Vite 8 goes Rust‑powered
Vite 8 shipped with Rust tooling—Rolldown (bundler) and LightningCSS (minifier)—promising 10–30x faster builds; Rolldown reportedly cut a 46s build to ~6s and experimental full‑bundle mode claims 3x faster startup, 10x fewer requests and 40% quicker reloads Linda_pp. Vite also added a unified "vp" CLI to centralize dev/lint/test/build workflows NiravJ3.
[Vite announced]vite.dev the stable Vite 8 release on March 12, 2026 and stated the project now sees about 65 million downloads per week. vite.dev Rolldown is a Rust-based bundler with a Rollup‑compatible [API documented]github.com and its site publishes module‑scale benchmarks (e.g., a 19k‑module test) that show Rolldown outperforming several competitors on raw bundle time. rolldown.rs Vite’s stack now integrates Oxc as the compiler/minifier layer and the Rolldown docs note that oxc‑minify is used by default when Rolldown is [active explained]oxc.rs; the Oxc project describes a suite of Rust tools for parsing, linting, transforming and minifying JavaScript/TypeScript. oxc.rs LightningCSS is included as Vite’s Rust CSS toolchain option and its docs explain it can replace common PostCSS tasks (autoprefixing, modules, nesting) and be configured via [vite.config how‑to]lightningcss.dev; the package registry shows LightningCSS distributed as an npm package with active releases. npmjs.com The Vite project published a migration path—maintaining a rolldown‑vite shim and a stepwise migration guide—so teams can adopt Rolldown incrementally rather than rewriting configs in one go [migration docs]github.com. github.com Vite 8 keeps the same Node.js minimums (Node 20.19+ or 22.12+) to support an ESM‑only [distribution noted]vite.dev, and the emerging Vite+ project surfaces a single "vp" CLI that consolidates dev, build, lint, test, and caching workflows (commands like vp dev, vp build, vp test, vp check are part of the initial spec). voidzero.dev
