Usage

Install

npm i vite-plugin-smart-restart -D # yarn add vite-plugin-smart-restart -D

Add it to vite.config.js

// vite.config.js
import ViteRestart from 'vite-plugin-smart-restart'

export default {
  plugins: [
    ViteRestart({
      restart: [
        'my.config.[jt]s',
      ]
    })
  ],
}

Changes to my.config.js or my.config.ts will now restart the server automatically.

or

// vite.config.js
import ViteRestart from 'vite-plugin-smart-restart'

export default {
  plugins: [
    ViteRestart({
      restart: [
        { file: '.eslintrc-auto-import.json', checkContent: true },
      ]
    })
  ],
}

File content changes to .eslintrc-auto-import.json will now restart the server automatically.

License

MIT License © 2025 nianqin

Thanks

https://github.com/antfu/vite-plugin-restart