# Vite 3.0 is out!

DevFeed: [Vite 3.0 is out!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vite-3-0-is-out-3015.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite3>)

Author: The Vite Team

Published: 2022-07-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/vite.md>)

Topics: [Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vite.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Dark Mode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dark-mode.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [dark-mode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dark-mode.md>), [discord](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discord.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [vite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vite.md>)

## AI overview

Vite 3.0 is released with a growing ecosystem, annual major releases aligned with Node.js end-of-life, and regular API reviews intended to provide short migration paths. The announcement also highlights new documentation, a VitePress-based default theme with dark mode, an auto-deployed main branch site, an official Spanish translation, and refreshed starter templates.

## Source excerpt

Vite 3.0 is out!  July 23, 2022 - Check out the Vite 4.0 announcement In February last year, Evan You released Vite 2. Since then, its adoption has grown non-stop, reaching more than 1 million npm downloads per week. A sprawling ecosystem rapidly formed after the release. Vite is powering a renewed innovation race in Web frameworks. Nuxt 3 uses Vite by default. SvelteKit, Astro, Hydrogen, and SolidStart are all built with Vite. Laravel has now decided to use Vite by default. Vite Ruby shows how Vite can improve Rails DX. Vitest is making strides as a Vite-native alternative to Jest. Vite is behind Cypress and Playwright's new Component Testing features, Storybook has Vite as an official builder. And the list goes on. Maintainers from most of these projects got involved in improving the Vite core itself, working closely with the Vite team and other contributors. Today, 16 months from the v2 launch we are happy to announce the release of Vite 3. We decided to release a new Vite major at least every year to align with Node.js's EOL, and take the opportunity to review Vite's API regularly with a short migration path for projects in the ecosystem. Quick links: Docs Migration Guide Changelog If you are new to Vite, we recommend reading the Why Vite Guide. Then check out the Getting Started and Features guide to see what Vite provides out of the box. As usual, contributions are welcome at GitHub. More than 600 collaborators have helped improve Vite so far. Follow the updates on Twitter, or join discussions with other Vite users on our Discord chat server. New Documentation  Go to vite.dev to enjoy the new v3 docs. Vite is now using the new VitePress default theme, with a stunning dark mode between other features. Several projects in the ecosystem have already migrated to it (see Vitest, vite-plugin-pwa, and VitePress itself). If you need to access the Vite 2 docs, they will remain online at v2.vite.dev. There is also a new main.vite.dev subdomain, where each commit to Vi