# Install bun with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager. Version 1.3.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-03. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#bun. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bun ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bun ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install bun ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/bun/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bun ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/bun/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S bun ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: bun from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install bun ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: bun from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','bluejeansapp' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/bun ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bun.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Oven-sh.Bun -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Oven-sh.Bun from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bun - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.14 - **Source summary:** Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND IJG AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND Zlib AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception) - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-03T16:56:51Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - bun (cli) - bunx (cli) - bun (alias) - bunx (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake - llvm@21 - ninja - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 1.3.14 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/oven-sh/bun - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Bun is an all-in-one JavaScript and TypeScript toolkit: runtime, package manager, script runner, test runner, package runner, and bundler shipped as a single executable. ### Project history Bun was created as a response to the accumulated layers of Node.js-era JavaScript tooling. The official 1.0 announcement, published on September 8, 2023, framed Bun as a stable, production-ready toolkit for running, building, testing, and debugging JavaScript and TypeScript. The project is powered by JavaScriptCore rather than V8 and is designed as a faster, leaner, more modern replacement for Node.js while preserving compatibility with npm packages, Node-style module resolution, CommonJS, ES modules, Web APIs, and many Node built-ins. Bun's documentation later described it as written in Rust and powered by JavaScriptCore, while the GitHub README emphasizes that the single `bun` command includes the runtime plus test runner, script runner, package manager, and package runner. ### Adoption history Bun moved from an alternative runtime curiosity into mainstream JavaScript tooling after the 1.0 release because it promised speed without forcing developers to abandon existing package.json projects. Official install paths include shell installer, npm, Homebrew, Docker, and Windows PowerShell, and package-manager metadata now lists it across Homebrew, Chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, and winget. Its adoption is tied to projects experimenting with faster local feedback loops: replacing Node for script execution, replacing npm/yarn/pnpm for installs, replacing Jest/Vitest in some tests, and replacing separate bundlers for simple build cases. ### How it is used Common commands include `bun run` for scripts and TypeScript files, `bun install` for npm-compatible dependency installation, `bun test` for tests, `bun build` for bundling, and `bunx` for executing packages. Configuration is optional and lives in local or global `bunfig.toml` files for Bun-specific settings. Bun's package manager writes `node_modules`, reads package.json, uses a global cache, and supports workspaces and npm registry configuration. Because it aims to run existing Node.js applications with little or no change, usage often starts as a drop-in replacement for selected scripts rather than a full-stack rewrite. ### Why package nerds care Bun is significant because it collapses several previously separate JavaScript package tools into one binary. For package historians, it marks a major post-Node/npm phase where runtime, package manager, test runner, and bundler compete as integrated developer platforms rather than independent commands. It is also important because it made package-manager performance and lockfile workflows part of a runtime's identity. Bun's rise pressured the broader ecosystem to treat install speed, TypeScript startup, test speed, and Node compatibility as one developer-experience surface. ### Timeline - 2023-09-08: Bun 1.0 announced as stable and production-ready. - 2024: 1.x releases continued expanding Node.js compatibility and toolkit coverage. - 2025: Official docs describe Bun as a runtime, package manager, test runner, and bundler for modern JavaScript and TypeScript apps. - 2026-05: GitHub release feed shows Bun v1.3.14 with ongoing 1.3.x releases. ### Related projects - Bun is most directly related to Node.js, npm, yarn, pnpm, npx, ts-node, tsx, esbuild, webpack, Rollup, Parcel, Jest, Vitest, Deno, and the JavaScriptCore/WebKit project. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bun. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: bunfig.toml, ~/.bunfig.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.bunfig.toml ## Credential files - Unix: bunfig.toml, ~/.bunfig.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.bunfig.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bun - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - bun: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bu/bun/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - bun - 1.3.14-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: bun from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one | https://github.com/oven-sh/bun - MacPorts - bun: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/bun/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - bun: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: bun from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','bluejeansapp' - Scoop - main/bun: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bun.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Oven-sh.Bun: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Oven-sh.Bun from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [llvm@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/llvm-21/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [deno](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/deno/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime, typescript. - [duktape](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duktape/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [fibjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fibjs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [n](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/n/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [quickjs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/quickjs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [ringojs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ringojs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [spidermonkey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spidermonkey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, javascript, language-runtime, runtime. - [bun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/bun/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: bun, bundler, bunx, cli, fast. - [bun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/bun/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bun.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bun.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph