--- title: Best Bun posts — January 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Bun posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of/2026/01 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of/2026/01 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Bun posts — January 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Bun posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Bun — January 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/bun-v1-3-6-wx4br4zyw "Bun v1.3.6") Article Bun · 34w Bun v1.3.6 Bun v1.3.6 introduces new APIs for tarball creation/extraction (Bun.Archive) and JSONC parsing, adds metafile and virtual files support to Bun.build, and delivers significant performance improvements: Response.json() is 3.5x faster, async/await 15% faster, Promise.race 30% faster, and Bun.hash.crc32 20x faster. The release includes SIMD-optimized Buffer.indexOf, HTTP/HTTPS proxy support for WebSocket, S3 Requester Pays support, --grep flag for bun test, fake timers compatibility with @testing-library/react, SQLite 3.51.2 update, and 45 bug fixes improving Node.js compatibility, bundler stability, and security. 94 1 [See all Bun archives](/sources/bun/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of/2026/01#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of/2026/01","name":"Best Bun Posts — January 2026","description":"The most upvoted Bun posts from January 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of/2026/01#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bun-v1-3-6-wx4br4zyw","name":"Bun v1.3.6"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bun","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bun"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bun/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"January 2026"}]}]} ```