Version 2.0 of [SvelteKit](https://kit.svelte.dev), the official framework for building apps with Svelte, is now available. It is an incremental release that adds support for the newly-released [Vite 5](https://vitejs.dev/blog/announcing-vite5) along with a bevy of small improvements.
If you've been paying close attention to Svelte in recent months, you'll know that we've been [hard at work on Svelte 5](<(https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/introduction)>), which is possibly the most anticipated release in the project's history. Upgrading to SvelteKit 2 will smooth the path for Svelte 5 when it is released in 2024, and we encourage all users to upgrade when you get a chance.
If you've been paying close attention to Svelte in recent months, you'll know that we've been [hard at work on Svelte 5](https://svelte-5-preview.vercel.app/docs/introduction), which is possibly the most anticipated release in the project's history. Upgrading to SvelteKit 2 will smooth the path for Svelte 5 when it is released in 2024, and we encourage all users to upgrade when you get a chance.
We recommend updating to the most recent 1.x release first in order to address any deprecation warnings. Then, upgrade to SvelteKit 2 by running the automated migration tool:
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In the past year, we’ve seen a number of open source projects like [Storybook](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/code/frameworks/sveltekit/README.md), [Tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/guides/sveltekit), and [Playwright](https://playwright.dev/docs/test-components) officially support SvelteKit as well as a number of commercial entities like [Prismic](https://prismic.io/blog/svelte-sveltekit-tutorial), [Sentry](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/sveltekit/), and [InLang](https://inlang.com/m/gerre34r/library-inlang-paraglideJs).
SvelteKit continues to benefit from the Svelte community, which has developed numerous great UI libraries like [Skeleton](https://www.skeleton.dev/), [shadcn-svelte](https://www.shadcn-svelte.com/), [Melt UI](https://melt-ui.com/), [Flowbite Svelte](https://flowbite-svelte.com/), [https://daisyui.com/](https://daisyui.com/), and [many more](https://sveltesociety.dev/components#design-systems). And [our first ever hackathon](https://hack.sveltesociety.dev/) saw winners from amazing Svelte projects like [Superforms](https://superforms.rocks/), [Threlte](https://threlte.xyz/), and [SvelteLab](https://www.sveltelab.dev/).
Rich Harris
3 years ago