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Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one

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  1. …and become standardized. [0] https://github.com/sdegutis/vanillajsx.com/blob/main/site/un... [1] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/13630 [2] https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/25312
    comment by novocantico · 2024-08-30 · in Proposal for Standardized JSX
  2. …to add node:cluster to Bun [2]. [1] https://docs.deno.com/runtime/manual/node/compatibility/ [2] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/11492
    comment by throwitaway1123 · 2024-07-30 · in Why is spawning a new process in Node so slow?
  3. …are fun WTF[0] errors with Bun, and I only tried Deno before the npm import feature landed.) [0] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/11420
    comment by pas · 2024-07-25 · in Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript
  4. …on the bytes that need to know about encoding... so for base64 they just use the bytes directly: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/src/base64/base64.z... [1] https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/#String-Literals-an...
    comment by brabel · 2024-06-20 · in Bun is much faster than Node.js 22 at decoding Base64 but both rely on same lib
  5. …most of that is coming from uWS, which is pretty much best performing HTTP framework out there ime. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/src/http.zig#L34
    comment by billywhizz · 2024-04-27 · in Bun’s New Crash Reporter
  6. …node:http2 createServer is not yet implemented in Bun. Track the status & thumbs up the issue: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/887 code: "ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED" at new NotImplementedError (internal:shared:19:27) at internal:shared:2:69…
    comment by herpderperator · 2024-04-26 · in Bun’s New Crash Reporter
  7. …(my assumption for the release happening anyway). AFAIK this[1] PR tries to fix them. [1]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/9729
    comment by vallode · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  8. …support is a bit kludgy though. Once you know of the workarounds, it's ok. See my comment on https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/5413#issuecomment-1956... AFAIK, Pnpm monorepos do not follow standard npm. Bun does follow standard npm…
    comment by briantakita · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  9. …I think this could be a quite a useful thing, a universal binary format. Then I see the shim DLL: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/801e475c72b3573a91e0fb4c... Even before this past week's XZ backdoor revelation, checking binaries into…
    comment by MarkSweep · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  10. You can track the progress here: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/1825 There's still a ways to go but folks are actively contributing.
    comment by afturner · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  11. …uploading telemetry data was disabled, but he also said he plans to re-enable that at some point: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/discussions/2605#discussionco... I would prefer to have the telemetry become opt-in before data collection is…
    comment by throwitaway1123 · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  12. Mac code signing needs the machine id? https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/801e475c72b3573a91e0fb4c... https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/801e475c72b3573a91e0fb4c... Why then is the unique machine id collected on Linux?
    comment by notelem · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  13. …find out that it has significant differences to node -- like not handling uncaught exceptions: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/429 Then you'll use bun build and run node in production, only to find that sourcemaps don't actually work…
    comment by ibash · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  14. …by adding the following to your environment: export DO_NOT_TRACK=1 This is the data collected: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/801e475c72b3573a91e0fb4c... This 64 bit machine_id line is concerning:…
    comment by notelem · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  15. …node, deno, and bun here [2]. Node SEA is a bad DX, but not that complex once you figure it out. 1: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/6832 2: https://github.com/llimllib/node-esbuild-executable
    comment by llimllib · 2024-04-02 · in Bun 1.1
  16. …a way to disable it for single-file executables if you plan to distribute a Bun cli app to users: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/8927
    comment by throwitaway1123 · 2024-04-01 · in Bun 1.1
  17. …Bonus points for clarity on the stability guarantees that are offered between versions and modules. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/7990 (Via https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/pull/4382 )
    comment by captn3m0 · 2024-04-01 · in Bun 1.1
  18. …out there. [0]: https://github.com/waygate-io/fs-js [1]: https://github.com/waygate-io/http-js [2]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/7057
    comment by apitman · 2024-03-01 · in JSR: The JavaScript Registry
  19. …like X (Twitter), Midjourney and Brex. Today we have over 2,000 issues open in our GitHub repo https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues , and while we love seeing people use Bun, it's clear that we need to grow the team to help make Bun more…
    comment by Jarred · 2024-02-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2024)
  20. fyi, the src: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/tree/main/src/shell
    comment by mjburgess · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  21. Great point! According to https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/b433beb016470b87850f3c01... , Bun Shell took inspiration from zx[0], dax[1] and bnx[2] [0]: https://github.com/google/zx [1]: https://github.com/dsherret/dax [2]:…
    comment by nateb2022 · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  22. doesn't work with Windows: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/43
    comment by 38 · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  23. …and the API seems very similar to what is described in the post. Which bun also acknowledges here: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/docs/runtime/shell.... I suppose one significant difference is that bun reimplements shell…
    comment by neongreen · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  24. Who needs Deno? When you have https://github.com/oven-sh/bun
    comment by bricss · 2023-12-05 · in Node.js/node at 99.9k GitHub Stars
  25. …of bugs, including segfaults and incompatibilities with node. After encountering bundler bugs like https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/6168 and https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/4216 , I stopped finding workarounds to get bun working.
