anthrax3 / vite-node

Vite as Node.js runtime

vite-node

Vite as Node runtime.

EXPERIMENTAL

Usage

npx vite-node index.ts

Options:

npx vite-node -h

Features

• Out-of-box ESM & TypeScript support (possible for more with plugins)
• Top-level await
• Vite plugins, resolve, aliasing
• Respect vite.config.ts
• Shims for __dirname and __filename in ESM
• Access to native node modules like fs, path, etc.
• Watch mode (like nodemon)

When NOT to Use

• Production, yet - in very early stage, check it later
• Most of the time, when other tools can do that job
  • We need to start a Vite server upon each execution, which inevitably introduces some overhead. Only use it when you want the same behavior as Vite or the powerful plugins system (for example, testing components with a Vite-specific setup).

Why?

It runs Vite's id resolving, module transforming, and most importantly, the powerful plugins system!

How?

It fires up a Vite dev server, transforms the requests, and runs them in Node.

Credits

Based on @pi0's brilliant idea of having a Vite server as the on-demand transforming service for Nuxt's Vite SSR.

Thanks @brillout for kindly sharing this package name.

Sponsors

License

MIT License © 2021 Anthony Fu