Speed Up Your JavaScript Apps: Native Bun Support is Now Available on App Platform

Speed Up Your JavaScript Apps: Native Bun Support is Now Available on App Platform Benefits Deployment Paths in App Platform How to Get Started with Bun How Bun Detection Works Migrating from Node. js to Bun Use Bun as Package Manager Next. js Configuration Get Started About the author(s) Native Bun support in App Platform is now available By Bikram Gupta and Dinesh Murthy Published: December 19, 2025 4 min read The JavaScript ecosystem is rapidly evolving to meet the growing performance and integration demands of modern, AI-driven applications. Bun is a popular framework for developers that offers an all-in-one runtime, bundler, and package manager and is considered a drop-in replacement for Node. js. With its faster startup times and lower memory usage than traditional runtimes, Bun is a top request from our customers. Today, we’re excited to announce native Bun support on DigitalOcean App Platform. Now, you can deploy Bun applications directly from your code repository without writing a single line of configuration. App Platform’s Cloud Native Buildpacks will automatically detect, build, deploy and run your Bun apps. Performance: Bun is a modern, high-performance JavaScript runtime with integrated tooling, optimized for fast startup and efficient execution. Zero Configuration: You don’t need to maintain a Dockerfile. Just push your code into your git repo, and we’ll handle the runtime setup.