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Command Line Interface

Dev server

vite

Start Vite dev server in the current directory. vite dev and vite serve are aliases for vite.

Usage

bash
vite [root]

Options

Options
--host [host]Specify hostname (string)
--port <port>Specify port (number)
--open [path]Open browser on startup (boolean | string)
--corsEnable CORS (boolean)
--strictPortExit if specified port is already in use (boolean)
--forceForce the optimizer to ignore the cache and re-bundle (boolean)
-c, --config <file>Use specified config file (string)
--base <path>Public base path (default: /) (string)
-l, --logLevel <level>info | warn | error | silent (string)
--clearScreenAllow/disable clear screen when logging (boolean)
--profileStart built-in Node.js inspector (check Performance bottlenecks)
-d, --debug [feat]Show debug logs (string | boolean)
-f, --filter <filter>Filter debug logs (string)
-m, --mode <mode>Set env mode (string)
-h, --helpDisplay available CLI options
-v, --versionDisplay version number

Build

vite build

Build for production.

Usage

bash
vite build [root]

Options

Options
--target <target>Transpile target (default: "modules") (string)
--outDir <dir>Output directory (default: dist) (string)
--assetsDir <dir>Directory under outDir to place assets in (default: "assets") (string)
--assetsInlineLimit <number>Static asset base64 inline threshold in bytes (default: 4096) (number)
--ssr [entry]Build specified entry for server-side rendering (string)
--sourcemap [output]Output source maps for build (default: false) (boolean | "inline" | "hidden")
--minify [minifier]Enable/disable minification, or specify minifier to use (default: "esbuild") (boolean | "terser" | "esbuild")
--manifest [name]Emit build manifest json (boolean | string)
--ssrManifest [name]Emit ssr manifest json (boolean | string)
--emptyOutDirForce empty outDir when it's outside of root (boolean)
-w, --watchRebuilds when modules have changed on disk (boolean)
-c, --config <file>Use specified config file (string)
--base <path>Public base path (default: /) (string)
-l, --logLevel <level>Info | warn | error | silent (string)
--clearScreenAllow/disable clear screen when logging (boolean)
--profileStart built-in Node.js inspector (check Performance bottlenecks)
-d, --debug [feat]Show debug logs (string | boolean)
-f, --filter <filter>Filter debug logs (string)
-m, --mode <mode>Set env mode (string)
-h, --helpDisplay available CLI options
--appBuild all environments, same as builder: {} (boolean, experimental)

Others

vite optimize

Pre-bundle dependencies.

Usage

bash
vite optimize [root]

Options

Options
--forceForce the optimizer to ignore the cache and re-bundle (boolean)
-c, --config <file>Use specified config file (string)
--base <path>Public base path (default: /) (string)
-l, --logLevel <level>Info | warn | error | silent (string)
--clearScreenAllow/disable clear screen when logging (boolean)
-d, --debug [feat]Show debug logs (string | boolean)
-f, --filter <filter>Filter debug logs (string)
-m, --mode <mode>Set env mode (string)
-h, --helpDisplay available CLI options

vite preview

Locally preview the production build. Do not use this as a production server as it's not designed for it.

Usage

bash
vite preview [root]

Options

Options
--host [host]Specify hostname (string)
--port <port>Specify port (number)
--strictPortExit if specified port is already in use (boolean)
--open [path]Open browser on startup (boolean | string)
--outDir <dir>Output directory (default: dist)(string)
-c, --config <file>Use specified config file (string)
--base <path>Public base path (default: /) (string)
-l, --logLevel <level>Info | warn | error | silent (string)
--clearScreenAllow/disable clear screen when logging (boolean)
-d, --debug [feat]Show debug logs (string | boolean)
-f, --filter <filter>Filter debug logs (string)
-m, --mode <mode>Set env mode (string)
-h, --helpDisplay available CLI options

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