Vue can be used without Node. You lose a lot though! You don't get minification and tree shaking, single file components, or hot module reloading. In practice,

Vue can be used without Node. You lose a lot though! You don't get minification and tree shaking, single file components, or hot module reloading. In practice, HMR outweighs the cost of setting up a Node/Deno/Bun environment.