Bun Install & Dependency Management

Bun's package manager is 3-10x faster than npm, with a binary lockfile (bun.lockb) and workspace support.

What's new in Bun 1.4

--linker=isolated — pnpm-style isolated node_modules (1.3.14)
Global virtual store — 7x faster installs by sharing packages across workspaces (1.3.14)
--offline / --prefer-offline — install without network or prefer cache (1.4.1)
bun audit fix — scan and fix vulnerabilities (1.4.0)
bun dedupe — deduplicate dependencies (1.4.0)
bun prune — remove extraneous packages (1.4.0)
bun why — understand why a dependency is installed (1.2.19)
bun outdated — check for outdated packages (1.2.19)
--filter — run commands in workspace subsets (1.2.16)
Self-contained workspace node_modules — each workspace gets its own node_modules (1.4.1)