nuxt/vite

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1376 stars · 45 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Nuxt 2 module that swaps Webpack for Vite as the dev-time bundler, delivering instant server start and lightning-fast hot module replacement. It is now deprecated and has been folded into Nuxt Bridge, with development continuing in the nuxt/framework repository.

Use cases

• speed up nuxt 2 dev server startup
• use vite instead of webpack with nuxt 2
• get faster hot module replacement in a nuxt project
• reduce slow rebuild times in a large nuxt app
• enable experimental vite-based production builds for nuxt 2

When to choose

• You maintain a legacy Nuxt 2.15+ codebase that cannot upgrade yet but suffers from slow webpack dev startup
• You want an opt-in, configurable vite dev experience while keeping the rest of your Nuxt 2 setup intact

When to avoid

• You are starting a new project - use Nuxt 3 or Nuxt Bridge, which supersede this module
• You depend on Nuxt modules that are incompatible with vite mode, since many were never updated
• You need a stable, supported build pipeline - vite mode was explicitly experimental and the module is deprecated

Facets

plugin · maturity abandoned

build-tool ssr web-development frontend developer-tools nuxt vite vue webpack-replacement hmr dev-server build-module deprecated hot-module-replacement es-modules nodejs

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