# Vite 5.0 is out!

DevFeed: [Vite 5.0 is out!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vite-5-0-is-out-3018.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite5>)

Author: The Vite Team

Published: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vite.md>), [build performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-performance.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [build-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-performance.md>), [frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frameworks.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [vite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vite.md>)

## AI overview

Vite 5 is released with Rollup 4, improved build performance, new options for profiling dev server performance, API cleanup, and the removal of deprecated features. The release also requires Node.js 18 or newer. The article describes Rolldown, a Rust-based Rollup port, as a future direction for improving performance and reducing differences between development and build workflows.

## Source excerpt

Vite 5.0 is out!  November 16, 2023 Vite 4 was released almost a year ago, and it served as a solid base for the ecosystem. npm downloads per week jumped from 2.5 million to 7.5 million, as projects keep building on a shared infrastructure. Frameworks continued to innovate, and on top of Astro, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Solid Start, Qwik City, between others, we saw new frameworks joining and making the ecosystem stronger. RedwoodJS and Remix switching to Vite paves the way for further adoption in the React ecosystem. Vitest kept growing at an even faster pace than Vite. Its team has been hard at work and will soon release Vitest 1.0. The story of Vite when used with other tools such as Storybook, Nx, and Playwright kept improving, and the same goes for environments, with Vite dev working both in Deno and Bun. We had the second edition of ViteConf a month ago, hosted by StackBlitz. Like last year, most of the projects in the ecosystem got together to share ideas and connect to keep expanding the commons. We're also seeing new pieces complement the meta-framework tool belt like Volar and Nitro. The Rollup team released Rollup 4 that same day, a tradition Lukas started last year. Six months ago, Vite 4.3 was released. This release significantly improved the dev server performance. However, there is still ample room for improvement. At ViteConf, Evan You unveiled Vite's long-term plan to work on Rolldown, a Rust-port of Rollup with compatible APIs. Once it is ready, we intend to use it in Vite Core to take on the tasks of both Rollup and esbuild. This will mean a boost in build performance (and later on in dev performance too as we move perf-sensitive parts of Vite itself to Rust), and a big reduction of inconsistencies between dev and build. Rolldown is currently in early stages and the team is preparing to open source the codebase before the end of the year. Stay tuned! Today, we mark another big milestone in Vite's path. The Vite team, contributors, and ecosystem partners,