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CLI

Usage:

• $ vike dev Start development server.
• $ vike build Build for production.
• $ vike preview Start preview server using production build (only works for SSG apps).
• $ vike prerender Pre-render pages (only needed when partial.disableAutoRun is true).
• $ vike -v Print Vike's installed version.

Vike's CLI doesn't have any options, instead:

• change your vite.config.js file, or
• use the VITE_CONFIG environment variable.

For example:

# Set Vite's server.host setting to true
$ VITE_CONFIG="{server:{host:true}}" vike dev
 
# When running Vike's CLI over a package.json script
$ VITE_CONFIG="{build:{outDir:'build'}}" npm run build

You can define VITE_CONFIG using JavaScript-like syntax, JSON syntax, or JSON5 syntax. (Vike uses JSON5 to parse VITE_CONFIG.)

We believe vite.config.js with VITE_CONFIG offers better DX than CLI options. Feel free to start a discussion if you have a use case where CLI options work better.

See also

• API > JavaScript API