite

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| author = Evan You

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| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/vitejs/vite}}

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| programming language = TypeScript

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| platform = Node.js, Deno, Bun

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| language = English
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| genre = Development server

| license = MIT License

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Vite ({{IPA|fr|vit|lang}}, like "veet") is a local development server written by Evan You, 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 {{wdrl|Q114900810}} and esbuild internally for bundling.{{cite web |title=Why Vite |url=https://vite.dev/guide/why.html |website=vite.dev}}

Vite monitors files as they are being edited and upon file save the web browser reloads the code being edited through a process called Hot Module Replacement (HMR){{cite web |title=Educative Answers - Trusted Answers to Developer Questions |url=https://www.educative.io/answers/what-is-vitejs |website=Educative |access-date=10 November 2023 |language=en}} 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.