The History of Nuxt and NuxtLabs (with Sébastien Chopin)

Jun 5, 2025

Sébastien Chopin, creator of Nuxt.js and CEO of NuxtLabs, shares his journey from programming novice to open-source innovator. He discusses the birth of Nuxt.js, its impact on simplifying web development, and the nuances of managing an open-source framework. Sébastien dives into the relationship between Nuxt and React, strategic partnerships, and the significance of community feedback. He also reveals exciting future developments at NuxtLabs, including new tools and enhancements aimed at enriching the developer experience.

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ANECDOTE

Sebastien's Vue Discovery Anecdote

Sebastien Chopin discovered Vue.js's simplicity while stuck in an Irish hostel reading its documentation for hours.
Inspired by this, he created Nuxt.js as a solution to abstract complexity in Vue server-side rendering.

ADVICE

Elevator Pitch for Nuxt

Use Nuxt.js to abstract complex build configurations and get best practices by default.
Leverage Nuxt's pluggable modules to speed up development and enjoy a lightweight progressive framework experience.

INSIGHT

Nuxt's Multi-Bundler Uniqueness

Nuxt's multi-bundler support makes it unique by allowing Webpack and Vite coexistence.
This agnostic approach future-proofs projects beyond library choices or routing technologies.

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Join Alex and Michael with special guest Sébastien Chopin, creator of Nuxt.js and CEO of NuxtLabs, to learn more about the origins and evolution of the Vue-based meta framework. Sébastien shares valuable lessons from open source, how he came to create Nuxt.js in the first place and which challenges came with it.

In the second part of the episode, they cover Sébastien's company NuxtLabs - from its inception over to taking Venture Capital and products, such as NuxtHub or Nuxt UI Pro.

Eventually, the NuxtLabs CEO also outlines how they handle sponsorships of maintainers, and what the future holds for Nuxt and NuxtLabs.

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Sébastien Chopin

Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
(01:16) - How did you get into programming?
(04:45) - The birth of Nuxt.js
(07:43) - The Elevator Pitch for Nuxt
(10:16) - When not to use Nuxt
(11:20) - Nuxt as Multi Bundler Framework
(12:37) - How does Nuxt scale (in Enterprise)?
(16:04) - Lessons Learned from building Nuxt
(19:47) - How to compare frameworks fairly?
(23:20) - Frameworks converging
(24:22) - Nuxt.js supporting React?
(29:06) - The creation of NuxtLabs
(33:50) - Products of NuxtLabs
(37:11) - Why going all in on Cloudflare for NuxtHub
(41:50) - Vite Environment API
(45:34) - The difference between Nuxt and NuxtLabs
(51:56) - Is Nuxt a VC-backed framework?
(53:51) - Sponsoring Core Maintainers
(56:07) - Freemium in Nuxt
(57:06) - Sneak Peek of the NuxtLabs Roadmap
(59:51) - Where can people find you?

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