# Vite 8.0 is out!

DevFeed: [Vite 8.0 is out!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vite-8-0-is-out-3022.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://vite.dev/blog/announcing-vite8>)

Author: The Vite Team

Published: 2026-03-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vite.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Parser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parser.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

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## AI overview

Vite 8 is a stable release that replaces Vite's separate esbuild and Rollup bundlers with Rolldown, a unified Rust-based bundler. The article highlights faster builds, plugin compatibility, a new searchable plugin registry, migration resources, and ways to contribute to the Vite ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

Vite 8.0 is out!  March 12, 2026 We're thrilled to announce the stable release of Vite 8! When Vite first launched, we made a pragmatic bet on two bundlers: esbuild for speed during development, and Rollup for optimized production builds. That bet served us well for years. We're very grateful to the Rollup and esbuild maintainers. Vite wouldn't have succeeded without them. Today, it resolves into one: Vite 8 ships with Rolldown as its single, unified, Rust-based bundler, delivering up to 10-30x faster builds while maintaining full plugin compatibility. This is the most significant architectural change since Vite 2. Vite is now being downloaded 65 million times a week, and the ecosystem continues to grow with every release. To help developers navigate the ever-expanding plugin landscape, we also launched registry.vite.dev, a searchable directory of plugins for Vite, Rolldown, and Rollup that collects plugin data from npm daily. Quick links: Docs Translations: 简体中文, 日本語, Español, Português, 한국어, Deutsch, فارسی Migration Guide GitHub Changelog Play online with Vite 8 using vite.new or scaffold a Vite app locally with your preferred framework running pnpm create vite. Check out the Getting Started Guide for more information. We invite you to help us improve Vite (joining the more than 1.2K contributors to Vite Core), our dependencies, or plugins and projects in the ecosystem. Learn more at our Contributing Guide. A good way to get started is by triaging issues, reviewing PRs, sending tests PRs based on open issues, and supporting others in Discussions or Vite Land's help forum. If you have questions, join our Discord community and talk to us in the #contributing channel. Stay updated and connect with others building on top of Vite by following us on Bluesky, X, or Mastodon. The Rolldown-Powered Vite  The problem  Since its earliest versions, Vite relied on two separate bundlers to serve different needs. esbuild handled fast compilation during development (dependency