Why Anthropic Bought Bun, a High-Speed Runtime to Power Claude Tools and Dev Agents
Anthropic acquired Bun and will keep it open source, integrating its high-performance JavaScript runtime to accelerate AI-driven coding tools and workflows.
Anthropic makes first acquisition with purchase of Bun to accelerate Claude Code - SiliconANGLE
Anthropic acquired Bun to integrate a faster Zig-built JavaScript/TypeScript runtime into Claude Code infrastructure for improved performance and scalability.
Bun 1.3 stuffs everything and kitchen sink into JS runtime
Bun 1.3 consolidates JavaScript toolchains with fast Zig-based runtime, extensive built-in tooling, and isolated installs but raises concerns about scope and pace.
Bun JS toolkit adds MySQL driver, secrets API, YAML, more
Bun 1.2.21 adds MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite drivers, a YAML parser, a native secrets manager, security tooling, and significant bun.SQL performance improvements.