Production build performance lags behind native bundlers

6/10 Medium

Vite's reliance on Rollup for production builds is slower than native alternatives like esbuild or Bun, creating a performance gap between dev (esbuild) and prod (Rollup) experiences.

ViteRollupesbuildBun
Category
performance
Workaround
partial
Stage
deploy
Freshness
persistent
Scope
framework
Upstream
open
Recurring
Yes
Maintainer
active

Sources

Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Vite for developers in 2025?”4/4/2026

Vite currently uses Rollup for production builds. That's not as fast as native bundlers like esbuild or Bun.

Created: 4/4/2026Updated: 4/4/2026