Frontend & Design

SvelteKit Framework

Build fast web applications with SvelteKit, featuring file-based routing, server-side rendering, and zero-JS-by-default pages.

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Overview

SvelteKit is the official application framework for Svelte, providing file-based routing, SSR, code-splitting, and adapter-based deployment to any platform. AI agents can generate routes, layouts, load functions, form actions, and API endpoints following SvelteKit conventions.

Unlike React or Vue frameworks, Svelte compiles your components to highly optimized vanilla JavaScript at build time, resulting in smaller bundles and better runtime performance. Your AI agent can write `.svelte` components using Svelte's reactive syntax, including `$state`, `$derived`, and `$effect` runes in Svelte 5.

SvelteKit's progressive enhancement philosophy means forms work without JavaScript by default. AI agents can help you implement form actions with server-side validation, streaming responses, and error handling that degrades gracefully when JavaScript is unavailable.

Who Is This For?

Developers building performance-critical web applications
Teams creating content sites with minimal client-side JavaScript
Full-stack developers implementing form-based workflows with progressive enhancement
Engineers deploying to edge platforms with SvelteKit adapters

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

npx sv create my-app
Claude Code works with SvelteKit projects via bash

Configuration

// svelte.config.js
import adapter from "@sveltejs/adapter-auto";
export default {
  kit: {
    adapter: adapter(),
    alias: { $components: "src/lib/components" },
  },
};