# nuxt/vite

⚡  Vite Experience with Nuxt 2

Repository: https://github.com/nuxt/vite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nuxt-vite
Homepage: https://vite.nuxtjs.org
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-04T14:12:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2015, "days_push": 1337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1376, forks 45 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.242489+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, ssr
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: nuxt, vite, vue, webpack-replacement, hmr, dev-server, build-module, deprecated, hot-module-replacement, es-modules, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nuxt/vite (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.242489+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:30.997299+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nuxt/vite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.242489+00:00, sha c30cf97d3be3)
  - homepage: https://vite.nuxtjs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:07.788645+00:00, sha 0ca3f96ad796)
  - site_page: https://vite.nuxtjs.org/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:07.798945+00:00, sha 69bfadeadfea)
  - site_page: https://vite.nuxtjs.org/getting-started/config (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:07.802588+00:00, sha 1501f0bd1cd0)
  - site_page: https://vite.nuxtjs.org/getting-started/build (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:07.805508+00:00, sha 6ae4a88bf142)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.