diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/README.md b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/README.md
index 2e42916edc251b..52ad5c8b130201 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,42 @@ This template should help get you started developing with Svelte and TypeScript
 ## Need an official Svelte framework?
 
 Check out [SvelteKit](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit#readme), which is also powered by Vite. Deploy anywhere with its serverless-first approach and adapt to various platforms, with out of the box support for TypeScript, SCSS, and Less, and easily-added support for mdsvex, GraphQL, PostCSS, Tailwind CSS, and more.
+
+## Technical considerations
+
+**Why use this over SvelteKit?**
+
+- SvelteKit is still a work-in-progress.
+- It currently does not support the pure-SPA use case.
+- It brings its own routing solution which might not be preferable for some users.
+- It is first and foremost a framework that just happens to use Vite under the hood, not a Vite app.
+  `vite dev` and `vite build` wouldn't work in a SvelteKit environment, for example.
+
+This template contains as little as possible to get started with Vite + TypeScript + Svelte, while taking into account the developer experience with regards to HMR and intellisense. It demonstrates capabilities on par with the other `create-app` templates and is a good starting point for beginners dipping their toes into a Vite + Svelte project.
+
+Should you later need the extended capabilities and extensibility provided by SvelteKit, the template has been structured similarly to SvelteKit so that it is easy to migrate.
+
+**Why `global.d.ts` instead of `compilerOptions.types` inside `jsconfig.json` or `tsconfig.json`?**
+
+Setting `compilerOptions.types` shuts out all other types not explicitly listed in the configuration. Using triple-slash references keeps the default TypeScript setting of accepting type information from the entire workspace, while also adding `svelte` and `vite/client` type information.
+
+**Why include `.vscode/extensions.json`?**
+
+Other templates indirectly recommend extensions via the README, but this file allows VS Code to prompt the user to install the recommended extension upon opening the project.
+
+**Why enable `allowJs` in the TS template?**
+
+While `allowJs: false` would indeed prevent the use of `.js` files in the project, it does not prevent the use of JavaScript syntax in `.svelte` files. In addition, it would force `checkJs: false`, bringing the worst of both worlds: not being able to guarantee the entire codebase is TypeScript, and also having worse typechecking for the existing JavaScript. In addition, there are valid use cases in which a mixed codebase may be relevant.
+
+**Why is HMR not preserving my local component state?**
+
+HMR state preservation comes with a number of gotchas! It has been disabled by default in both `svelte-hmr` and `@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte` due to its often surprising behavior. You can read the details [here](https://github.com/rixo/svelte-hmr#svelte-hmr).
+
+If you have state that's important to retain within a component, consider creating an external store which would not be replaced by HMR.
+
+```ts
+// store.ts
+// An extremely simple external store
+import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
+export default writable(0)
+```
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/package.json b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/package.json
index ddef4dc160de8f..42909c008923cd 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/package.json
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     "serve": "vite preview"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@svitejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^0.11.1",
+    "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "next",
     "svelte": "^3.35.0",
     "svelte-preprocess": "^4.6.9",
     "typescript": "^4.2.3",
-    "vite": "^2.1.0"
+    "vite": "^2.1.2"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/App.svelte b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/App.svelte
index 624bfb36d2d837..4023b8b9774246 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/App.svelte
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <img src={logo} alt="Svelte Logo" />
   <h1>Hello Typescript!</h1>
 
-  <Counter id="0" />
+  <Counter />
 
   <p>
     Visit <a href="https://svelte.dev">svelte.dev</a> to learn how to build Svelte
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/globals.d.ts b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/global.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/globals.d.ts
rename to packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/global.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/Counter.svelte b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/Counter.svelte
index da35d76dafe7d3..b8e7524c2232aa 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/Counter.svelte
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/Counter.svelte
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { getStore } from './hmr-stores'
-  export let id: string
-
-  const count = getStore(id, 0)
+  let count: number = 0
   const increment = () => {
-    $count += 1
+    count += 1
   }
 </script>
 
-<button {id} on:click={increment}>
-  Clicks: {$count}
+<button on:click={increment}>
+  Clicks: {count}
 </button>
 
 <style>
@@ -24,6 +21,7 @@
     outline: none;
     width: 200px;
     font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+    cursor: pointer;
   }
 
   button:focus {
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/hmr-stores.ts b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/hmr-stores.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b2ef88b53edd9..00000000000000
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/src/lib/hmr-stores.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Customized HMR-safe stores
-// Based off https://github.com/svitejs/svite/blob/ddec6b9/packages/playground/hmr/src/stores/hmr-stores.js
-import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
-import type { Writable } from 'svelte/store'
-
-let stores: Record<string, Writable<any>> = {}
-
-export function getStore<T>(id: string, initialValue: T): Writable<T> {
-  return stores[id] || (stores[id] = writable(initialValue))
-}
-
-// preserve the store across HMR updates
-if (import.meta.hot) {
-  if (import.meta.hot.data.stores) {
-    stores = import.meta.hot.data.stores
-  }
-  import.meta.hot.accept()
-  import.meta.hot.dispose(() => {
-    import.meta.hot.data.stores = stores
-  })
-}
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
index 63a55db19f9b89..c882897e08ae84 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     "checkJs": true
   },
   /**
-   * Use globals.d.ts instead of compilerOptions.types
+   * Use global.d.ts instead of compilerOptions.types
    * to avoid limiting type declarations.
    */
-  "include": ["globals.d.ts", "src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.svelte"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.d.ts", "src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.svelte"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/vite.config.js b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/vite.config.js
index 0f1999654603c9..d0fd69ae870dc4 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte-ts/vite.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import svelte from '@svitejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
+import svelte from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
 
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/README.md b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/README.md
index 6bf819e309a7b7..cb262dc2ec4eb5 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,42 @@ This template should help get you started developing with Svelte in Vite.
 ## Need an official Svelte framework?
 
