Sourced from @​vitejs/plugin-react's releases.

plugin-react@6.0.0

Remove Babel Related Features (#1123)

Vite 8+ can handle React Refresh Transform by Oxc and doesn't need Babel for it. With that, there are no transform applied that requires Babel. To reduce the installation size of this plugin, babel is no longer a dependency of this plugin and the related features are removed.

If you are using Babel, you can use @rolldown/plugin-babel together with this plugin:

 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import babel from '@rolldown/plugin-babel'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [


react({



  babel: {



    plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions'],



  },



}),





react(),



babel({



  plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions'],



}),

]
})

For React compiler users, you can use reactCompilerPreset for easier setup with preconfigured filter to improve build performance:

 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import react, { reactCompilerPreset } from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import babel from '@rolldown/plugin-babel'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [

react({

 babel: {



   plugins: ['babel-plugin-react-compiler'],



 },


}),


react(),
babel({

 presets: [reactCompilerPreset()]


}),
]
})

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Sourced from @​vitejs/plugin-react's changelog.

6.0.0 (2026-03-12)

6.0.0-beta.0 (2026-03-03)

Remove Babel Related Features (#1123)

Vite 8+ can handle React Refresh Transform by Oxc and doesn't need Babel for it. With that, there are no transform applied that requires Babel. To reduce the installation size of this plugin, babel is no longer a dependency of this plugin and the related features are removed.

If you are using Babel, you can use @rolldown/plugin-babel together with this plugin:

 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import babel from '@rolldown/plugin-babel'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [


react({



  babel: {



    plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions'],



  },



}),





react(),



babel({



  plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions'],



}),

]
})

For React compiler users, you can use reactCompilerPreset for easier setup with preconfigured filter to improve build performance:

 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import react, { reactCompilerPreset } from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import babel from '@rolldown/plugin-babel'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [

react({

 babel: {



   plugins: ['babel-plugin-react-compiler'],



 },


}),


react(),
babel({

 presets: [reactCompilerPreset()]


}),
]
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• dcc9012 release: plugin-react@6.0.0
• 3a17886 docs: add a link to the Oxlint rule for component exports alongside the ESLin...
• f812135 fix(deps): update all non-major dependencies (#1140)
• a0329a0 docs(react): clarify react compiler preset filter (#1137)
• 704e0d3 release: plugin-react@6.0.0-beta.0
• ac16acc feat(react)!: remove babel (#1123)
• f01b30c fix(deps): update all non-major dependencies (#1127)
• b1014bd chore(react): add changelog for #1124
• 65dfa6c refactor(react)!: drop Vite 7 and below support (#1124)
• 377cfda fix(deps): update all non-major dependencies (#1115)
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