vite-plugin-mkcert

What is vite-plugin-mkcert?

vite-plugin-mkcert is a Vite plugin that allows you to easily create and use locally-trusted development certificates. This is particularly useful for developing applications that require HTTPS in a local environment.

What are vite-plugin-mkcert's main functionalities?

Automatic Certificate Generation

This feature automatically generates and uses locally-trusted development certificates, making it easy to set up HTTPS for your local development environment.

import mkcert from 'vite-plugin-mkcert';

export default {
  plugins: [mkcert()]
};

Custom Certificate Options

This feature allows you to specify custom certificate and key paths, giving you more control over the certificates used in your local development environment.

import mkcert from 'vite-plugin-mkcert';

export default {
  plugins: [
    mkcert({
      source: 'path/to/custom/certificates',
      key: 'path/to/custom/key.pem',
      cert: 'path/to/custom/cert.pem'
    })
  ]
};

Other packages similar to vite-plugin-mkcert

webpack-dev-server

webpack-dev-server is a development server that provides live reloading and HTTPS support. It can be configured to use self-signed certificates, but it does not automatically generate locally-trusted certificates like vite-plugin-mkcert.

create-ssl-certificate

create-ssl-certificate is a package that generates self-signed SSL certificates for local development. Unlike vite-plugin-mkcert, it does not integrate directly with Vite and requires manual setup.

devcert

devcert is a library for generating locally-trusted development certificates. It provides similar functionality to vite-plugin-mkcert but is not specifically designed for Vite and requires additional configuration.

README

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vite-plugin-mkcert

Use mkcert to provide certificate support for vite https development services.

When should I use this plugin

• When you want to use http/2 to solve the concurrency limit of vite http dev server requests, you find that the browser cache is invalid #2725.
• I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I hope that the browser will not show annoying https certificate errors.

Effect

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Quick start

• Installation dependencies

yarn add vite-plugin-mkcert -D

• Configure vite

import {defineConfig} from'vite'
import mkcert from'vite-plugin-mkcert'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  server: {
    https: true
  }, // Not needed for Vite 5+ (simply omit this option)
  plugins: [mkcert()]
})

Parameters

hosts

Custom hosts, default value is localhost + local ip addrs.

force

Whether to force generate.

autoUpgrade

Whether to automatically upgrade mkcert.

source

Specify the download source of mkcert, domestic users can set it to coding to download from the coding.net mirror, or provide a custom BaseSource.

mkcertPath

If the network is restricted, you can specify a local mkcert file instead of downloading from the network.

savePath

The location to save the files, such as the downloaded mkcert program and the generated CA file, private key and certificate file, etc. Default value is PLUGIN_DATA_DIR

keyFileName

The name of private key file generated by mkcert

certFileName

The name of cert file generated by mkcert

Mobile devices

For the certificates to be trusted on mobile devices, you will have to install the root CA. It's the rootCA.pem file in the folder printed by mkcert -CAROOT.

On iOS, you can either use AirDrop, email the CA to yourself, or serve it from an HTTP server. After opening it, you need to install the profile in Settings > Profile Downloaded and then enable full trust in it.

For Android, you will have to install the CA and then enable user roots in the development build of your app. See this StackOverflow answer.

Display the debugging information of the plug-in

Set the environment variable DEBUG=vite:plugin:mkcert

CHANGELOG

CHANGELOG

Principle

Use mkcert to install the local CA certificate and generate it for server.https Server certificate.

Friendly reminder

• Uninstall the CA certificate: mkcert -uninstall

Thanks

• mkcert
• daquinoaldo/https-localhost

Changelog

1.17.8 (2025-03-14)

Bug Fixes

• upgrade axios to fix security issue (935a13a), closes #106