# Install create-vite with npm

> **Compatibility Note:** > Vite requires Node.js version 20.19+, 22.12+. However, some templates require a higher Node.js version to work, please upgrade if your package manager warns about it. Version 9.0.7 via npm; verified 2026-05-11.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:create-vite
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g create-vite
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:create-vite
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-vite>
- **Version:** 9.0.7
- **Source summary:** > **Compatibility Note:** > Vite requires Node.js version 20.19+, 22.12+. However, some templates require a higher Node.js version to work, please upgrade if your package manager warns about it.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/create-vite#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vitejs/vite>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/create-vite#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/create-vite/-/create-vite-9.0.7.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-11T07:12:51.745Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-11T07:12:51.745Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- create-vite (cli)
- cva (cli)
- create-vite (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @clack/prompts
- @vercel/detect-agent
- cross-spawn
- mri
- tsdown
- unrun

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 9.0.7
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-11
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/vitejs/vite
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for create-vite. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Beta: 8.0.0-beta.0, Latest: 9.0.7
- **Version Count:** 94
- **Maintainers:** yyx990803, vitebot, antfu, patak
- **Author:** Evan You
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: ^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0
- **Funding:** <https://github.com/vitejs/vite?sponsor=1>
- **Integrity:** sha512-TyuOQvwX4i/QN9acJzC7wzM7FfC12/1XlH3+d05PeD7Kj5o4BObuq78fB1x84SrEoi5KcQOi+b9K3JV+PWNHvw==
- **Shasum:** a2a127225838049213c725cedcfea94a02d293b3
- **Unpacked Size:** 864,045
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-07-08T13:27:20.890Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-11T07:12:51.745Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-11T07:12:52.023Z


## Related links

- [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [create-vite-init](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-vite-init/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: cli, create, cva, developer, developer-tools.
- [create-graphback](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-graphback/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, create, developer, developer-tools, node.
- [create-medusa-app](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/create-medusa-app/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, create, developer, developer-tools, node.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph