Evan You

Creator of Vue.js and Vite; founder of VoidZero, acquired by Cloudflare in 2026

Former maker · since 2026@evanyou Singapore, Singapore Open Source Makers Developer Tools

Evan You at a glance

Known for: Creator of Vue.js · Creator of Vite · Founder of VoidZero
From: Wuxi, China
Nationality: Chinese
Education: B.A., Colgate University (studio art and art history); MFA, Parsons School of Design (Design and Technology), 2013
Based in: Singapore
Indie since: 2014
Now: Leads the VoidZero team at Cloudflare after Cloudflare acquired VoidZero in June 2026.

Facts checked 2026-10-29

About Evan You

No longer an active indie maker. Leads the VoidZero team at Cloudflare after Cloudflare acquired VoidZero in June 2026. This profile is kept for the record.

Evan You is a Chinese software developer best known for creating Vue.js, the JavaScript framework, and Vite, the frontend build tool. For eight years he was one of the best-known independent open source developers in the world, funding his work through Patreon and GitHub Sponsors before founding VoidZero in 2024.

You grew up in Wuxi, China, went to high school in Shanghai and moved to the United States for college. He studied studio art and art history at Colgate University, then earned an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design, where he learned JavaScript. He joined Google Creative Lab in New York in 2013 and moved to the Meteor Development Group in 2014.

While at Google he started a lightweight alternative to AngularJS. The first commit was in July 2013 and Vue was announced in February 2014. In 2016 he quit his job to work on Vue full time, becoming one of the first developers to support a major open source project through Patreon crowdfunding. Vue 3 shipped in September 2020, and in the same year he released Vite, a fast dev server built on native ES modules that spread well beyond the Vue ecosystem.

In October 2024 he founded VoidZero to build a unified, Rust-based JavaScript toolchain around Vite, Vitest, Rolldown and Oxc, raising a $4.6 million seed round led by Accel. On June 4, 2026, Cloudflare acquired VoidZero; You and the team joined Cloudflare, with the projects staying MIT-licensed. Because his main job is now at Cloudflare, IndieMakerList lists him as a former maker.

You is based in Singapore. His path from Patreon-funded solo maintainer to venture-backed founder is one of the most-cited examples of making a living from open source.

Products by Evan You

Vue.js

vuejs.org

Progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces, first released in 2014.

Vite

vite.dev

Frontend build tool and dev server with fast hot module replacement, used across many frameworks.

VoidZero

voidzero.dev

acquired

Company building a unified JavaScript toolchain (Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc); acquired by Cloudflare in 2026.

Videos with Evan You

Vue.js: The Documentary

DocumentaryCultRepo

Creator of Vite: Evan You

PodcastSyntax

All about VoidZero - The Interview with Evan You

InterviewAlexander Lichter· 2024

Evan You 2025 Interview: Google, Vue, Vite, Nuxt, Next, Vercel & VoidZero

Interviewnunomaduro· 2025

Interviews & press

Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero to Build the Future of the AI-Native Web
Cloudflare · Article · 2026
VoidZero is Joining Cloudflare
VoidZero · Article · 2026
Our Seed Investment in VoidZero: Evan You's Bold Vision for JavaScript Tooling
Accel · Article · 2024
Inside the Acquisition: VoidZero Joins Cloudflare with Evan You
RedMonk · Interview · 2026

Evan You's journey, 2014–20266 milestones · self-reported

First product
Went full time
Funding
Launch / milestone
Started 2014

2013Milestone: Joined Google Creative Lab and made the first commit of what…
2014First product: Announced Vue.js publicly in February and joined the Meteor…
2016Went full time: Left his job to work on Vue full time
2020Launch: Released Vue 3 in September and introduced the Vite build tool
2024Funding: Founded VoidZero and raised a $4.6 million seed round led by…
2026Milestone: Cloudflare acquired VoidZero on June 4

Timeline

2013 — Joined Google Creative Lab and made the first commit of what became Vue.
2014 — Announced Vue.js publicly in February and joined the Meteor Development Group.
2016 — Left his job to work on Vue full time, funded by Patreon sponsors.
2020 — Released Vue 3 in September and introduced the Vite build tool.
2024 — Founded VoidZero and raised a $4.6 million seed round led by Accel.
2026 — Cloudflare acquired VoidZero on June 4; You and the team joined Cloudflare.

How Evan builds

Make a framework incrementally adoptable instead of all-or-nothing.
Take the parts of a tool you love and strip away the rest.
Open source can be a full-time job if the community funds it.
Fast feedback loops in tooling change how developers work.

Evan You FAQ

Who is Evan You?

js, the JavaScript framework, and Vite, the frontend build tool. For eight years he was one of the best-known independent open source developers in the world, funding his work through Patreon and GitHub Sponsors before founding VoidZero in 2024.

Who created Vue.js?

Vue.js was created by Evan You, a former Google Creative Lab developer. He started it in 2013 and released it in February 2014.

Who made Vite?

Vite was created by Evan You in 2020. It is now developed by the VoidZero team, which became part of Cloudflare in June 2026.

Did Cloudflare acquire VoidZero?

Yes. Cloudflare announced the acquisition of VoidZero on June 4, 2026. Evan You and the VoidZero team joined Cloudflare, and Vite, Vitest, Rolldown and Oxc remain MIT-licensed open source.

How did Evan You fund Vue?

From 2016 he worked on Vue full time with money from Patreon and later GitHub Sponsors and corporate sponsors, one of the earliest examples of a crowdfunded full-time open source maintainer.