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Bundler focused on ES modules, ideal for libraries.

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ES module bundler with efficient tree-shaking, widely used to publish libraries and as the basis of Vite's build.

When to use

To bundle libraries with clean output in several formats.

When to avoid

For full apps, where Vite already brings a dev server and ready-made configuration.

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