# Vite 8 Beta: The Rolldown-powered Vite

DevFeed: [Vite 8 Beta: The Rolldown-powered Vite](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/vite-8-beta-the-rolldown-powered-vite-3024.md>)

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

Author: The Vite Team

Published: 2025-12-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [build times](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-times.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [build-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-performance.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/toolchain.md>)

## AI overview

Vite 8 beta replaces its esbuild-and-Rollup pipeline with the Rust-based Rolldown bundler. The release emphasizes faster production builds, more consistent development and production behavior, and an integrated Vite, Rolldown, and Oxc toolchain.

## Source excerpt

Vite 8 Beta: The Rolldown-powered Vite  December 3, 2025 TL;DR: The first beta of Vite 8, powered by Rolldown, is now available. Vite 8 ships significantly faster production builds and unlocks future improvement possibilities. You can try the new release by upgrading vite to version 8.0.0-beta.0 and reading the migration guide.