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url: /config/ui.md
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# ui 

* **Type:** `boolean`
* **Default:** `false`
* **CLI:** `--ui`, `--ui=false`

Enable [Vitest UI](/guide/ui).

::: warning
This features requires a [`@vitest/ui`](https://npmx.dev/package/@vitest/ui) package to be installed. If you do not have it already, Vitest will install it when you run the test command for the first time.
:::

::: danger SECURITY ADVICE
Make sure that your UI server is not exposed to the network. Since Vitest 4.1 setting [`api.host`](/config/api) to anything other than `localhost` will disable the buttons to save the code or run any tests for security reasons, effectively making UI a readonly reporter.
:::