Running Vite Preview and Using Bun for Background Processes

Running Vite Preview and Using Bun for Background Processes

Question: How to start and background vite preview and exit 0

Use nohup or a process manager:

nohup bunx vite preview &

To ensure it exits cleanly:

bunx vite preview & sleep 1 && exit 0

Tips:

• Redirect logs to a file if needed.

Question: How to do this with bun spawn

Using Bun’s spawn:

const { spawn } = require("bun");
spawn(["vite", "preview"], {
  stdout: "inherit",
  stderr: "inherit",
  detached: true,
});

Tips:

• Use detached: true and stdio: "ignore" to fully background.