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Bun

Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one
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What is Bun?

Develop, test, run, and bundle JavaScript & TypeScript projects—all with Bun. Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript runtime & toolkit designed for speed, complete with a bundler, test runner, and Node.js-compatible package manager.
Bun is a tool in the Package Managers category of a tech stack.
Bun is an open source tool with 74.3K GitHub stars and 2.8K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Bun's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Bun?

Companies
18 companies reportedly use Bun in their tech stacks, including Foretag, Fake Art, and Ajuma | Startup Stack.

Developers
61 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Bun.

Bun Integrations

Pros of Bun
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Bun's Features

  • Open source
  • High performance
  • Security by default
  • Get 30x faster package installs

Bun Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Bun?
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
npm
npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.
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Bun's Followers
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