    comment by AntonCTO · 2023-11-23 · in A Node, TypeScript, TS-Node and ESM experience that works
  26. …the same. - No type checking, as with many other tools. Also, filter their issue tracker for bugs: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen...
    comment by AntonCTO · 2023-11-22 · in A Node, TypeScript, TS-Node and ESM experience that works
  27. There are already long running issues on this topic. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/2492
    comment by davidy123 · 2023-11-21 · in A Node, TypeScript, TS-Node and ESM experience that works
  28. The former, specifically Electron. Adding it to "trustedDependencies" didn't seem to help. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/1588
    comment by fastball · 2023-10-24 · in Yarn 4.0
  29. …only implements the subset of async_hooks that can be implemented w/o affecting performance: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/3089 I haven't had a chance to test it out yet, but perhaps the OP could add Bun to the mix? To compare it's…
    comment by stephen · 2023-10-09 · in The Performance Cost of Node.js and GraphQL
  30. …[2]: https://github.com/nuejs/nuejs/blob/master/package.json#L12 [3]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/discussions/1522
    comment by tipiirai · 2023-09-15 · in Show HN: Nue – A React/Vue/Vite/Astro Alternative
  31. Please file an isusue in https://github.com/oven-sh/bun and include the code to reproduce it
    comment by Jarred · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  32. …work on CentOS7 due to glibc compatibility. Would be good to provide a more portable binary. [1] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/tag/bun-v1.0.0
    comment by attractivechaos · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  33. …BTW A code formatter and a linter would be a great addition to bun. I know there is this ticket: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/discussions/712 But one of the advantages of integrating both things in bun is that it makes it the perfect…
    comment by psanchez · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  34. Ok, changed from https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/tag/bun-v1.0.0 .
    comment by dang · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  35. Keep track of this issue: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/43 According to that, the speed benefits will probably not be as noticeable in windows.
    comment by hiccuphippo · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  36. …is unfortunate, because that's by far the most interesting part! I've filed a doc bug on this. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/4601
    comment by dfabulich · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  37. I thought Bun had HRM out-of-the-box but it's not working? Not sure. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/833
    comment by ggregoire · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  38. …config) so maybe I'm missing something here. -- [1] https://bun.sh/guides/ecosystem/vite [2] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/250
    comment by ggregoire · 2023-09-08 · in Bun v1.0.0
  39. Link to the github for anyone who is interested. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun
    comment by Cieric · 2023-09-07 · in Bun 1.0 announcement [video]
  40. …attractive? Why was "bun build ..." considered better or necessary when there is `bunx esbuild ...` https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/159 I like that it's trying to be a faster Node, and the better native database drivers etc. Having a…
    comment by 698969 · 2023-08-24 · in Bun v0.8
  41. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/expanded_assets/bun-... Wish there was a musl version.
    comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2023-08-24 · in Bun v0.8
  42. While not implemented, Bun may eventually have an alternative to Deno's sandboxing: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/discussions/725 "Rather than runtime permission checks (Deno's model) which could potentially have bugs that lead to…
    comment by kevlened · 2023-08-24 · in Bun v0.8
  43. ( FWIW, they are right, Bun the _runtime_ can use the npm module Vite. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/250#issuecomment-16463... )
    comment by orta · 2023-08-24 · in Bun v0.8
  44. …So quite happy with the combo of Go (for servers) and Rust (for everything else backend). [1]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/2443
    comment by shri_krishna · 2023-07-22 · in Bun v0.7.0
  45. Thanks. Reported here: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/3745 Update: the bug is likely due to Code Interpreter using a 4.4 kernel, which is 7 years old!
    comment by dave1010uk · 2023-07-22 · in Bun v0.7.0
  46. Going to https://github.com/oven-sh/bun It seems bun is: Zig 52.0% C++ 19.2% JavaScript 14.6% TypeScript 12.1% ... which is an interesting mix. I assume the JS is intended to be TS eventually or actually is right now. But why all the C++?
    comment by djoldman · 2023-07-22 · in Bun v0.7.0
  47. Check out the roadmap: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/159
    comment by tomnipotent · 2023-07-22 · in Bun v0.7.0
  48. …to AVA. I am currently one of the maintainers of Oletus. [1] https://bun.sh/docs/cli/test [2] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/3158 [3] https://github.com/bearror/oletus
    comment by conaclos · 2023-07-01 · in Should you use Jest as a testing library? (2022)
  49. …https://github.com/tigerbeetledb/tigerbeetle/blob/main/build... https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/build.zig
    comment by kprotty · 2023-06-30 · in File for divorce from LLVM
  50. ICU :( https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/2541 https://twitter.com/jarredsumner/status/1616597667408404481
    comment by leeoniya · 2023-05-16 · in Bun 0.6