Vite is Laravel’s frontend asset bundling integration. It compiles and serves JavaScript and CSS during development and produces versioned production assets, which Blade views typically include with the @vite directive.

Livewire is a Laravel ecosystem package for building reactive interfaces with server-backed components and Blade, often without writing a separate single-page application. Inertia connects Laravel controllers to a client-side framework such as Vue, React, or Svelte, letting the application behave like a single-page app while keeping routing and server-side application logic in Laravel. They solve different frontend needs: Vite manages assets, while Livewire and Inertia provide application UI approaches.