Vite 8.0 Released with Unified Rust-Based Rolldown Bundler for 10-30x Faster Builds
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Summary
Vite 8.0 has been released with a major architectural change: it now uses Rolldown as its single, unified Rust-based bundler instead of the previous dual-bundler approach with esbuild for development and Rollup for production. This change delivers up to 10-30x faster builds while maintaining full plugin compatibility, representing the most significant architectural shift since Vite's initial launch.
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This is the most significant architectural change since Vite
When Vite first launched, we made a pragmatic bet on two bundlers: esbuild for speed during development, and Rollup for optimized production builds.
We're very grateful to the Rollup and esbuild maintainers. Vite wouldn't have succeeded without them.
Vite 8 Release Announcement
