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feat: support .test domains for local dev #23492
Description
Description
Many local development tools expose projects on .test domains instead of localhost. One example is Lerd, which serves projects as my-app.test.
It would be nice if Vite had first-class support for .test domains during development, making local development feel closer to a real production environment.
Suggested solution
Add a simple option in the Vite config to automatically expose the dev server on projectName.test (or another configurable .test domain), instead of only using localhost.
Example:
export default defineConfig({
server: {
localDomain: {
enabled: true,
domain: "my-app.test",
},
},
})Which would expose the project at:
https://my-app.test
Additional context
Lerd is a good example of this workflow on Linux for PHP/Laravel projects, and it's a very nice developer experience when working with Vite.
Reacted by sandstrom
Reacted by sandstrom
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[-]Support `.test` domains for local development[/-][+]feat: support `.test` domains for local dev[/+]itzzjustmateo commentedon Sep 15, 2026
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btea commentedon Sep 16, 2026
#19250 seems to be related to this.
itzzjustmateo commentedon Sep 16, 2026
I am not sure, could be 🤷
bluwy commentedon Sep 17, 2026
Personally I think we can try supporting this builtin, but I don't think we necessarily have to restrict this to the .test tld, but any domain specified through the option.
This was also brought up in our ecosystem channel. https://portless.sh is a similar tool we can reference or use.
itzzjustmateo commentedon Sep 17, 2026
this "portless" tool actually sounds pretty interesting