New Releases: Nuxt 3.16 and Nuxt UI 3


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Mar 28 2025 42 mins   11

Nuxt 3.16 dropped and it's packed with goodies! In this episode, Alex and Michael break down all the cool stuff in this release that'll make your Nuxt development smoother.


They dive into the new command to initialize a Nuxt application, the performance-game-changing lazy hydration support that'll boost your app's performance, and named layer aliases (that you've been waiting for). Plus, huge performance improvements, better error messages with Nitro 2.11 and debugging improvements that'll save you hours of head-scratching.


But wait, there's more! The duo also geeks out over Nuxt UI v3, which (surprise!) now works with plain Vue.js too - not just Nuxt. Learn how it leverages Tailwind v4, introduces a sweet CSS variables-based design system, and builds on Reka UI primitives for better accessibility. And somehow, a discount code for Nuxt UI Pro* *cough DEJAVUE cough* gets snuck in there too!


Enjoy the episode!


Chapters

  • (00:00) - Intro

  • (00:54) - Nuxt 3.16 Feature Overview

  • (01:27) - A new way to initialize Nuxt projects

  • (07:06) - Lazy Hydration in Nuxt

  • (16:05) - Named Layer Aliases

  • (17:45) - Lines of Code vs. Complexity

  • (20:16) - What a new Nitro minor brings to the table

  • (21:33) - Fine-grained debugging options

  • (23:25) - Nuxt Devtools v2

  • (25:47) - Faster module resolution (and faster boot up time)

  • (27:39) - Using OXC to speed up component parsing

  • (28:58) - Benchmark performance improvements

  • (31:43) - Nuxt UI v3

  • (40:58) - Sneak peek at next weeks episode 👀

  • (41:17) - Suggest a new slogan!


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Alexander Lichter


Michael Thiessen


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