What is Vite (and why is it so popular)?

In the web development world, it’s hard to go more than a few days without hearing about Vite.

Its popularity has skyrocketed since its release in April 2020. At the time of writing this post, the project has blown past 64k stars on GitHub and over 12 million weekly downloads and now powers most open-source frameworks like Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, SolidStart and Remix (just to name a few).

At StackBlitz, we’re not shy about how much we love Vite. We’ve been supporting Vite since its beginnings in 2021. We’re proud to count patak, a Vite core maintainer, as part of our team, and we’re hosting ViteConf, a conference that showcases its vibrant ecosystem.