Vite+, the new unified JavaScript toolchain built on top of Vite, has been announced by VoidZero. Positioned as a drop-in superset of Vite
, Vite+ introduces an all-in-one CLI experience, covering project scaffolding, testing, linting, formatting, library bundling, monorepo task running, and devtools visualization. The ambition is to reduce toolchain fragmentation and align large teams around a single, high-performance workflow.
Vite+ aims to deliver enhancements across three primary dimensions: tooling consolidation, performance & scale, and enterprise-grade features. On the tooling front, Vite+ expands the familiar commands with new built-ins:
vite new – for scaffolding new applications, which works with monorepos as the recommended structure. The command can also be used for generating new packages.
vite test – the same test command provided by Vitest, with Jest-compatible APIs, browser mode, and visual regression testing.
vite lint – a linting command, powered by Oxlint which is a rust based linting tool claiming to be 50-100x faster than ESList, with 600+ eslint-compatible rules.
vite fmt – a code formatting command, powered by the soon to be released Oxfmt. The docs claim they are aiming for 99% Prettier compatibility with extra flexibility.
vite lib – a bundlng command, powered by tsdown and Rolldown, provides the functionality to bundle libraries quickly. Vite+ has opted for Rolldown over Rollup which is used in regular Vite v7. This is due to Rolldown being 10-30 times faster than Rollup.
vite run – a monorepo task runner with caching, similar to turborepo but uses intelligent caching instead of explicit configuration.
Finally, vite ui offers devtools for investigating module behavior, sizing and tree shaking.
On the performance side, the core components are implemented in Rust (via Oxc, Rolldown), claiming major speed gains: up to 40x faster builds compared to webpack, and major improvements in lint/format pipelines. The architecture is built with scale and monorepo complexity in mind, embedding intelligent caching and resolved workflows out of the box.
Enterprise features include supply-chain vetting, SLAs (for medium+ teams), and a licensing model that is free for OSS & smaller teams, but commercial for larger organizations. The pricing has not yet been announced. The release emphasises that Vite+ is additive, not replacing Vite or its ecosystem, but extending it for a larger scale.
On Reddit (r/webdev), one potential user commented about the pricing and commercial availability being hidden
right above the footer. A reply from the thread poster argues that it was never a secret that it is a commercial project. Elsewhere on HackerNews, there are more conversations about the costing with one user worrying about a rugpull of vite
and adding this is an incredibly bad move from the Vite people
, which prompted a response from Evan You, the creator of Vite, who assured the user that the existing open source libraries such as Vite will remain so and the revenue generated by Vite+ will be used to continue the support of the libraries that underpin it.
On the same Hacker News thread, there is a discussion around the project being ambitious and the progress of other tooling such as Rome attempting the same thing and failing, but with added optimism that Vite+ will be successful.
Vite+ is an open-source (core) and source-available (commercial layer) toolchain designed for modern JavaScript/TypeScript web applications, built on the familiar Vite ecosystem. The announcement marks a move toward tooling consolidation and enterprise-friendly workflows while preserving compatibility for existing Vite users. With early access applications now open, Vite+ is poised to be a strong contender for teams seeking a unified development platform.
