Bun vs Node: Which Is Really Faster?
summary
Compares runtime performance of Bun and Node.js by analyzing published benchmarks and adding new measurements; discusses differing methodologies and conflicting results and applies practical performance-measurement and optimization experience to evaluate claims like “Bun is ten times faster.”
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Bun vs Node intro
- 1:29What is Bun
- 3:39Bun benchmarks
- 7:34Bun use cases
- 8:18Measuring performance
- 11:33Bun vs package managers
- 17:55Package manager tests
- 21:12App startup speed
- 23:45Linting large projects
- 26:54Log parsing comparison
- 29:42Server load testing
- 33:58Fixing SSR benchmarks
- 37:58Load test results
- 40:08Other language comparison
- 41:52Benchmarks conclusions








