docs: "What's new in Svelte" May newsletter

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+title: "What's new in Svelte: May 2026"
+description: 'Svelte CLI Community Add-ons, TypeScript 6.0 support in SvelteKit'
+author: Dani Sandoval
+authorURL: https://dreamindani.com
+---
+
+This month we got a ton of improvements to SvelteKit's remote functions, TypeScript 6.0 support and the experimental release of community plugins in the Svelte CLI.
+
+Svelte was also [featured in ThoughtWorks Technology Radar](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/languages-and-frameworks/summary/svelte)!
+
+Big month, bigger showcase... so let's dive in!
+
+## What's new in SvelteKit
+
+- SvelteKit now supports TypeScript 6.0 (**2.56.0**, [Docs](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/), [#15595](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15595))
+- `form` fields can now specify a default value using `field.as(type, value)`, reducing boilerplate for pre-populated forms (**2.56.0**, [Docs](https://svelte.dev/docs/kit/remote-functions#form-Fields), [#15577](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15577))
+- Remote function transport now uses `hydratable`, enabling richer data types in query results (**2.56.0**, [#15533](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15533))
+- Form `submit` now returns a `boolean` to indicate submission validity for enhanced form remote functions (**2.57.0**, [Docs](https://svelte.dev/docs/kit/remote-functions#form-enhance), [#15530](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15530))
+- **Remote Function Breaking Changes (2.56.0)**
+  - Client-requested query refreshes must obtain permission from the server ([#15562](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15562))
+  - Stabilize remote function caching by sorting object keys ([#15570](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15570))
+  - Add `run()` method to queries, disallow awaiting queries outside render ([#15533](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15533))
+  - Isolate command-triggered query refresh failures per-query ([#15562](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15562))
+  - `requested` now requires `limit` and yields `{ arg, query }` entries rather than validated args ([#15739](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/15739))
+
+Looking for more details on the many bug fixes and performance optimizations from this month? Check out the SvelteKit / Adapter [CHANGELOGs](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/tree/main/packages).
+
+## What's new in Svelte and Svelte Dev Tools
+
+- Community add-ons are now available in `sv` as an experimental feature (**[email protected]**, [Docs](https://svelte.dev/docs/cli/community), [#1020](https://github.com/sveltejs/cli/pull/1020))
+- The `sv` and `sv-utils` packages are now separate in the CLI package - leading to a more explicit public API and a deprecation pass for old features (**[email protected]**, [Docs](https://svelte.dev/docs/cli/sv), [#1046](https://github.com/sveltejs/cli/pull/1046))
+- `sv` will now more reliably detect if Vitest v3 is installed when configuring projects (**[email protected]**, [#1073](https://github.com/sveltejs/cli/pull/1073))
+- Types for `TweenOptions`, `SpringOptions`, `SpringUpdateOptions` and `Updater` are now available as exports from `svelte/motion` (**[email protected]**, [Docs](https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/svelte-motion), [#17967](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/17967))
+
+For a full list of changes - including all the important bugfixes that went into the releases this month - check out the Svelte compiler's [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/main/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+---
+
+## Community Showcase
+
+### Apps & Sites built with Svelte
+
+- [4Track](https://www.4track.cc/) is a faithful recreation of a 4-track tape recorder in the browser
+- [Kumamap](https://kumamap.com/) is a bear incident map that collates official reports, news and community reports in Japan
+- [Overshoot](https://overshoot.dev/) is an interactive exploration of Disney's 12 Principles of Animation
+- [DockScope](https://github.com/ManuelR-T/dockscope) is a visual Docker dashboard with a 3D dependency graph, live metrics, logs, terminal and container actions
+- [dnsoptic](https://dnsoptic.com/) is a DNS health audit tool that checks nameservers, mail authentication, DNSSEC, security posture and migration diffs
+- [swap.](https://swapjs.dev/) is a collection of little games built around sorting algorithms
+- [Scapedle](https://github.com/asbedb/Scapedle) is a Wordle game with Old School RuneScape (OSRS) words
+- [Ephemeral Forms](https://ra9.github.io/ephemeral-forms/) is a modern, zero-login, offline-first form builder with AI-powered generation, real-time collaboration and cross-device sync
+- [CORDIAL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVy0vXBHaCM) is an AI Native IDE optimized for a big screen experience. "Good for people who want to feel like Tom Cruise in Minority Report"
+
+### Learning Resources
+
+_Featuring Svelte Contributors and Ambassadors_
+
+- [Paolo Ricciuti - Svelte, TMCP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r25fPn95M8) by devtools-fm
+
+_This Week in Svelte_
+
+- [Ep. 137](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KepF0I5iLb0) - Changelog, Community `sv` add-ons
+- [Ep. 138](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwKsLJ5p-uQ) - Changelog
+- [Ep. 139](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6muvGbGOG7E) - Changelog, Imperative interfaces
+
+_To Read_
+
+- [hello svelte: migrating and redesigning my oss project](https://www.jaydip.me/blog/hello-svelte) by Jaydip Sanghani
+
+### Libraries, Tools & Components
+
+_UI Components and Animations_
+
+- [Blossom Color Picker](https://blossom.dayflow.studio/) is a flower-style color picker
+- [thisux/sveltednd](https://sveltednd.thisux.com/) (last featured in December 2024) has been updated to support Svelte 5
+- [phantom-ui](https://aejkatappaja.github.io/phantom-ui/demo/) is a structure-aware skeleton loader built with web components
+- [Svelte Spell UI](https://sv-animations.vercel.app/spell) is a port of the original Spell UI that you can copy-paste into any project
+- [Svileo](https://svileo.elyasasmad.com) is a physics-based toast component inspired by Sileo
+- [Motion Core](https://motion-core.dev/) (last featured in February) has been rewritten from Three.js to OGL with a much-reduced file size
+
+_State Management_
+
+- [Stately](https://stately.self.agency) is a Pinia-inspired state management library that provides a structured way to define shared state, mutate it directly and observe changes
+
+_Utilities and Integrations_
+
+- [Sveltia I18n](https://github.com/sveltia/sveltia-i18n) is an internationalization library powered by runes and the messageformat library for formatting messages using Unicode MessageFormat 2 (MF2)
+- [Nabu](https://github.com/aionbuilders/nabu) is a modular, local-first Svelte block editor engine built on a Single ContentEditable architecture
+- [Svelte Agentation](https://sv-agentation.com) turns UI annotations into structured context that AI coding agents can understand and act on
+
+_Developer Tools_
+
+- [Atom Forge](https://atom-forge.eu/) is a full-stack TypeScript toolkit with Svelte 5 UI components, type-safe RPC and a battle-tested architecture pattern that scales
+- [svelte-check-native](https://github.com/harshmandan/svelte-check-native) is a Rust/tsgo drop-in replacement for `svelte-check` with the same flags, output formats and exit codes
+
+That's it for this month! Let us know if we missed anything on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/sveltejs/) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/svelte).
+
+Until next time 👋🏼!