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vite vs Stormkit
vite has 83,666 GitHub stars, 9,066 forks, 767 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Stormkit has 266 stars, 19 forks, 13 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. vite leads on adoption by 31,353% (83,666 vs 266 stars). vite is written in TypeScript under MIT; Stormkit is written in Go under a custom or non-standard licence. vite has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Stormkit 7%. vite was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| vite | Stormkit | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 84K | ★ 266 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.1K | ⑂ 19 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick vite if
- You weight community size — 84K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Stormkit if
- You want the Stormkit feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Stormkit fits your workflow better
About vite
Vite ⚡ Next Generation Frontend Tooling 💡 Instant Server Start ⚡️ Lightning Fast HMR 🛠️ Rich Features 📦 Optimized Build 🔩 Universal Plugin Interface 🔑 Fully Typed APIs Vite (French word for "quick", pronounced /viːt/ , like "veet") is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. It consists of two major parts: A dev server that provides rich feature enhancements over native ES modules, for example extremely fast Hot Module Replacement (HMR). A build command that bundles your code with Rolldown, pre configured to output highly optimized static assets…
About Stormkit
Stormkit Deploy your app and get the pieces it needs — a Postgres database, end user authentication, a transactional mailer, scheduled jobs and analytics — on infrastructure you own. That is a working Stormkit on your own server: git push to deploy, a preview URL per branch, custom domains with automatic TLS. What you get Let an agent run it Stormkit exposes the whole platform over MCP, so a coding agent can provision a server, deploy, publish and read the logs when something breaks — without you opening the dashboard. The agent install is hands off: give it an SSH key and it provisions the instance, creates the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is vite or Stormkit more popular?
vite has 83,666 GitHub stars and Stormkit has 266. vite has the larger community by that measure.
Are vite and Stormkit free?
Both are open source. vite is licensed under MIT, and Stormkit has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between vite and Stormkit?
vite is written in TypeScript and Stormkit in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, vite or Stormkit?
Choose vite if you want the larger community (83,666 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Stormkit if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.