# Nuxt 3.16

DevFeed: [Nuxt 3.16](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nuxt-3-16-3429.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nuxt.com/blog/v3-16>)

Published: 2025-03-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Nuxt Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-nuxt-blog.md>)

Topics: [Nuxt.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuxt.md>), [Developer Tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tools.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Parsing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parsing.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [new-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-features.md>), [nuxt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nuxt.md>), [parsing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parsing.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

Nuxt 3.16 introduces a smaller single-file tool for starting Nuxt projects, upgrades Nuxt Devtools to v2, improves context and compatibility, and adds configuration inspection features. It also delivers automatic performance improvements through faster module resolution, leaner file handling, quicker startup, and updated parsing, with benchmarking reported in CI and substantial speed gains for example sites.

## Source excerpt

Nuxt 3.16 is out - packed with features and performance improvements