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Bun

Name: Bun
Author: Oven

All-in-one JavaScript runtime 3x faster than Node.js

76.0K stars Since 2020

Website → GitHub

All-in-one JavaScript runtime 3x faster than Node.js

License

MIT

Min RAM

128 MB

Min CPUs

1 core

Scaling

single_node

Complexity

beginner

Performance

medium

Self-hostable

✓

K8s native

Offline

Pricing

fully free

Docs quality

good

Vendor lock-in

none

Use cases

✓ Primary: javascript-runtime
✓ Primary: bundling
✓ Primary: package-management

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Technical specs

Language

ZigC++

API type

REST

Protocols

HTTP

Deployment

npmbinary

Community

GitHub stars 76.0K

Contributors 0

Commit frequency weekly

Plugin ecosystem none

Backing Oven

Funding vc_backed

Release

Latest version —

Last release —

Since 2020

Best fit

Team size

solosmallmediumenterprise

Industries

general

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