Vital may refer to:

• Vitalism (philosophy), the Jain teacher Mahāvīra's philosophy
• Vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be explained solely by mechanism
• Vitals, a 2002 science fiction/techno-thriller novel written by Greg Bear
• Vital signs, a set of measurements taken by health professionals in order to assess the most basic body functions
• Vital Signs (pop band), a pop band from Pakistan
• Chaim Vital, the 16th century Rabbi and Mystic
• Vitalize, a web browser plugin
• Vital currents, the concept of currents within the body found in Yoga
• Vital (film) (2004), a Japanese movie directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
• Vital (album) (1978), a live album from the British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator
• Brothers of the Vitals, pirates who ruled the Gotland Island

See also

• Vital signs (disambiguation)