# Vite

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/vite/  
**Website:** https://vitejs.dev  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 32.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.7 |
| Contract Quality | 52.0 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **Vite Dev Server API** — Create and manage the Vite development server
- **Vite Hot Module Replacement API** — HMR-related plugin capabilities

## Agentic access (1)

- **Vite Agentic Access** — 6 operations · 2 acting

## Security (1)

- **Vite Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC

## Plans (1)

- **Vite Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Build Tools, Bundler, Development Server, ESM, Frontend, Hot Module Replacement, JavaScript, Plugin API, TypeScript, Vite

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/vite/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.