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docs: clarify what you can build with SvelteKit #15461

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title: Getting started
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We recommend using [SvelteKit](../kit), the official application framework from the Svelte team powered by [Vite](https://vite.dev/):
We recommend using [SvelteKit](../kit), which lets you [build almost anything](../kit/project-types). It's the official application framework from the Svelte team and powered by [Vite](https://vite.dev/). Create a new project with:

```bash
npx sv create myapp
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## Alternatives to SvelteKit

You can also use Svelte directly with Vite by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
If you're building a [single page app (SPA)](../kit/glossary#SPA), you can [use SvelteKit](../kit/single-page-apps), or you can use Svelte directly with Vite. To create a vanilla Vite project, run `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
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what about making it a callout note? The current change makes it sound like vanilla Vite is only valid if you're doing SPA.

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If you're building a [single page app (SPA)](../kit/glossary#SPA), you can [use SvelteKit](../kit/single-page-apps), or you can use Svelte directly with Vite. To create a vanilla Vite project, run `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
You can also use Svelte directly with Vite by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
>[!NOTE] If you only choose vanilla Vite because you're building a [single page app (SPA)](../kit/glossary#SPA), you can also [use SvelteKit](../kit/single-page-apps)

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The current change makes it sound like vanilla Vite is only valid if you're doing SPA.

I think that's basically all vanilla Vite is used for. It's too complex to do SSR without a framework. Was there something else you had in mind that people might build?


There are also plugins for [Rollup](https://github.com/sveltejs/rollup-plugin-svelte), [Webpack](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-loader) [and a few others](https://sveltesociety.dev/packages?category=build-plugins), but we recommend Vite.