@3ni8ma/vite-plugin-sitemap

A Vite plugin that automatically generates sitemap.xml and robots.txt on build — zero configuration beyond your route list.

Why

Most static sites need a sitemap for SEO but generating one manually means maintaining a separate script or XML file. This plugin hooks into vite build and writes both sitemap.xml and robots.txt to your output directory automatically.

Installation

npm install @3ni8ma/vite-plugin-sitemap

Usage

// vite.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import sitemap from '@3ni8ma/vite-plugin-sitemap'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    sitemap({
      hostname: 'https://example.com',
      routes: ['/', '/about', '/projects', '/contact'],
    }),
  ],
})

After vite build, you'll find sitemap.xml and robots.txt in your dist/ folder.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
hostname	string	required	Your site's base URL
routes	(string | SitemapRoute)[]	['/']	Route paths or objects with per-route config
changefreq	string	'weekly'	Default change frequency
priority	number	0.5	Default page priority (0.0–1.0)
lastmod	string	today's date	Default last modified date
outDir	string	build.outDir	Output directory
disallow	string[]	[]	Paths to block in robots.txt
pretty	boolean	false	Pretty-print the XML output

Per-route config

sitemap({
  hostname: 'https://example.com',
  routes: [
    '/',
    { path: '/blog', changefreq: 'daily', priority: 0.9 },
    { path: '/admin', changefreq: 'never', priority: 0.1 },
  ],
  disallow: ['/admin', '/private'],
})

Generated output

sitemap.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-09-03</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>

robots.txt:

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

License

MIT