---
title: "What the heck is Vue Vite?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-the-heck-is-vue-vite--6i5kftq4t
source_url: https://sunil.hashnode.dev/what-the-heck-is-vue-vite-ckg1uiugb02i6w6s19hb921dk
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
published: 2020-10-09T06:26:07.498Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:25:27.977Z
tags: ["general-programming", "vite", "vuejs"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 17
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# What the heck is Vue Vite?

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 3 min read · 17 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Vite is a lightening fast cold server that offers instant hot modules replacement and True on demand compilation. Primarily Vite was built for Vue 3 but nevertheless we can still use it in our Vue 2 Application. Vite allows you to serve your code via native ES Module imports during development, allowing you to develop Vue single file components.

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Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@idoshamun** · 0 upvotes

> "Vite is a Lightening fast cold server that offers instant hot modules replacement and True on demand compilation."
> The post also shows an example of how to use it

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