Why Everyone Is Moving to Vite in 2025

I’ll be honest, for the longest time, I stuck with Webpack and the usual Angular CLI defaults. I didn’t get the Vite hype. Then I spun up a Vite project for a tiny component library I was building, and it blew me away.

Here’s why developers (myself included) are moving to Vite like it’s the default now.

1. It’s super Fast
No exaggeration. Vite’s cold starts are nearly instant, even on large projects. HMR updates in milliseconds, not seconds.

I moved an old project from Webpack to Vite, and this was the difference:

Initial load time with Webpack

Initial load time with Vite

It’s powered by esbuild, which is built in Go, so it’s crazy fast compared to Babel-based tooling.

2. Setup is Actually... Fun?

No 400-line webpack.config.js, no cryptic loaders. Just this:

npm create vite@latest

Then pick your framework (React, Vue, Svelte, even Lit or vanilla), and you’re rolling.

Here’s a vite.config.ts I used in a recent React + Tailwind project:

Simple. Clean. Predictable.

3. It Plays Nice with Everything
Whether it’s TypeScript, Tailwind, PWA, SSR, or even monorepos with NX, Vite has solid plugin support.

You don’t have to do the dance of "is this plugin still maintained?" like we sometimes do with Webpack.

For example, adding Tailwind is just:

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
npx tailwindcss init -p

Then drop it in your main.css:

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

That’s it. No gotchas.

4. Even Angular Is Joining the Party
This one excites me: Angular now supports Vite. The Angular team is pushing Vite adoption as an optional, faster build path.

If Angular, known for its opinionated tooling, is opening up to Vite, that says something.

TL;DR
If you haven’t touched Vite yet, try it on a weekend project or a personal component library. It’ll make you rethink what “dev server speed” should feel like.

Use Vite for modern web apps, fast development cycles, or greenfield projects.
Stick with Webpack when you're dealing with legacy infrastructure or highly custom setups.

It’s not perfect, but in 2025, Vite feels like the new default, and honestly… it deserves it.