# Bun - an installer for JavaScript Bun

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/bun-an-installer-for-javascript-bun/58310>\
**Category:** Announcing\
**Tags:** library, phoenix, javascript, node, nodejs, esbuild, bun\
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/bun-an-installer-for-javascript-bun/58310 "2023-09-15T15:16:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![hauleth](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/hauleth/32/18942_2.png) [@hauleth](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/hauleth)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/bun-an-installer-for-javascript-bun/58310/21 "2024-08-14T11:57:57Z")

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Bun is full JS runtime, not just bundler. That mean that you can also run NPM packages using Bun, which IIRC is not possible with ESbuild. For example I switched from Tailwind to just PostCSS and I can use “regular” `package.json` with ease without any additional steps.

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