Rspack vs Vite
Rspack
rspack.rs
Vite
vite.devSide by side
| Figure | Rspack | Vite |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · JavaScript Build Tools | 7.8 (#11) | 7.4 (#19) |
| Framework integrations | The documentation lists integrations for React, React Server Components, Preact, Vue, Next.js, Node.js applications, NestJS, Solid, Svelte, and Rstest. | Vite documents integrations with frameworks including Vue, React, Preact, Svelte, Solid, Qwik, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, and React Router. |
| Maintainer | The Rstack development team is led by ByteDance's web infrastructure team and works with community contributors on Rspack and related projects. | Vite's site credits VoidZero Inc. and Vite contributors, and VoidZero's about page identifies Evan You as Founder and CEO. |
| Purpose | Rspack is a fast Rust-based bundler for the web that modernizes the webpack API to support replacing webpack. | Vite is a build tool for faster, leaner development of modern web projects. |
Plans
In their own words
Rspack
Rspack is a free, open-source bundler for web projects, built with Rust and TypeScript. Its parallelized architecture supports parallel builds, while incremental compilation is used to improve hot module replacement. Rspack updates the webpack API with the aim of supporting webpack replacement, but it does not promise full API compatibility; it prioritizes commonly used APIs and adds others based on user needs. It works with almost all community loaders, and over 85% of the 50 most downloaded webpack plugins can be used with it or have an alternative. Built-in capabilities include code splitting, tree shaking, asset management, a development server, SWC, Lightning CSS, and a JavaScript build API. Documented integrations cover React, React Server Components, Preact, Vue, Next.js, Node.js applications, NestJS, Solid, Svelte, and Rstest. Custom plugins and loaders can be written in JavaScript or Rust. Rspack 1.0 was released in August 2024 and is described as production-ready. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as web and self-hosted environments. The software is released under the MIT license; questions can be directed to Discord or GitHub Discussions.
Vite
Vite is a free build tool for modern web projects. Its development server serves source files on demand using native ES modules and supports Hot Module Replacement. For production, the `vite build` command bundles application assets for static hosting. Vite supports TypeScript, JSX, CSS, web workers, and WebAssembly; plugins can extend the tool, including its development server and SSR functionality. Its plugin interface builds on Rollup's. Documented framework integrations include Vue, React, Preact, Svelte, Solid, Qwik, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, and React Router. Developers can try Vite in a browser through StackBlitz using supported framework templates. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web, and is MIT licensed and free and open source. Vite requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+, though some templates may need a higher version. It transpiles TypeScript but does not type-check it; type checking needs to be handled separately. Legacy browser support can be added with the official `@vitejs/plugin-legacy`.