Next.js vs Vite

Next.js and Vite are both open source static site generators. Next.js is written in JavaScript and Vite is written in Python.

Property Next.js Vite
Language JavaScript Python
Templates React Jinja2
License MIT MIT

Next.js benefits

Next.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered React applications as well as statically exported React apps.

Install

It's easy to install

npm install --save next react react-dom

Build

Add a build script

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start"
  }
}

Run

After that, the file-system is the main API. Every .js file becomes a route that gets automatically processed and rendered.

Example

Creating a website only takes a minute. Examples

Vite benefits

A simple and minimal static site generator that just works™.

Sometimes, less is more

Installation

pip install vite

Usage

vite new [path]
vite build
vite serve

That's it, no nonsense.