Vite 7

Vite 7 is the major release prioritizing core modernization: it mandates Node.js 20.19+, ships ESM-only, and introduces the Rolldown (Rust-based) bundler for significant build speed gains.

Vite 7.0 (released June 24, 2025) delivers a leaner, faster frontend toolchain. The core is now ESM-only, requiring a Node.js upgrade to 20.19+ or 22.12+. Performance is the headline: the release supports Rolldown, a Rust-based bundler, as a drop-in replacement for dramatically faster cold builds, with plans to make it the default. We've also updated the default browser target to 'baseline-widely-available' (e.g., Chrome 107, Safari 16.0), which reduces conservative transpilation and shrinks production bundles. Framework authors gain a new `buildApp` hook in the Environment API, standardizing complex environment coordination for this tool, now seeing 31 million weekly downloads.

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