--- title: Build a Vite plugin from scratch | daily.dev description: A step-by-step guide to building a Vite plugin called vite-plugin-note from scratch. Covers the core plugin hooks (resolveId, load, transform), parsing custom... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-from-scratch-ghvwrwdxi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build a Vite plugin from scratch | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to building a Vite plugin called vite-plugin-note from scratch. Covers the core plugin hooks (resolveId, load, transform), parsing custom... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-from-scratch-ghvwrwdxi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gHVwrwdxI.png og:image:alt: Build a Vite plugin from scratch og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build a Vite plugin from scratch **[Flavio Copes](https://daily.dev/sources/flaviocopes)** · 6 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to building a Vite plugin called vite-plugin-note from scratch. Covers the core plugin hooks (resolveId, load, transform), parsing custom .note files with frontmatter into JavaScript modules, exposing a virtual module that lists all imported notes, adding configurable options, handling development vs. production differences, testing plugins using Vite's programmatic API with Vitest, debugging plugin order with vite-plugin-inspect, and packaging the plugin for npm. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@allinonetools** · 1 upvotes > Really enjoyed the walkthrough. Building a Vite plugin feels much less intimidating once you understand how `resolveId`, `load`, and `transform` work together. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Build a Vite Plugin to Catch Broken SVG Assets Before Production](https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-to-catch-broken-svg-assets-before-production-ps89inq3t) · SitePoint · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Vite is like the United Nations of JavaScript](https://daily.dev/posts/vite-is-like-the-united-nations-of-javascript-fxbbpjwry) · Stack Overflow Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#vite](https://daily.dev/tags/vite), [#vitest](https://daily.dev/tags/vitest) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-from-scratch-ghvwrwdxi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Build a Vite plugin from scratch","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-from-scratch-ghvwrwdxi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-vite-plugin-from-scratch-ghvwrwdxi"},"datePublished":"2026-07-28T20:31:34.150Z","dateModified":"2026-07-28T22:21:21.222Z","description":"A step-by-step guide to building a Vite plugin called vite-plugin-note from scratch. 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