DejaVue Was Nuxt just sold?! (with Daniel Roe and Sébastien Chopin)
Jul 10, 2025
Join Daniel Roe, a key player at Vercel specializing in open source development, and Sébastien Chopin, founder of NuxtLabs, as they dive into the exciting acquisition of NuxtLabs by Vercel. They discuss how this deal will transform Nuxt into a more accessible open-source model, ensuring innovation and community engagement. Expect insights on the independence of Nuxt's core project, collaboration opportunities, and the positive reaction from the developer community. The future of Nuxt is looking bright!
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Nuxt Labs and Vercel Partnership
- Nuxt Labs joined forces with Vercel to accelerate Nuxt's ecosystem and focus fully on open source development.
- This partnership provides the team more freedom to innovate and code within the open source space.
Sébastien's Crucial Nuxt Role
- Daniel praises Sébastien's intuition on intuitive APIs and his valuable presence even without heavy code contributions.
- He is excited to have Sébastien back coding, especially on projects like making Nuxt Hub provider agnostic.
Product Changes Post-Acquisition
- The acquisition impacts users positively by making Nuxt Hub provider-agnostic and enabling more flexible full-stack resource management.
- Hosted versions will eventually be replaced by self-hosted admin tools integrated into projects on any deployment platform.