#release

Vite+ Alpha drops today under MIT license, unifying Vite, Vitest, Oxlint, Oxfmt, and Rolldown into a single vp binary. Node.js runtime and package manager management included.

JetBrains' March release turns on a service-based TypeScript engine by default, puts Junie, Claude Agent, Codex, and Cursor in the AI chat sidebar, sunsets Code With Me, and adds native Wayland support on Linux.

Astro 6.1 lets you tune Sharp's encoder settings at the pipeline level, adds advanced SmartyPants configuration, and exposes i18n fallback routes to the integration hook system. Cloudflare acquisition continues to shape the roadmap.

Vite 8.0.0 shipped stable on March 12, and the patch releases haven't stopped — v8.0.7 landed April 7 with fixes across CSS, SSR, WASM, and dev server behavior. A contrast to the long beta cycle.

Astro 6.0 and 6.1 land within weeks of each other, bringing an experimental Rust compiler, request-time content collections, a built-in Fonts API, CSP tooling, and deeper Cloudflare integration — all while the framework doubles its adoption for the third year running.

Microsoft ships TypeScript 6.0 as the final release built on the original JavaScript codebase. DOM type updates, improved inference, subpath imports, and a migration flag set the stage for the native Go-based TypeScript 7.0.

The Vite 8 beta drops ESBuild and Rollup in favor of Rolldown, signaling a full Rust-based future for the JavaScript build toolchain. What changes, what breaks, and why it matters.