# Bazel vs Vite

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Vite

| Attribute | Bazel | Vite |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 61.6 (42% (low)) | 78.6 (78% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 3 | 363,358 |
| adoption.github_stars | 25,942 | 83,297 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source build and test system designed to efficiently compile and test projects written in multiple programming languages while supporting builds for different target platforms. It uses intelligent caching and parallel execution to speed up builds and scales to handle large codebases across multiple repositories. It is indexed under CI/CD Tools.","source":"https://bazel.build/","question":"What is Bazel?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Bazel is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://bazel.build/","question":"Is Bazel free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Bazel supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://bazel.build/","question":"What platforms does Bazel support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Bazel can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://bazel.build/","question":"Can Bazel be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Bazel is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel","question":"Is Bazel open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A modern frontend build tool that combines fast startup times with optimized production builds, using advanced bundling techniques and a plugin-based architecture to support a wide range of web frameworks and development workflows. It is indexed under Bundlers.","source":"https://vite.dev","question":"What is Vite?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Vite is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://vite.dev","question":"Is Vite free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 31 integrations for Vite, including Babel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Svelte, SolidJS, Electron and Express, plus 23 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://vite.dev","question":"What does Vite integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Vite is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite","question":"Is Vite open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | An open-source build and test system designed to efficiently compile and test projects written in multiple programming languages while supporting builds for different target platforms. It uses intelligent caching and parallel execution to speed up builds and scales to handle large codebases across multiple repositories. | A modern frontend build tool that combines fast startup times with optimized production builds, using advanced bundling techniques and a plugin-based architecture to support a wide range of web frameworks and development workflows. |
| features.capabilities | `{"caching":true,"hosting":"self","marketplace":true,"open_source":true,"matrix_builds":true,"remote_caching":true,"monorepo_native":true,"polyglot_support":true,"incremental_builds":true,"self_hosted_runners":true,"distributed_remote_execution":true,"hermetic_reproducible_builds":true}` | `{"open_source":true,"css_bundling":true,"tree_shaking":true,"code_splitting":true,"dev_server_hmr":true,"hmr_dev_server":true,"native_esm_dev":true,"polyglot_support":true,"rollup_plugin_compat":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 27 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Babel"},{"name":"TypeScript"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"SolidJS"},{"name":"Electron"},{"name":"Express"},{"name":"Vitest"},{"name":"Jest"},{"name":"Cypress"},{"name":"ESLint"},{"name":"Prettier"},{"name":"PostCSS"},{"name":"Sass"},{"name":"Tailwind CSS"},{"name":"Material UI"},{"name":"Pinia"},{"name":"Vue Router"},{"name":"Redux"},{"name":"Zustand"},{"name":"TDesign"},{"name":"Ant Design"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Firebase"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Bun"},{"name":"Husky"},{"name":"Rollup"},{"name":"Rolldown"},{"name":"Nuxt"},{"name":"Axios"},{"name":"Renovate"},{"name":"GraphQL","native":false,"category":"api","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Preact","native":false,"category":"framework","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Ngrok","native":false,"category":"networking","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Testing Library","native":true},{"name":"Deno","native":true},{"name":"Shadcn UI","native":false}]` |
| language.primary | Java | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://bazel.build/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T13:55:36.070Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vite.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:03:49.450Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | 2 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/10.0.0rc1","date":"2026-10-07T19:23:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"10.0.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0","date":"2026-10-07T16:47:33Z","type":"stable","version":"9.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0rc5","date":"2026-10-06T06:33:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.3.0rc5"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0rc4","date":"2026-10-01T00:02:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.3.0rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.1","date":"2026-09-24T21:21:45Z","type":"stable","version":"8.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0rc3","date":"2026-09-23T18:02:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.3.0rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.1rc2","date":"2026-09-22T23:33:48Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.1rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.1rc1","date":"2026-09-22T20:14:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.1rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0rc2","date":"2026-09-17T23:53:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.3.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.3.0rc1","date":"2026-09-15T22:14:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.3.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.0","date":"2026-08-31T22:34:10Z","type":"stable","version":"8.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.0rc4","date":"2026-08-27T22:41:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.0rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.0rc3","date":"2026-08-25T22:48:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.0rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.0rc2","date":"2026-08-18T21:22:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.8.0rc1","date":"2026-08-06T23:58:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"8.8.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.2.0","date":"2026-07-13T20:39:01Z","type":"stable","version":"9.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.2.0rc2","date":"2026-07-09T20:29:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.2.0rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.2.0rc1","date":"2026-06-25T23:01:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.2.0rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.1.1","date":"2026-06-03T21:14:12Z","type":"stable","version":"9.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/9.1.1rc1","date":"2026-05-29T20:29:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"9.1.1rc1"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.4","date":"2026-10-08T12:03:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.3","date":"2026-10-06T04:07:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.2.4","date":"2026-10-06T04:42:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.1.6","date":"2026-10-06T04:48:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v7.3.7","date":"2026-10-06T05:07:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v6.4.4","date":"2026-10-06T05:45:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.2","date":"2026-10-01T10:14:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.1","date":"2026-09-24T12:23:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.0","date":"2026-09-10T11:25:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/create-vite%409.2.1","date":"2026-09-10T11:41:17Z","type":"stable","version":"create-vite@9.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.0-beta.1","date":"2026-09-07T11:38:41Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.3.0-beta.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.3.0-beta.0","date":"2026-09-02T08:42:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.3.0-beta.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/create-vite%409.2.0","date":"2026-08-24T04:58:55Z","type":"stable","version":"create-vite@9.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.2.2","date":"2026-08-20T04:08:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.2.1","date":"2026-08-06T13:44:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/plugin-legacy%408.2.3","date":"2026-08-06T13:44:50Z","type":"stable","version":"plugin-legacy@8.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.2.0","date":"2026-07-30T12:00:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/create-vite%409.1.2","date":"2026-07-30T12:03:27Z","type":"stable","version":"create-vite@9.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/plugin-legacy%408.2.2","date":"2026-07-23T04:45:07Z","type":"stable","version":"plugin-legacy@8.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases/tag/v8.2.0-beta.0","date":"2026-07-22T06:41:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.2.0-beta.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=bazel&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":22,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=vite&per_page=100","last_12m":9,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Build Tools)

| Capability | Bazel | Vite |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Incremental builds | ✓ | - |
| Remote caching | ✓ | - |
| Distributed remote execution | ✓ | - |
| Monorepo native | ✓ | - |
| Hmr dev server | - | ✓ |
| Tree shaking code splitting | - | - |
| Hermetic reproducible builds | ✓ | - |
| Polyglot support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:52:58.029Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*