Nuxt 4 is coming out, what does it mean?
Nuxt 4 (alpha) launched in June 2025 with a stable release on the horizon — bringing a smooth, stress-free upgrade path from Nuxt 3. Unlike past painful rewrites, Nuxt 4 builds on a solid foundation with improved developer experience, and it’s worth migrating now before Nuxt 5 arrives.
Reza Baar
July 9, 2025
Nuxt 3 was released in November 2022, about four years after Nuxt 2 originally launched. That’s four long years of development, beta cycles, and a full rewrite using Vue 3, Vite, and Nitro. The result? A versatile framework with a modern stack and delightful developer experience that got the frontend community excited.
Then in 2024, we started hearing rumors that Nuxt 4 was coming in June (but which June? Aha!).
Flash forward to June 2025, and Nuxt 4 (alpha) is officially here — with a stable release promised by the end of the month. Cue the holy music.
What to expect from Nuxt 4?
You can read all about the new project structure and enhanced data fetching in official Nuxt articles (link) but what I want to highlight is how stress-free the migration from Nuxt 3 to Nuxt 4 is going to be.
We all remember the dark days of rewriting our Nuxt 2 projects to work with Nuxt 3. That was painful. But this time? Not the case.
As Daniel Roe has mentioned on multiple occasions, Nuxt 4 is not about “hype”, it’s about consistency and developer experience.
Nuxt 3 already felt solid and stable over the past couple years (and usage has been growing) Nuxt 4 just takes that solid foundation and makes it even more polished and thoughtfully engineered.
But Nuxt 4 is not a Pandora’s box for many of us. The new features were already available via compatibility mode, which makes the adaptation more straightforward, smooth and predictable.
But - Nuxt 5 is coming soon!
Yup, Nuxt 5 is already in the conversation. It’s possible we’ll have another major upgrade in 6 month or so, pending Nitro v3. And the question becomes whether to migrate a Nuxt 3 package to Nuxt 4 now or wait for Nuxt 5?
I think it’s definitely worth migrating to Nuxt 4 now. There is no major architectural overhaul and most modules require minimal changes to be compatible.
Moreover, Core Nuxt modules are already using Nuxt 4 conventions and the community reception has been very positive so far.
PS. I really enjoyed watching this video from Alexander Lichter: TWO Major Nuxt versions coming? All you need to know about Nuxt 4 and Nuxt 5
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