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Bun is a fast JavaScript
all-in-one toolkit|

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.

Install Bun v1.1.38

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

$ bun run

Bun is a JavaScript runtime.

Bun is a new JavaScript runtime built from scratch to serve the modern JavaScript ecosystem. It has three major design goals:

Speed. Bun starts fast and runs fast. It extends JavaScriptCore, the performance-minded JS engine built for Safari. Fast start times mean fast apps and fast APIs.
Elegant APIs. Bun provides a minimal set of highly-optimized APIs for performing common tasks, like starting an HTTP server and writing files.
Cohesive DX. Bun is a complete toolkit for building JavaScript apps, including a package manager, test runner, and bundler.

Bun is designed as a drop-in replacement for Node.js. It natively implements hundreds of Node.js and Web APIs, including fs, path, Buffer and more.

The goal of Bun is to run most of the world's server-side JavaScript and provide tools to improve performance, reduce complexity, and multiply developer productivity.

Drop-in Node.js compatibility

Bun aims to be a drop-in replacement for Node.js. It implements Node's module resolution algorithm, globals like Buffer and process, and built-in modules like fs and path. Click to track Bun's progress towards full compatibility.

Fast running performance

Bun extends the JavaScriptCore engine—the performance-minded JS engine built for Safari—with native-speed functionality implemented in Zig.

Works with node_modules

With Bun, you still use package.json to manage your dependencies. Use Bun's native npm client to see just how fast installing dependencies can be.

No more module madness

Forget the complicated rules around CommonJS, ESM, file extensions, resolution priority, and package.json configurations. With Bun, it just works.

TypeScript

TypeScript is a first-class citizen in Bun. Directly execute .ts and .tsx files. Bun respects your settings configured in tsconfig.json, including "paths", "jsx", and more.

Web-standard APIs

Bun implements the Web-standard APIs you know and love, including fetch, ReadableStream, Request, Response, WebSocket, and FormData.

JSX

JSX just works. Bun internally transpiles JSX syntax to vanilla JavaScript. Like TypeScript itself, Bun assumes React by default but respects custom JSX transforms defined in tsconfig.json.

Watch mode

The bun run CLI provides a smart --watch flag that automatically restarts the process when any imported file changes.

Cross-platform shell scripts

The Bun.$ API implements a cross-platform bash-like interpreter, shell, and coreutils. This makes it easy to run shell scripts from JavaScript for devops tasks.

The APIs you need. Baked in.

Start an HTTP server

Start a WebSocket server

Read and write files

Hash a password

Bundle for the browser

Write a test

File system routing

Query a SQLite database

Run a shell script

Call a C function

index.tsx
const server = Bun.serve({
  port: 3000,
  fetch(request) {
    return new Response("Welcome to Bun!");
  },
});

console.log(`Listening on localhost:${server.port}`);

index.tsx
const server = Bun.serve<{ authToken: string; }>({
  fetch(req, server) {
    // use a library to parse cookies
    const cookies = parseCookies(req.headers.get("Cookie"));
    server.upgrade(req, {
      data: { authToken: cookies['X-Token'] },
    });
  },
  websocket: {
    // handler called when a message is received
    async message(ws, message) {
      console.log(`Received: ${message}`);
      const user = getUserFromToken(ws.data.authToken);
      await db.Message.insert({
        message: String(message),
        userId: user.id,
      });
    },
  },
});

console.log(`Listening on localhost:${server.port}`);

index.tsx
const file = Bun.file(import.meta.dir + '/package.json'); // BunFile

const pkg = await file.json(); // BunFile extends Blob
pkg.name = 'my-package';
pkg.version = '1.0.0';

await Bun.write(file, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2));

index.tsx
const password = "super-secure-pa$$word";

const hash = await Bun.password.hash(password);
// => $argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=2,p=1$tFq+9AVr1bfPxQdh...

const isMatch = await Bun.password.verify(password, hash);
// => true

bundle.tsx
await Bun.build({
  entrypoints: ["./index.tsx"],
  outdir: "./build",
  minify: true,
  plugins: [ /* ... */ ]
})

index.tsx
import { describe, expect, test, beforeAll } from "bun:test";

beforeAll(() => {
  // setup tests
});

describe("math", () => {
  test("addition", () => {
    expect(2 + 2).toBe(4);
    expect(7 + 13).toMatchSnapshot();
  });
});

index.tsx
const router = new Bun.FileSystemRouter({
  style: "nextjs",
  dir: "/path/to/pages"
});

const match = router.match("/blog/my-cool-post");
match.filePath; // "/path/to/pages/blog/[slug].tsx",
match.kind; // "dynamic"
match.params; // { slug: "my-cool-post" }

index.tsx
import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";

const db = new Database("db.sqlite");

console.log(db.query("SELECT 1 as x").get()); 
// { x: 1 }

index.tsx
import { $ } from 'bun';

