Let’s be honest.
Every time you run a build, your tool forgets everything it did before.
Even if nothing changed.
Even if you just ran it seconds ago.
That’s not optimization.
That’s amnesia.
After 10+ years working in frontend, I got tired of this model — so I built Ionify.
I tested a real project with:
- 11K+ modules
- 25K+ dependencies
Vite:
→ ~2.4s
Ionify:
→ 124ms
The difference isn’t faster compilation.
The difference is memory.
Ionify uses:
- Persistent dependency graph
- Content-addressable storage (CAS)
Instead of rebuilding everything,
it reuses everything.
If you're curious, try it yourself: