Why I Built an Automated Vite to Next.js Migration Tool (And How You Can Use It for Free)

#webdev #react #nuxt #nextjs

I've been working a lot lately with React projects powered by Vite. It's fast, lightweight, developer-friendly… honestly, I love it.

But then comes the moment when you (or your client) say:

“We need SSR. We need SEO. We need to scale.”

And the answer is always:

“Let’s move to Next.js.”

Which sounds good in theory — until you actually start manually migrating a full React + Vite project to Next.js.

That’s when the pain begins.

What makes the migration so hard?

I had to migrate one of my client projects to Next.js recently. Here’s what I ran into:

react-router had to be replaced by App Router
File structure needed to be reworked (/pages or /app)
Hooks like useNavigate, useLocation didn’t translate directly
SSR & SSG had to be carefully handled
It was risky, time-consuming, and… honestly, a bit annoying

So I asked myself: Why isn’t this automated yet?

So I built ViteToNext.AI

I decided to build a tool that would do all of that for me.

Here’s what it does:

Scans a Vite + React project

Detects routes, components, APIs

Generates a clean, structured Next.js project (App Router, SSR, etc.)

Allows preview of the transformed code

Enables export as .zip or push to GitHub

All from a simple UI — no config required.

You can try it live: https://vitetonext.codebypaki.online

How it works – Quick example

Before:

// React + Vite
<Routes>
  <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
</Routes>

After:

// Next.js (App Router)
export default function AboutPage() {
  return <div>About</div>
}

// saved in /app/about/page.tsx

It also takes care of:

Adding "use client" where needed

Keeping component logic intact

Migrating layouts and shared components

Generating a valid app/ or pages/ structure

🧪 Try it free
You can try the full experience here:
👉 https://vitetonext.codebypaki.online

There’s a Free plan (up to 10 routes / 65 components)
And a Pro / Agency plan for unlimited projects and GitHub export.

🙌 I built it for devs like me (and you)
This wasn’t made by a startup. It’s something I built as a developer, for developers, because I needed it myself.

So if you:

Are thinking of migrating to Next.js

Work on client projects that still use Vite

Want to modernize your stack painlessly

This tool might save you hours (or days).

💬 Your feedback is gold
I'm actively improving the tool based on community feedback.
So if you try it, I’d love to hear:

What worked?

What could be improved?

What edge cases should I support?

Feel free to DM, email or leave a comment.

TL;DR
Migrating from Vite + React to Next.js is hard

I built ViteToNext.AI to automate it