// Run a shell command (also works on Windows!)
await $`echo "Hello, world!"`;

const response = await fetch("https://example.com");

// Pipe the response body to gzip
const data = await $`gzip < ${response}`.arrayBuffer();

index.tsx
import { dlopen, FFIType, suffix } from "bun:ffi";

// `suffix` is either "dylib", "so", or "dll" depending on the platform
const path = `libsqlite3.${suffix}`;

const {
  symbols: {
    sqlite3_libversion, // the function to call
  },
} = dlopen(path, {
  sqlite3_libversion: {
    args: [], // no arguments
    returns: FFIType.cstring, // returns a string
  },
});

console.log(`SQLite 3 version: ${sqlite3_libversion()}`);

$ bun install

Bun is an npm-compatible package manager.

Bun

pnpm

17x slower

npm

29x slower

Yarn

33x slower

Installing dependencies from cache for a Remix app.
View benchmark

Node.js compatible

Bun still installs your dependencies into node_modules like npm and other package managers—it just does it faster. You don't need to use the Bun runtime to use Bun as a package manager.

Crazy fast

Bun uses the fastest system calls available on each operating system to make installs faster than you'd think possible.

Workspaces

Workspaces are supported out of the box. Bun reads the workspaces key from your package.json and installs dependencies for your whole monorepo.

Global install cache

Download once, install anywhere. Bun only downloads a particular version of a package from npm once; future installations will copy it from the cache.

Security by default

Unlike other package managers, Bun doesn't execute postinstall scripts by default. Popular packages are automatically allow-listed; others can be added to the trustedDependencies in your package.json.

Cross-platform package.json scripts

On Windows, package.json scripts are powered by the Bun Shell. It's now safe to delete cross-env, rimraf and node-which.

Familiar API

Bun's CLI uses commands and flags that will feel familiar to any users of npm, pnpm, or yarn.

Reads .npmrc & package-lock.json

Migrate from npm without changing dependency versions. Try bun install secretly without telling your coworkers.

Binary lockfile

After installation, Bun creates a binary bun.lockb lockfile with the resolved versions of each dependency. The binary format makes reading and parsing much faster than JSON- or Yaml-based lockfiles.

Replace yarn with bun install to get 30x faster package installs.

$ bun test

Bun is a test runner that makes the rest look like test walkers.

Bun

Vitest

5x slower

Jest+SWC

8x slower

Jest+tsjest

18x slower

Jest+Babel

20x slower

Running the test suite for Zod
View benchmark

Jest-compatible syntax

Bun provides a Jest-style expect() API. Switch to bun test with no code changes.

Crazy fast

Bun's fast startup times shine in the test runner. You won't believe how much faster your tests will run.

Lifecycle hooks

Run setup and teardown code per-test with beforeEach/afterEach or per-file with beforeAll/afterAll.

ESM, TypeScript & JSX just work

Zero configuration needed to test TypeScript, ESM, and JSX files.

Snapshot testing

Full support for on-disk snapshot testing with .toMatchSnapshot(). Overwrite snapshots with the --update-snapshots flag.

DOM APIs

Simulate DOM and browser APIs in your tests using happy-dom.

Watch mode

Use the --watch flag to re-run tests when files change using Bun's instantaneous watch mode.

Function mocks

Mock functions with mock() or spy on methods with spyOn().

Replace jest with bun test to run your tests 10-30x faster.

1

Install Bun

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

2

Write your code

index.tsx
const server = Bun.serve({
  port: 3000,
  fetch(request) {
    return new Response("Welcome to Bun!");
  },
});

console.log(`Listening on localhost:${server.port}`);

3

Run the file

bun index.tsx

Learn by example.

Our guides break down how to perform common tasks with Bun.

