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The Rust React Compiler Lands in Vite, Compiling a 1,036-File Codebase in 0.81s Against Babel's 14.3s
A September 4, 2026 writeup covers the oxc team's native Rust implementation of the React compiler now reaching Vite through `@vitejs/plugin-react` v6.1.0 as experimental support. The oxc team's own preliminary benchmark put it at more than 10x faster than Babel; a real-world test on a 1,036-file React codebase came in at 0.81 seconds versus 14.3 seconds, a 17.6x speedup on the compiler portion alone. The release, which followed official oxc-transform-react support on August 4, 2026, also fixes prior gaps around conditional logic in try/catch blocks, destructured component props in closures, and computed object property keys.
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