Bun vs Node.js
How has interest in each changed?
Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources
Mentions, monthly
Bun: Hacker News mentions: 1 mention (2021) to 11 mentions (2026)
Node.js: Hacker News mentions: 1 mention (2009) to 262 mentions (2026)
Imported from Hacker News mentions
Installs, monthly
Bun: Homebrew analytics installs: 6,563 installs (2026)
Node.js: Homebrew analytics installs: 293,315 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Installs, yearly
Bun: Homebrew analytics installs: 15,854 installs (2026)
Node.js: Homebrew analytics installs: 3,200,066 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Questions asked, monthly
Bun: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2022) to 2 questions (2026)
Node.js: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2009) to 6 questions (2026)
Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer
Usage share, yearly
Bun: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 0.8 % of respondents (2023) to 5.54 % of respondents (2025)
Node.js: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 7.52 % of respondents (2013) to 50.21 % of respondents (2025)
Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey
Pageviews, monthly
Bun: Wikipedia pageviews: 99 views (2023) to 7,921 views (2026)
Node.js: Wikipedia pageviews: 77,061 views (2015) to 29,139 views (2026)
Imported from Wikipedia pageviews
Series only one of them has
Bun: npm downloads: 23 downloads (2015) to 12,873,049 downloads (2026). Imported from npm downloads.
Who uses both?
1 member lists both Bun and Node.js.
No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.
What do people pair them with?
Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.