Concerns grow over Bun's future after Anthropic acquisition
By
William Johnston
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
The author expresses concern about Bun, a JavaScript runtime and toolchain, after its acquisition by Anthropic in December 2025. While Bun is praised as excellent software that makes TypeScript development a joy, the author worries it may follow the same "enshittification" path as Claude Code (another Anthropic-owned product that has been getting worse). Despite Anthropic's reassurances that Bun will remain open source, MIT-licensed, and with the same team, the author fears corporate ownership could degrade the product over time.
Key quotes
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I want Bun to win. I want a serious Node.js alternative. I want faster installs, faster tests, better bundling, and less toolchain bloat.
The announcement said everything I wanted to hear: Bun stays open source and MIT-licensed, the same team keeps working on it, and the roadmap keeps focusing
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