---
title: "Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun: JavaScript runtime comparison"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-vs-deno-vs-bun-javascript-runtime-comparison-xjtzr2kjn
source_url: https://snyk.io/blog/javascript-runtime-compare-node-deno-bun/
type: article
source: "Snyk"
published: 2023-09-05T19:15:51.557Z
updated: 2023-09-05T19:15:38.884Z
tags: ["security", "javascript", "performance", "typescript", "deno", "bun"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 99
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun: JavaScript runtime comparison

**[Snyk](https://daily.dev/sources/snyk)** · 12 min read · 99 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

Node.js vs. Bun is the latest upstart, offering blistering speed and significantly outperforming its rivals. Deno aims to improve its security via fine-grained access controls. Bun is still in beta and has some gaps to fill out to be fully production-ready.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://snyk.io/blog/javascript-runtime-compare-node-deno-bun/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@matusmlich** · 0 upvotes

> It's worthy to wait a while to see how situation with bun in rough production environment goes. Excited to test it!

**@nareshkumar** · 0 upvotes

> Nice

**@arifdwinugroho** · 0 upvotes

> Interesting but not sure to use in production right now, maybe after it full release on windows also

**@brdnicolas** · 0 upvotes

> bun!

**@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes

> Great article! Excited to test bun

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#deno](https://daily.dev/tags/deno), [#bun](https://daily.dev/tags/bun)

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