Tired of setting up Express servers alongside your Vite dev workflow? Vitek turns your <code>src/api</code> folder into a fully typed HTTP API — zero config, hot reload, and automatic OpenAPI/Swagger docs included.
What it does:
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📁 File-based routing — <code>users.get.ts</code> → <code>GET /api/users</code>
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🔥 Hot reload — Change a file, API updates instantly
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📝 Auto type generation — Typesafe client helpers for your frontend
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📚 OpenAPI + AsyncAPI docs — Interactive Swagger UI out of the box
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🚀 Production-ready — Single command <code>vitek-serve</code> for static + API
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Quick start:
<pre><code>npm install vitek-plugin
npx vitek init
npm run dev
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Open <code>http://localhost:5173/api/health</code> — you’re done.
Built this because I was tired of context-switching between Vite and separate backend setups. Now it’s one dev server, one build process, full type safety from frontend to API.
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🚧 Beta v0.2.1 — APIs may change. Need your feedback to make this rock solid.
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👉 <a href="https://github.com/martinsbicudo/vitek-plugin" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Check it out on GitHub</a> — star it, open issues, or contribute. All help is welcome!
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Note: This isn’t claiming to be the best way to build APIs — just another option for quickly spinning one up when you need something fast and integrated with Vite.
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Tags: <code>opensource</code> <code>vite</code> <code>typescript</code> <code>api</code> <code>backend</code> <code>webdev</code> <code>nodejs</code>

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