• Speed Up Your JavaScript Apps: Native Bun Support is Now Available on App Platform ByBikram GuptaandDinesh Murthy Published:December 19, 2025 4 min read The JavaScript ecosystem is rapidly evolving to meet the growing performance and integration demands of modern, AI-driven applications.Bunis a popular framework for developers that offers an all-in-one runtime, bundler, and package manager and is considered a drop-in replacement for Node.js. • With itsfasterstartup times and lower memory usage than traditional runtimes, Bun is a top request from our customers. • Today, we’re excited to announcenative Bun support on DigitalOcean App Platform.Now, you can deploy Bun applications directly from your code repository without writing a single line of configuration. • App Platform’s Cloud Native Buildpacks will automatically detect, build, deploy and run your Bun apps. • Benefits Performance:Bun is a modern, high-performance JavaScript runtime with integrated tooling, optimized for fast startup and efficient execution. • Performance:Bun is a modern, high-performance JavaScript runtime with integrated tooling, optimized for fast startup and efficient execution.
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- DigitalOcean has added native support for the Bun JavaScript runtime to its App Platform, allowing developers to deploy Bun applications directly from a Git repository without writing any configuration files. The platform’s Cloud Native Buildpacks automatically detect a Bun project, install dependencies, build, and start the app using default commands (or custom ones via the App Spec). Bun, known for faster startup and lower memory usage than Node.js, also works seamlessly with Next.js. Users can choose code‑first deployment, Dockerfile, or pre‑built images, and can switch existing Node.js apps to Bun by simply removing Node lock files.
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