Ecosystem

Build a frontend using Vite and Bun

Runtime

Install TypeScript declarations for Bun

Streams

Convert a ReadableStream to a string with Bun

Ecosystem

Use React and JSX

Use EdgeDB with Bun

Use Prisma with Bun

Create a Discord bot

Add Sentry to a Bun app

Use Drizzle ORM with Bun

Run Bun as a daemon with PM2

Build an app with Nuxt and Bun

Build an app with Qwik and Bun

Build an app with Astro and Bun

Build an app with Remix and Bun

Run Bun as a daemon with systemd

Build an app with Next.js and Bun

Deploy a Bun application on Render

Build an app with SvelteKit and Bun

Build a frontend using Vite and Bun

Build an app with SolidStart and Bun

Use Neon Postgres through Drizzle ORM

Build an HTTP server using Hono and Bun

Use Neon's Serverless Postgres with Bun

Build an HTTP server using Elysia and Bun

Containerize a Bun application with Docker

Build an HTTP server using Express and Bun

Server-side render (SSR) a React component

Build an HTTP server using StricJS and Bun

Read and write data to MongoDB using Mongoose and Bun

HTTP

Common HTTP server usage

Hot reload an HTTP server

Write a simple HTTP server

Start a cluster of HTTP servers

Configure TLS on an HTTP server

Send an HTTP request using fetch

Proxy HTTP requests using fetch()

Stream a file as an HTTP Response

Upload files via HTTP using FormData

fetch with unix domain sockets in Bun

Streaming HTTP Server with Async Iterators

Streaming HTTP Server with Node.js Streams

Package manager

Add a dependency

Add a Git dependency

Add a peer dependency

Add a tarball dependency

Add a trusted dependency

Add an optional dependency

Add a development dependency

Using bun install with Artifactory

Generate a human-readable lockfile

Migrate from npm install to bun install

Configuring a monorepo using workspaces

Install a package under a different name

Configure git to diff Bun's lockb lockfile

Install dependencies with Bun in GitHub Actions

Override the default npm registry for bun install

Using bun install with an Azure Artifacts npm registry

Configure a private registry for an organization scope with bun install

Processes

Read from stdin

Listen for CTRL+C

Listen to OS signals

Spawn a child process

Parse command-line arguments

Read stderr from a child process

Read stdout from a child process

Get the process uptime in nanoseconds

Spawn a child process and communicate using IPC

Reading files

Read a JSON file

Check if a file exists

Read a file to a Buffer

Read a file as a string

Get the MIME type of a file

Read a file to a Uint8Array

Read a file to an ArrayBuffer

Watch a directory for changes

Read a file as a ReadableStream

Runtime

Import a JSON file

Import a TOML file

Run a Shell Command

Re-map import paths

Set a time zone in Bun

Set environment variables

Import a HTML file as text

Read environment variables

Debugging Bun with the web debugger

Install and run Bun in GitHub Actions

Install TypeScript declarations for Bun

Debugging Bun with the VS Code extension

Define and replace static globals & constants

Streams

Convert a ReadableStream to JSON

Convert a Node.js Readable to JSON

Convert a ReadableStream to a Blob

Convert a Node.js Readable to a Blob

Convert a ReadableStream to a Buffer

Convert a ReadableStream to a string

Convert a Node.js Readable to a string

Convert a ReadableStream to a Uint8Array

Convert a ReadableStream to an ArrayBuffer

Convert a Node.js Readable to an Uint8Array

Convert a Node.js Readable to an ArrayBuffer

Convert a ReadableStream to an array of chunks

Test runner

Mock functions in bun test

Spy on methods in bun test

Using Testing Library with Bun

Update snapshots in bun test

Run tests in watch mode with Bun

Use snapshot testing in bun test

Bail early with the Bun test runner

Skip tests with the Bun test runner

Migrate from Jest to Bun's test runner

Run your tests with the Bun test runner

Set the system time in Bun's test runner

Write browser DOM tests with Bun and happy-dom

Set a per-test timeout with the Bun test runner

Mark a test as a "todo" with the Bun test runner

Re-run tests multiple times with the Bun test runner

Set a code coverage threshold with the Bun test runner

Generate code coverage reports with the Bun test runner

Utilities

Hash a password

Escape an HTML string

Get the current Bun version

Encode and decode base64 strings

Check if two objects are deeply equal

Detect when code is executed with Bun

Get the directory of the current file

Get the file name of the current file

Convert a file URL to an absolute path

Compress and decompress data with gzip

Convert an absolute path to a file URL

Get the path to an executable bin file

Sleep for a fixed number of milliseconds

Compress and decompress data with DEFLATE

Get the absolute path of the current file

Check if the current file is the entrypoint

Get the absolute path to the current entrypoint

WebSocket

Build a simple WebSocket server

Enable compression for WebSocket messages

Build a publish-subscribe WebSocket server

Set per-socket contextual data on a WebSocket

Writing files

Write to stdout

Write a Blob to a file

Write a file to stdout

Append content to a file

Write a string to a file

Write a file incrementally

Write a Response to a file

Copy a file to another location

Write a ReadableStream to a file