 Check out [SvelteKit](https://github.com/sveltejs/kit#readme), which is also powered by Vite. Deploy anywhere with its serverless-first approach and adapt to various platforms, with out of the box support for TypeScript, SCSS, and Less, and easily-added support for mdsvex, GraphQL, PostCSS, Tailwind CSS, and more.
+
+## Technical considerations
+
+**Why use this over SvelteKit?**
+
+- SvelteKit is still a work-in-progress.
+- It currently does not support the pure-SPA use case.
+- It brings its own routing solution which might not be preferable for some users.
+- It is first and foremost a framework that just happens to use Vite under the hood, not a Vite app.
+  `vite dev` and `vite build` wouldn't work in a SvelteKit environment, for example.
+
+This template contains as little as possible to get started with Vite + Svelte, while taking into account the developer experience with regards to HMR and intellisense. It demonstrates capabilities on par with the other `create-app` templates and is a good starting point for beginners dipping their toes into a Vite + Svelte project.
+
+Should you later need the extended capabilities and extensibility provided by SvelteKit, the template has been structured similarly to SvelteKit so that it is easy to migrate.
+
+**Why `global.d.ts` instead of `compilerOptions.types` inside `jsconfig.json` or `tsconfig.json`?**
+
+Setting `compilerOptions.types` shuts out all other types not explicitly listed in the configuration. Using triple-slash references keeps the default TypeScript setting of accepting type information from the entire workspace, while also adding `svelte` and `vite/client` type information.
+
+**Why include `.vscode/extensions.json`?**
+
+Other templates indirectly recommend extensions via the README, but this file allows VS Code to prompt the user to install the recommended extension upon opening the project.
+
+**Why enable `checkJs` in the JS template?**
+
+It is likely that most cases of changing variable types in runtime are likely to be accidental, rather than deliberate. This provides advanced typechecking out of the box. Should you like to take advantage of the dynamically-typed nature of JavaScript, it is trivial to change the configuration.
+
+**Why is HMR not preserving my local component state?**
+
+HMR state preservation comes with a number of gotchas! It has been disabled by default in both `svelte-hmr` and `@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte` due to its often surprising behavior. You can read the details [here](https://github.com/rixo/svelte-hmr#svelte-hmr).
+
+If you have state that's important to retain within a component, consider creating an external store which would not be replaced by HMR.
+
+```js
+// store.js
+// An extremely simple external store
+import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
+export default writable(0)
+```
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/jsconfig.json b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/jsconfig.json
index 69e281112333b4..14bee898b76a14 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/jsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/jsconfig.json
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     "checkJs": true
   },
   /**
-   * Use globals.d.ts instead of compilerOptions.types
+   * Use global.d.ts instead of compilerOptions.types
    * to avoid limiting type declarations.
    */
-  "include": ["globals.d.ts", "src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.svelte"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.d.ts", "src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.svelte"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/package.json b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/package.json
index 167693d21dc824..e9c02f90d0bba0 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     "serve": "vite preview"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@svitejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^0.11.1",
+    "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "next",
     "svelte": "^3.35.0",
-    "vite": "^2.1.0"
+    "vite": "^2.1.2"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/App.svelte b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/App.svelte
index a2c7aca292e139..90ca0665a7416a 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/App.svelte
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <img src={logo} alt="Svelte Logo" />
   <h1>Hello world!</h1>
 
-  <Counter id="0" />
+  <Counter />
 
   <p>
     Visit <a href="https://svelte.dev">svelte.dev</a> to learn how to build Svelte
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/globals.d.ts b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/global.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/create-app/template-svelte/globals.d.ts
rename to packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/global.d.ts
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/Counter.svelte b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/Counter.svelte
index 5224771e987640..37a92cbf4bbd10 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/Counter.svelte
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/Counter.svelte
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 <script>
-  import { getStore } from './hmr-stores'
-  /** @type { string } */
-  export let id
-
-  const count = getStore(id, 0)
+  let count = 0
   const increment = () => {
-    $count += 1
+    count += 1
   }
 </script>
 
-<button {id} on:click={increment}>
-  Clicks: {$count}
+<button on:click={increment}>
+  Clicks: {count}
 </button>
 
 <style>
@@ -25,6 +21,7 @@
     outline: none;
     width: 200px;
     font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+    cursor: pointer;
   }
 
   button:focus {
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/hmr-stores.js b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/hmr-stores.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cd6d0e7005880..00000000000000
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/src/lib/hmr-stores.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Customized HMR-safe stores
-// Based off https://github.com/svitejs/svite/blob/ddec6b9/packages/playground/hmr/src/stores/hmr-stores.js
-import { writable } from 'svelte/store'
-
-/**
- * @type { Record<string, import('svelte/store').Writable<any>> }
- */
-let stores = {}
-
-/**
- * @template T
- * @param { string } id
- * @param { T } initialValue
- * @returns { import('svelte/store').Writable<T> }
- */
-export function getStore(id, initialValue) {
-  return stores[id] || (stores[id] = writable(initialValue))
-}
-
-// preserve the store across HMR updates
-if (import.meta.hot) {
-  if (import.meta.hot.data.stores) {
-    stores = import.meta.hot.data.stores
-  }
-  import.meta.hot.accept()
-  import.meta.hot.dispose(() => {
-    import.meta.hot.data.stores = stores
-  })
-}
diff --git a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/vite.config.js b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/vite.config.js
index 0f1999654603c9..d0fd69ae870dc4 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/template-svelte/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-app/template-svelte/vite.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import svelte from '@svitejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
+import svelte from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte'
 
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({