Vue Weekly #3

January 4-10, 2026 | Your weekly dose of Vue ecosystem news

TL;DR

This week: Vue 3.6.0-beta.2 brings Vapor Mode to beta with a major reactivity refactor, NuxtLabs joins Vercel making Nuxt Studio and UI Pro free, and Nuxt 3.16 delivers up to 32% faster loading with native lazy hydration — all while the clock ticks toward Nuxt 3's January 31st EOL.

Must-read:

Vue 3.6.0-beta.2 — Vapor Mode enters beta with feature parity
NuxtLabs acquired by Vercel — Nuxt Studio and UI Pro now free
Nuxt 3.16.0 — Native lazy hydration, 28-32% faster loading
@nuxt/a11y Alpha — First official Nuxt accessibility module
Nuxt Studio 1.0 — In-browser content editing, now free

Week theme: The Great Opening — Vercel's acquisition makes premium Nuxt tools free, while the first official a11y module democratizes web accessibility.

Action required: Nuxt 3 EOL is January 31, 2026 — only 3 weeks remain. Begin migration to Nuxt 4 now.

Releases

Vue.js

v3.6.0-beta.2 (Jan 4) — Vapor Mode enters beta with full Virtual DOM feature parity. Major reactivity refactor based on alien-signals for improved performance. This is the one to watch.

Vite

v7.3.1 (Jan 7) — Bug fixes for buildStart hooks, proxy.bypass middleware, SSR transform errors, and WebKit inline worker compatibility.

Nuxt

v3.16.0 — Native delayed/lazy hydration support, Devtools v2 with custom editor selection, 28-32% faster loading via exsolve module resolution.

Official Announcements

Vite 8 Beta (Dec 3) — First beta of Rolldown-powered Vite 8 delivers 10-30x faster builds. The Rust-based bundler era begins.
VoidZero: Oxfmt Alpha — New formatting tool claims 30x faster than Prettier.
Nuxt 3 End of Life — January 31, 2026. Time to upgrade.

Community Highlights

NuxtLabs Acquired by Vercel — Nuxt Studio and Nuxt UI Pro now completely free. Enterprise-grade tooling at zero cost.
@nuxt/a11y Alpha by Tim Damen — First alpha of the official Nuxt accessibility module.
Nuxt MCP Server Integration — Sebastien Chopin discussing Model Context Protocol for AI-powered Nuxt development.
Nue Framework — Active Lobsters discussion about this React/Vue/Vite alternative.
Nuxt Studio 1.0 Launch (Jan 7) — In-browser content editing is live.

Articles & Tutorials

Vue.js 2025 In Review and Peek into 2026 — Vue School's comprehensive retrospective and roadmap.
Vue, Nuxt & Vite Status in 2026 — Ecosystem health and strategic direction analysis.
Vue 3.6 and Vapor Mode: Reactivity on Another Level — Deep dive into the new compilation model.
Complete Guide: How to Upgrade to Nuxt 4 — Essential reading with Nuxt 3 EOL approaching.
Nitro v3: What's Coming with Nuxt 5 — Preview of the next-gen server engine.
13 Vue Composables Tips — Michael Thiessen's practical patterns.
New in Vue - December 2025 — Alois Seckar's monthly roundup.

Podcast & Video

DejaVue Ep. 61: "Was Nuxt just sold?!" — Daniel Roe & Sebastien Chopin on the Vercel acquisition. Must-listen.
DejaVue: "Vite 7 is out" — Deep dive into Vite 7 features.
Vue School: AI Apps with AI SDK v6 (Jan 6) — New course on AI-powered Vue/Nuxt apps.
Vue Mastery: Vapor Mode Course — Upcoming course taught by Evan You.

Repository	Stars	Description
Vue Core	209k	Vue 3 with Vapor Mode in beta
Nuxt	59k	Full-stack Vue framework v4.2
VueUse	20k+	200+ composition utilities
Nuxt UI v4	5k+	110+ components, now open-source
vue-jsx-vapor	New	Vapor Mode for Vue JSX in Rust

Project Showcase

Nuxt MCP Toolkit — Create MCP servers in Nuxt apps for AI integration.
Nuxt Studio 1.0 — In-browser editing for Nuxt Content sites.
@nuxt/a11y — First-party accessibility auditing for Nuxt.

Upcoming Events:

VueConf US 2026 — May 19-21, Atlanta
MadVue 2026 — May 22, Madrid

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