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Vite 8.1

Vite 8.1 has been released, bringing performance improvements, bug fixes, and new features to the build tool. The update focuses on enhancing developer experience with faster cold starts and optimized module handling. Detailed changelog and migration notes are available in the official announcement.

Background

- **Vite** is a popular front-end build tool for JavaScript/TypeScript web apps — it serves code fast during development and bundles it for production, largely replacing older tools like webpack. - **Vite 8.1** is a new minor release. Headline additions include official support for Meta's experimental **React Compiler** (optimizes React rendering) and **React Router v7** (the latest major version of the most widely used React routing library), plus performance improvements like Bundler Module Caching. - React Router v7 introduced a "framework mode" that competes with full-stack frameworks like Next.js. Vite 8.1 adds first-class HMR (instant updates without a full page reload) for that mode. - **Evan You** created Vite (and the Vue.js framework). The project is now maintained by his company **VoidZero**.

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