It’s recommended to choose a frontend lib to kickstart a new Vike project, as they each come with a wide range of integrations. You can at any time eject and take control over integration code so that it doesn’t get in your way.

CSS

TailwindCSS

Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML

Homepage

Docs

Battle-Tested Solution: time-proven library, an industry favorite known for its reliability and widespread adoption.

Compiled

A familiar and performant compile time CSS-in-JS library for React.

Homepage

Docs

These CSS libraries are deeply integrated with UI frameworks. They showcase their respective recommended usage and how they integrate with Vite and Vike.

UI Component Libraries

daisyUI

The most popular component library for Tailwind CSS

Homepage

Docs

shadcn/ui

Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps.

Homepage

Docs

Mantine

A fully featured React components library.

Homepage

Docs

These UI Component Libraries are deeply integrated with UI frameworks. They showcase their respective recommended usage and how they integrate with Vite and Vike.

Auth

Data fetching

Server

Database

ORM / Query builder

Backend

Auth

Better Auth

The most comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript

Homepage

Getting started

Docs

Stay Ahead of the Game: bleeding-edge library for unparalleled features and performance.

Auth.js

Authentication for the Web

Homepage

Getting started

API

Stay Ahead of the Game: bleeding-edge library for unparalleled features and performance.

Auth0

Secure access for everyone. But not just anyone.

Homepage

Auth0 doc

Auth.js auth0 provider doc

Ready to use self-hosted or cloud-based Auth solutions. Requires to also select a Server of your choosing.

Data fetching

Telefunc

Remote Functions. Instead of API

Homepage

Stay Ahead of the Game: bleeding-edge library for unparalleled features and performance.

tRPC

End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy

Homepage

Getting started

Docs

Battle-Tested Solution: time-proven library, an industry favorite known for its reliability and widespread adoption.

ts-rest

Incrementally adoptable type-safety for your new and existing APIs

Homepage

Quickstart

Docs

Data fetching libraries to help you interact with your backend. Selecting one of those usually requires you to also choose a Server.

Server

Hono

Fast, lightweight, built on web standards. Support for any JavaScript runtime.

Homepage

Getting started

API

Express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js

Homepage

Getting started

API

Battle-Tested Solution: time-proven library, an industry favorite known for its reliability and widespread adoption.

Fastify

Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

Homepage

Getting started

API

Elysia

Ergonomic web framework for building backend servers, fast and type-safe.

Homepage

Getting started

Mostly required by other integrations such as Auth or RPC, it's recommended to only install a Server if you really need to, as Vike doesn't require one to operate.

Database

SQLite

SQLite is a C-language library that implements a small, fast, self-contained, high-reliability, full-featured, SQL database engine

Homepage

better-sqlite3: API

D1: Getting started

PostgreSQL

The world's most advanced open source relational database

Homepage

Docs

postgres.js (client)

The database your app talks to. SQLite runs embedded (and powers Cloudflare D1); PostgreSQL targets a Postgres server. Selected on its own you get a thin client; pair it with an ORM or query builder below.

ORM / Query builder

Drizzle

Headless TypeScript ORM that feels like SPA with SSR

Homepage

Docs & Getting started

Kysely

The type-safe SQL query builder for TypeScript

Homepage

Docs & Getting started

Prisma

Next-generation Node.js and TypeScript ORM

Homepage