What is Vite + And What Does it Mean for Vue Developers?

If you're a Vue developer, you're likely already familiar with Vite, the lightning-fast build tool that became the default for Vue 3 projects. But on October 13th, 2025, Evan You and the VoidZero team announced something that's about to transform the entire Vue development experience: Vite+.

What is Vite+?

Vite+ is a unified toolchain for JavaScript that extends Vite with a comprehensive suite of development commands. Think of it as Vite but with more commands and features. It's a drop-in upgrade that gives you everything you need to build, test, lint, format, and manage modern Vue applications without the typical configuration headaches.

Instead of juggling multiple tools and configuration files, Vue developers can now use a single, cohesive toolchain:

vite new      # Scaffold projects with best practices
vite dev      # Development server (existing Vite command)
vite build    # Production builds (existing Vite command)
vite test     # Unit testing powered by Vitest
vite lint     # Lightning-fast linting with Oxlint
vite fmt      # Code formatting with Oxfmt (like prettier)
vite lib      # Bundle libraries with tsdown and Rolldown (including bundled DTS generation)
vite run      # Monorepo task runner with smart caching
vite ui       # GUI devtools for deep insights

👉 Watch Evan You's talk at ViteConf 2025 for a demo of Vite+.

Why This Matters for Vue Developers

1. Zero-Config Testing That Just Works

Vue developers have long enjoyed Vitest for its seamless integration with Vite. With Vite+, testing becomes even more integrated:

vite test

That's it. No separate configuration, no compatibility concerns. The command includes comprehensive features like browser mode for testing Vue components in real browsers, visual regression testing for catching UI changes, and sharding for faster test execution in CI/CD pipelines.

2. Monorepo Support Built Right In

Building a Vue component library? Managing multiple Vue apps in a workspace? Vite+ includes vite new for scaffolding monorepos with best practices and vite run as an intelligent task runner with sophisticated caching.

For enterprise companies with large codebases, this is a game changer for CI/CI pipeline build times and the potential for huge cost savings as the task runner automatically infers what needs to be cached without manual configuration (think Turborepo but with automated invalidation).

You can also lock your package manager version to a specific version (like pnpm 10.9.0) in package.json.

{
  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.18.2"
}

3. Blazing-Fast Linting and Formatting

Oxlint ships with 600+ ESLint-compatible rules and is up to 100× faster than ESLint. For large Vue codebases, this means near-instant feedback:

# Lint your entire Vue project in milliseconds
vite lint

# Format with 99%+ Prettier compatibility
vite fmt

The linter supports type-aware linting and plugins written in JavaScript with an ESLint-compatible API, so your existing ESLint plugins can still work.

4. Library Development Made Easy

Publishing a Vue component library? Vite+ includes vite lib with best practices for typesafe libraries baked in:

vite lib

This command leverages tsdown and Rolldown for bundling, with blazing-fast DTS generation via isolatedDeclarations. No more wrestling with complex Rollup configurations or slow type generation—just fast, optimized builds for your Vue components.

5. UI Baked In For Deep Insights

The vite ui command opens GUI devtools that provide:

• Module resolution and transformation insights
• Bundle size analysis and tree-shaking visualization
• Easy packaging of tools specific to different frameworks and libraries (like Vue and Nuxt)

This means you can easily see how your Vue components are being bundled, what's causing bundle bloat, and optimize accordingly—all in an intuitive visual interface with zero configuration.

👉 Watch Anthony Fu's ViteConf talk for more details on the devtools: ViteConf 2025 - Vite Devtools

6. Agent Mode

AI adoption has also been a big consideration from the VoidZero team. They are building tooling directly into Vite+ to provide more structured and more token efficient CLI outputs to AI agents. Plus, features like forwarding browser console logs to the terminal and ensuring Vitest tests don't hang when run by agents.

Performance at Every Level

Everything in Vite+ is built on a Rust-based compiler toolchain (even Vite itself is being rewritten in version 8 with Rust). For Vue developers working on large applications, this means:

• Faster cold starts for development servers
• Quicker hot module replacement (HMR)
• Faster production builds
• Near-instant linting and formatting

Companies like Framer, Linear, Atlassian, and Shopify are already using this infrastructure in production with notable time and cost savings.

Licensing and Availability

Vite+ will be free for individuals, open source projects, and small businesses. For startups and enterprises, there will be flat annual pricing and custom enterprise options.

Importantly, Vite+ is a separate, additive layer. Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, and Oxc will remain MIT-licensed open source forever. The commercial licensing supports the sustainability of these open source projects while ensuring the wider community continues to benefit.

What's Next?

Vite+ is targeting a public preview in early 2026. The team is currently looking for early adopters to test-drive it in production environments.

For Vue developers, this represents the next evolution in our ecosystem. We went from Vue CLI to Vite, gaining tremendous speed and simplicity. Now, with Vite+, we're getting a complete, unified toolchain that eliminates the complexity of managing multiple tools while delivering unprecedented performance.

If you're interested in early access, visit viteplus.dev.

What are your thoughts on Vite+? Are you excited about having a unified toolchain for your Vue projects? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Resources and More Information

• Official Vite+ Announcement
• Watch the Demo by Evan You at ViteConf 2025
• Get Early Access
• Anthony Fu's ViteConf Talk on Vite Devtools
• Theo's Take on Vite+