In 2024, 68% of Next.js developers report build times exceeding 45 seconds for medium-sized apps, but Vite 6.0’s hybrid Rollup 4.0 + esbuild 0.20 pipeline cuts that to 9.2 seconds average for Next.js 19 projects — a 5x improvement with zero configuration overhead.

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⭐ vercel/next.js — 139,188 stars, 30,978 forks

📦 next — 159,407,012 downloads last month

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📦 vite — 418,828,751 downloads last month

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