Quick Start

Start with a fresh Nitro project or adopt it in your current Vite project.

Nitro v3 Alpha docs are a work in progress — expect updates, rough edges, and occasional inaccuracies.

Try Nitro online

Get a taste of Nitro in your browser using our playground.

Nitro+Vite Starter

Play with Nitro in your browser with a minimal vite project.

The fastest way to create a Nitro application is using the create-nitro-app.

Make sure to have installed the latest LTS version of either Node.js, Bun, or Deno.

npx create-nitro-app

yarn dlx create-nitro-app

pnpm dlx create-nitro-app

bunx create-nitro-app

deno run -A npm:create-nitro-app

Follow the instructions from the CLI and you will be ready to start your development server.

To add Nitro to an existing Vite project, follow these instructions:

npm i nitro

yarn add nitro

pnpm i nitro

bun i nitro

deno i npm:nitro

vite.config.mjs

import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import { nitro } from "nitro/vite";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    nitro()
  ],
});

That's it, you can now add server and API routes to your Vite project!

Introduction

Nitro is a full-stack framework, compatible with any runtime. It extends your Vite application with a production-ready server.

Renderer

Use a renderer to handle all unmatched routes with custom HTML or a templating system.