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

268 mentions on Hacker News by 204 people: 39 stories, 229 comments · first 2022-07-12 · latest 2026-10-24

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  1. …I have a hard time squaring the statement that Zig makes it "easy" to build memory safe programs. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=segfault%20OR%20segm...
    comment by ViewTrick1002 · 2025-11-17 · in Open-source Zig book
  2. …as deno - deno 44: https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state... - bun 464: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by williamstein · 2025-11-11 · in Zig and the design choices within
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    Bun v1.3 Released
    story by klaussilveira · 2025-10-11 · 0 comments
  4. …in Zig that are presumably quite exploitable. Unclear what to draw from this, though. [1]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by dadrian · 2025-09-23 · in Zig feels more practical than Rust for real-world CLI tools
  5. …discussions here on HN and the number of segfault issues in the Bun repo there is a core of truth. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=Segfault
    comment by ViewTrick1002 · 2025-09-20 · in Is Zig's new writer unsafe?
  6. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/22679 There's an open discussion about adding something similar to bun as well^ minimumReleaseAge doesn't seem to be a bulletproof solution so there's still some research/testing to be done in this area
    comment by h4ch1 · 2025-09-18 · in Pnpm has a new setting to stave off supply chain attacks
  7. bun is also working on it: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/22679
    comment by thepill · 2025-09-16 · in Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised
  8. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/expanded_assets/bun-... progress: dynamically-linked musl binaries (tnx) next: statically-linked musl binaries
    comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2025-09-12 · in Behind the scenes of Bun Install
  9. Here is the code: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/7d5f5ad7728b4ede521906a4... We trust the self-reported size by gzip up to 64 MB, try to allocate enough space for all the output, then run it through libdeflate. This is instead of a…
    comment by Jarred · 2025-09-12 · in Behind the scenes of Bun Install
  10. …saw this comment and fixed your bun issue? Or maybe it just deleted code in a random manner idk. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/commit/b474e3a1f63972979845a6...
    comment by hoten · 2025-09-11 · in Behind the scenes of Bun Install
  11. …of code before hitting a deal breaker. Last big issue I had with Bun was streams closing early: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/16037 Last big issue I had with Deno was a memory leak: https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/24674 At…
    comment by dsissitka · 2025-09-11 · in Behind the scenes of Bun Install
  12. …you can do the same thing to autocomplete arguments? Bun still hasn't figured out how to do that ( https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/6037 ), even though they can all but copy NPM's (already written) completions. I really liked using…
    comment by hungryhobbit · 2025-08-17 · in Node.js is able to execute TypeScript files without additional configuration
  13. …very much not memory safe. Which a cursory search for ”segfault” in the Bun repo quickly tells you. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by ViewTrick1002 · 2025-08-12 · in Undefined Behavior in C and C++ (2024)
  14. …manually: curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash (Appears to have been triggered by a 503 for https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/releases/download/bun-v1.2.20... )
    comment by mik3y · 2025-08-11
  15. …behavior? I would say that a cursory search on ”segfault” in the Bun repo tells a different story. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by ViewTrick1002 · 2025-08-10 · in Partially Matching Zig Enums
  16. …500 npm packages with lifecycle scripts, however none of the affected packages are on that list: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/src/install/default... ). Switching to a secure-by-default package manager, I think, is something…
    comment by nateb2022 · 2025-07-23 · in Prettier NPM Packages Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
  17. …issues and making it easier to manage dependencies. From the last issue linked in the PR ( https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/1760 )
    comment by carlosneves · 2025-07-19 · in Bun adds pnpm-style isolated installation mode
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    Bun adds pnpm-style isolated installation mode
    story by nateb2022 · 2025-07-19 · 16 comments
  19. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by fleetfox · 2025-07-07 · in Deno 2.4
  20. …code (Zig) inside bun itself and just exposed to developers as a JavaScript API. Source code: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/tree/6ebad50543bf2c4107d4b4c2...
    comment by oakesm9 · 2025-06-11 · in Show HN: S3mini – Tiny and fast S3-compatible client, no-deps, edge-ready
  21. If you want to play with this, Bun 1.0.23+ seems to already have support: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/discussions/4325
    comment by mst · 2025-05-17 · in JavaScript's New Superpower: Explicit Resource Management
  22. …but i picked the first zig project that came to mind, bun, and it is riddled with segfaults https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by kobebrookskC3 · 2025-04-28 · in Ask HN: Memory-safe low level languages?
  23. …also compat the other way - there are the beginnings of node/browser polyfills for Bun-only APIs: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/tree/main/packages/bun-polyfi...
    comment by porridgeraisin · 2025-03-24 · in Move on to ESM-Only
  24. Seriously? Bun has over 500 open issues with the label "crash". https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3... The socket implementation is broken too https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/5627
    comment by scresswell · 2025-02-17 · in Ask HN: Riding the Roller Coaster of Development Tooling
  25. …project, Bun.js [#2], gives me pause. [#1]: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/2646 [#2]: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue+segfault
    comment by bikeshaving · 2025-02-05 · in Zig Guide
  26. might have been a problem in Bun that was fixed by: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/16747
    comment by leeoniya · 2025-01-25 · in Wild – A fast linker for Linux
  27. …If you've had any issues with dgram in 1.2, open an issue in our repo and I'll take a look :) [0] https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/10381
    comment by heimskr · 2025-01-23 · in Bun 1.2 Is Released
  28. Maybe it depends on the project/dependencies. Still a lot of open/recent Windows issues: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3...
    comment by XCSme · 2025-01-23 · in Bun 1.2 Is Released
  29. looks like it's planned: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+mus...
    comment by leeoniya · 2025-01-22 · in Bun 1.2 Released with 90% Node.js Compatibility and Built-In S3 Object Support
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    Next.js 15 Server Crash
    story by rtpg · 2025-01-18 · 0 comments
  31. …there is also a default list of packages that are allowed to run scripts on download with Bun, FYI https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/blob/main/src/install/default...
    comment by diggan · 2025-01-02 · in Developing inside a virtual machine
  32. …This role will involve lots of open-source low-level systems work, mostly in Bun's GitHub repo - https://github.com/oven-sh/bun and also in a commercial hosting product. Apply here: https://apply.workable.com/oven/j/A7A1388873/ Most of our…
    comment by Jarred · 2024-09-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024)
  33. …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
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    Bun: Roadmap
    story by tosh · 2024-08-27 · 0 comments
  35. …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?
  36. …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
  37. …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
  38. …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
  39. …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
  40. …(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
  41. …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
  42. …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
  43. 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
  44. …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
  45. 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
  46. …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
  47. …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
  48. …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
  49. …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
  50. …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