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title: "What’s New in ViteLand: January 2026 Recap"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-viteland-january-2026-recap-fk6ba2lra
source_url: https://voidzero.dev/posts/whats-new-jan-2026
type: article
source: "VoidZero"
published: 2026-07-05T07:22:20.968Z
updated: 2026-07-05T07:22:42.425Z
tags: ["vite", "vitest"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# What’s New in ViteLand: January 2026 Recap

**[VoidZero](https://daily.dev/sources/voidzero)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

VoidZero's January 2026 recap covers a unified visual redesign across all project websites (VoidZero, Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc) to reflect their integrated toolchain. Key updates include: Vite crossing 3 billion npm downloads; Vitest 4.1 beta launching with Test Tags and extended test context via builder pattern; Rolldown reaching Release Candidate status with Lazy Barrel Optimization delivering 92% fewer compiled modules and 2x faster builds; Oxfmt achieving 100% Prettier conformance; Oxlint gaining dynamic config support and 9 new native rules including prefer-const; and Tailwind CSS class sorting landing in Oxfmt. Community highlights include Turborepo, Hugging Face, and Lichess migrating to Oxlint/Oxfmt.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://voidzero.dev/posts/whats-new-jan-2026>

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