---
title: "Bun's New Feature Is SO Cursed (I Love It) (RIP Bash)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/bun-s-new-feature-is-so-cursed-i-love-it-rip-bash--9fcnp0isv
source_url: https://youtu.be/hy8GLnqb5sI
type: video:youtube
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-01-29T07:11:16.075Z
updated: 2024-01-29T07:11:14.147Z
tags: ["javascript", "bun"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 21
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Bun's New Feature Is SO Cursed (I Love It) (RIP Bash)

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 12 min read · 21 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Bun is a new alternative tool chain for JavaScript developers that allows for running shell scripts in JavaScript. It competes with bash and aims to simplify cross-platform scripting. The post highlights the challenges of running shell scripts in JavaScript and introduces the features of the bun shell.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@legacy8** · 1 upvotes

> If only we had this 5 years ago, our lives would have been, even if just a little bit, better.

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