# Vite ⚡ > Next Generation Frontend Tooling - 💡 Instant Server Start - ⚡️ Lightning Fast HMR - 🛠️ Rich Features - 📦 Optimized Build - 🔩 Universal Plugin Interface - 🔑 Fully Typed APIs Vite (French word for "quick", pronounced [`/vit/`](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/vitejs/vite@main/docs/public/vite.mp3), like "veet") is a new breed of frontend build tooling that significantly improves the frontend development experience. It consists of two major parts: - A dev server that serves your source files over [native ES modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules), with [rich built-in features](https://vite.dev/guide/features.html) and astonishingly fast [Hot Module Replacement (HMR)](https://vite.dev/guide/features.html#hot-module-replacement). - A [build command](https://vite.dev/guide/build.html) that bundles your code with [Rollup](https://rollupjs.org), pre-configured to output highly optimized static assets for production. In addition, Vite is highly extensible via its [Plugin API](https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin.html) and [JavaScript API](https://vite.dev/guide/api-javascript.html) with full typing support. [Read the Docs to Learn More](https://vite.dev). ## Packages | Package | Version (click for changelogs) | | ----------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [vite](packages/vite) | [](packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md) | | [@vitejs/plugin-legacy](packages/plugin-legacy) | [](packages/plugin-legacy/CHANGELOG.md) | | [create-vite](packages/create-vite) | [](packages/create-vite/CHANGELOG.md) | ## Contribution See [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md). ## License [MIT](LICENSE). ## Sponsors