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Nuxt 3 Is End of Life: Migrate to Nuxt 4 Now or Wait for Nuxt 5?
DEV · By Dipesh Batheja ·
The Brief
- Nuxt 3 reached end of life on 31 July 2026 and no longer receives security or bug fixes.
- Nuxt 5 was still unreleased as of mid-November 2026.
- The source recommends migrating production apps to Nuxt 4, described as the only supported version and a small step from Nuxt 3.
Why it matters
Nuxt 3 apps no longer get security or bug fixes, so they carry unpatched risk while they stay on it.
Who’s affected
- Teams running Nuxt 3 in production
What to do
- Migrate Nuxt 3 applications to Nuxt 4
- Nuxt 3
- Nuxt 4
- Nuxt 5
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TL;DR: Nuxt 3 reached end of life on 31 July 2026, so it no longer receives security or bug fixes. Nuxt 5 is still unreleased as of mid-November 2026. For most production apps the answer is to migrate to Nuxt 4 now: it is the only supported version, it is a small step from Nuxt…
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Nuxt 3 Is End of Life: Migrate to Nuxt 4 Now or Wait for Nuxt 5?