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sveltejs/kit

web development, streamlined

Node.jsVite#svelte

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 20,900
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License: MIT
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Start here

Website ↗svelte.devThe project's own site.

Will it work on my device?

Yes, start a project on macOS

It's a framework: you start a new project with it (npm create vite@latest) instead of installing an app.

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Start a new project with it

Creates a fresh project folder set up with this framework. Run it where you keep your code, not inside this repo.

Start a new project

npm create vite@latest

Start a new project

npm create vite-extra@latest

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

Still stuck? Get a written guide

Claude reads the 10 key files and writes a step-by-step guide for macOS. Once written, it's saved for everyone.

Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×pnpm pnpm@12.16.1package manager

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: packages/adapter-auto/package.json, packages/adapter-bun/package.json, packages/adapter-bun/test/apps/basic/package.json, packages/adapter-cloudflare/package.json and 11 more

package.json scripts (25)

test:kitpnpm run --dir packages/kit test
test:kit:unitcd packages/kit && vitest run -c vitest.kit.config.js
test:kit:devpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:dev
test:kit:buildpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:build
test:kit:dev:basicspnpm run --dir packages/kit test:dev:basics
test:kit:dev:restpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:dev:rest
test:kit:build:basicspnpm run --dir packages/kit test:build:basics
test:kit:build:restpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:build:rest
test:cross-platform:devpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:cross-platform:dev
test:cross-platform:buildpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:cross-platform:build
test:server-side-route-resolution:devpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:server-side-route-resolution:dev
test:server-side-route-resolution:buildpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:server-side-route-resolution:build
test:svelte-async:devpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:svelte-async:dev
test:svelte-async:buildpnpm run --dir packages/kit test:svelte-async:build
test:vite-ecosystem-cipnpm --dir packages/kit test
test:otherspnpm -F @sveltejs/kit prepublishOnly && pnpm -r --filter='./packages/*' --filter=!./packages/kit/ test
test:others:unitpnpm -F @sveltejs/kit prepublishOnly && pnpm -r --filter="./packages/*" --filter="!./packages/kit" --workspace-concurrency=1 test:unit
test:unitvitest run
checkpnpm --filter='./packages/**' prepublishOnly && pnpm --filter='./packages/**' --filter='!./packages/kit/test/build-errors/**' check
lintoxfmt --check . && echo ' Running eslint...' && eslint --cache --cache-location node_modules/.eslintcache 'packages/**/*.{js,d.ts}'
formatoxfmt --write .
precommitpnpm format && pnpm lint
changeset:versionchangeset version && pnpm -r generate:version && git add --all
changeset:releasechangeset publish
sync-allnode scripts/sync-all.js

Files we read (10)

.github/workflows/audit.yml

.github/workflows/autofix-lint.yml

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/platform-test.yml

.github/workflows/platform-tests-all.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

README.md

package.json

pnpm-workspace.yaml

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