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Vite

Vite is a next-generation frontend build tool that dramatically improves the frontend development experience. It provides a lightning-fast dev server using native ES modules, an optimized production build via Rolldown/Rollup, a rich plugin API, and a fully-typed JavaScript API for programmatic usage.

Vite publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Dev Server API and Hot Module Replacement API. Tagged areas include Build Tools, Bundler, Development Server, ESM, and Frontend.

The Vite catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Vite’s developer surface includes documentation, changelog, and 12 more developer resources.

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45.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
Build ToolsBundlerDevelopment ServerESMFrontendHot Module ReplacementJavaScriptPlugin APITypeScriptVite

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 45.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Vite Dev Server API

Create and manage the Vite development server

Vite Hot Module Replacement API

HMR-related plugin capabilities

Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Vite JavaScript API

OPEN COLLECTION

Vite Plugin API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Vite Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Vite Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Vite Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Vite Context

8 classes · 36 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Vite API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Vite API Rules

9 rules · 4 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Vite InlineConfig

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Vite Inline Config Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Vite Javascript Api Build Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Vite Javascript Api Create Server Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Vite Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Vite Agentic Access

6 operations · 2 acting

6 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository
 npm Package
npm Package
 SDKs
SDKs
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Discord
Discord
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Twitter
Twitter

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: vite
name: Vite
description: Vite is a next-generation frontend build tool that dramatically improves the frontend development experience.
  It provides a lightning-fast dev server using native ES modules, an optimized production build via Rolldown/Rollup, a rich
  plugin API, and a fully-typed JavaScript API for programmatic usage.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://vitejs.dev/logo.svg
tags:
- Build Tools
- Bundler
- Development Server
- ESM
- Frontend
- Hot Module Replacement
- JavaScript
- Plugin API
- TypeScript
- Vite
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vite/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: vite:vite-dev-server-api
  name: Vite Dev Server API
  description: Create and manage the Vite development server
  humanURL: https://vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
  tags:
  - Dev Server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vite-dev-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin
- aid: vite:vite-hot-module-replacement-api
  name: Vite Hot Module Replacement API
  description: HMR-related plugin capabilities
  humanURL: https://vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
  tags:
  - Hot Module Replacement
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/vite-hot-module-replacement-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vite.dev/guide/api-javascript
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://vite.dev/guide/api-plugin
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/vite-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/vite-domain-security.yml
- url: https://vitejs.dev
  type: Website
- url: https://vite.dev/guide/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/vitejs
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/vite
  type: GitHubRepository
- url: https://twitter.com/vite_js
  type: Twitter
- url: https://chat.vitejs.dev
  type: Discord
- url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vite
  type: npm Package
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md
  type: ChangeLog
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/LICENSE
  type: License
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/awesome-vite
  type: Integrations
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-vue
  type: SDKs
- url: https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react
  type: SDKs
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://vite.dev/llms.txt