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Re:Vite 8.0 Is Out by rk06 on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:26AM (#47362579)
it is not. lack of plugin support is sufficient to block adoptions among other things.
Re:Vite 8.0 Is Out by throwaway290 on Friday March 13, 2026 @07:34AM (#47363044)
but it has plugin support? what kind of plugins you mean?
Re:Vite 8.0 Is Out by rk06 on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:22AM (#47364870)
look at plugin api limiation here:

https://esbuild.github.io/plugins/#svelte-plugin

esbuild's plugin support is limited which is why vite had to use rollup for prod build.