Vite Plugin

We provide a Vite plugin for running Vue DevTools. If your project uses Vite, we highly recommend using it as the preferred option for running DevTools, as it offers more powerful features.

Compatibility Note

Vue DevTools requires Vite v3.1 or higher.

Installation

npm

$ npm add -D vite-plugin-vue-devtools

pnpm

$ pnpm add -D vite-plugin-vue-devtools

yarn

$ yarn add -D vite-plugin-vue-devtools

bun

$ bun add -D vite-plugin-vue-devtools

Setup

//  Configuration Vite

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import vueDevTools from 'vite-plugin-vue-devtools'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    vueDevTools(),
  ],
})

Usage

If the Vite Plugin has been installed and setup correctly, you should see a small icon with the "Vue" logo at the bottom center of your screen. Clicking this (or pressing the "Toggle Vue DevTools" hotkey -- check your startup logs) will open the Vue DevTools window.

The Vue DevTools can be repositioned by dragging this icon.

Configuration Options

interface VitePluginVueDevToolsOptions {
  /**
   * append an import to the module id ending with `appendTo` instead of adding a script into body
   * useful for projects that do not use html file as an entry
   *
   * WARNING: only set this if you know exactly what it does.
   * @default ''
   */
  appendTo?: string | RegExp

  /**
   * Enable vue component inspector
   *
   * @default true
   */
  componentInspector?: boolean | VitePluginInspectorOptions

  /**
   * Target editor when open in editor (v7.2.0+)
   *
   * @default code (Visual Studio Code)
   */
  launchEditor?: 'appcode' | 'atom' | 'atom-beta' | 'brackets' | 'clion' | 'code' | 'code-insiders' | 'codium' | 'emacs' | 'idea' | 'notepad++' | 'pycharm' | 'phpstorm' | 'rubymine' | 'sublime' | 'vim' | 'visualstudio' | 'webstorm' | 'rider' | string
}