vite-node

Vite-node is a tool that uses Vite as a Node.js runtime, enabling on-demand evaluation of JavaScript/TypeScript files with Vite's plugin pipeline, HMR, and alias resolution. Current stable version is v6.0.0, which requires Node ^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0 and upgrades Vite to v8. The project was originally extracted from Nuxt 3's SSR and previously powered Vitest, but Vitest has migrated to Vite's built-in Environment Module Runner. vite-node remains maintained for legacy ecosystem support, but new projects should consider using Vite's native solution. It features top-level await, shims for __dirname/__filename in ESM, and native Node module access. The library is published as a standalone package on npm and follows a semver release cadence with breaking changes in major versions.