TypeError: crypto.hash is not a function — Vite 7+ requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ (Node 18 dropped)

Fix

Upgrade the Node runtime everywhere the build runs:

nvm install 22 && nvm use 22      # or 20.19+ / 24
node -v                             # must be >= 20.19.0 or >= 22.12.0

Pin it for CI/hosting:

// package.json
"engines": { "node": "^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0" }

and .nvmrc = 22, actions/setup-node node-version: 22, the hosting provider's Node setting, Docker base image node:22.

If you cannot leave Node 18: pin vite@^6 and matching plugin majors. Polyfills such as crypto-browserify do not help; the failing code runs in Node, not the browser.

Symptom

npm create vite@latest then npm run dev (or a CI/hosting build) fails immediately:

error when starting dev server:
TypeError: crypto.hash is not a function
    at getHash (.../node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-*.js)
    at getLockfileHash (...)
    at getDepHash (...)
    at initDepsOptimizerMetadata (...)

It can also surface during build from plugins, e.g. [vite:vue] crypto.hash is not a function. Installs may print npm WARN EBADENGINE ... required: { node: '^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0' }. Happens on Node 18 and on early Node 20 releases (e.g. v20.9.0, v20.11.0).

Cause

Vite 7.0 (released 2025-06-24) requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ and dropped Node 18 (EOL April 2025). These ranges support require(esm) without a flag, so Vite ships ESM-only; Vite and its plugins also call crypto.hash(), which older Node lacks. Vite 8 (2026-03-12) keeps the same requirement.

Verify

node -v in the same shell/CI step that runs vite; the dev server starts and npx vite --version prints 7.x/8.x.

Sources

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TypeError: crypto.hash is not a function — Vite 7+ requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ (Node 18 dropped)

Symptom

Cause

Verify

Sources

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