Rolldown is a JavaScript/TypeScript bundler written in Rust intended to serve as the future bundler used in Vite. It provides Rollup-compatible APIs and plugin interface, but will be more similar to esbuild in scope
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Rolldown is a next-generation bundler, written in Rust, inspired by Rollup, and designed to provide blazing-fast performance with full compatibility for existing Rollup workflows. It’s envisioned as the future backend bundler for modern frameworks and build tools like Vite.
💡 “Rolldown isn’t just Rollup rewritten — it’s the evolution of bundling.”
Development History
📌 2023 – Introduced as an experimental project by the creators behind Vite and Nuxt.
📌 2024 – Officially announced with plans to integrate as Vite’s new default production bundler.
📌 Now – Actively under development, quickly gaining attention for its speed, Rollup compatibility, and potential to redefine frontend tooling.
Key Features
- ⚡ Maximum Performance: Rust-powered, parallelized processing, optimized memory usage.
- 🔗 Rollup Compatibility: Supports existing Rollup plugin ecosystem.
- 📦 Advanced Tree-shaking: Efficiently removes unused code.
- 🛠️ Extensible by Design: Built to serve as Vite’s future bundler backend.
- 🌍 Framework-Agnostic: Works seamlessly with Vue, React, Svelte, SolidJS, and more.
Why Choose Rolldown?
- 🚀 Rust-powered speed advantage over Rollup.
- 🔗 Reuse the massive Rollup plugin ecosystem.
- 🏗️ Backed by the Vite & Nuxt communities.
- 🌐 Poised to become the next standard bundler.
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