VitePress
Last updated Apr 21, 2026 is a static site generator ↗︎ (SSG) designed for building fast, content-centric websites. VitePress takes your source content written in Markdown ↗︎, applies a theme to it, and generates static HTML pages that can be easily deployed anywhere.
In this guide, you will create a new VitePress project and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.
Set up a new project
VitePress ships with a command line setup wizard that will help you scaffold a basic project.
Run the following command in your terminal to create a new VitePress project:
npmyarnpnpm
npx vitepress@latest init
yarn dlx vitepress@latest init
pnpx vitepress@latest init
Amongst other questions, the setup wizard will ask you in which directory to save your new project, make sure to be in the project's directory and then install the vitepress dependency with the following command:
npmyarnpnpmbun
npm i -D vitepress@latest
yarn add -D vitepress@latest
pnpm add -D vitepress@latest
bun add -d vitepress@latest
Note
If you encounter errors, make sure your local machine meets the Prerequisites for VitePress ↗︎.
Finally create a .gitignore file with the following content:
node_modules
.vitepress/cache
.vitepress/dist
This step makes sure that unnecessary files are not going to be included in the project's git repository (which we will set up next).
Before you continue
All of the framework guides assume you already have a fundamental understanding of Git ↗︎. If you are new to Git, refer to this summarized Git handbook ↗︎ on how to set up Git on your local machine.
If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys ↗︎ on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub.
Refer to the GitHub documentation ↗︎ and Git documentation ↗︎ for more information.
Create a GitHub repository
Create a new GitHub repository by visiting repo.new ↗︎. After creating a new repository, go to your newly created project directory to prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-gh-username>/<repository-name>
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
Deploy with Cloudflare Pages
To deploy your site to Pages:
- In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the Workers & Pages page. Go to Workers & Pages ↗
- Select Create application.
- Select the Pages tab.
- Select Import an existing Git repository.
- Select the new GitHub repository that you created and then select Begin setup.
- In the Build settings section, select VitePress as your Framework preset. Your selection will provide the following information:
Configuration option | Value
| Production branch | main |
| --- | --- |
| Build command | npx vitepress build |
| Build directory | .vitepress/dist |
After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. Cloudflare Pages will install vitepress, your project dependencies, and build your site, before deploying it.
Note
For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the Get started guide.
After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on *.pages.dev. Every time you commit and push new code to your VitePress project, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to preview deployments on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.
Learn more
By completing this guide, you have successfully deployed your VitePress site to Cloudflare Pages. To get started with other frameworks, refer to the list of Framework guides.
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