Create Application

bun has a lot of commands, you can check it through this:

$ bun --help

There are 2 ways to initiate project with bun,

• If you prefer to start with blank template, then you could use bun init
• If you prefer to use existing template, you could use bun create

Build with bun init

• You might need to create folder for your project first
• Then you could run bun init
  • You will be asked for the package name and entrypoint
• After finished, you will get the structure like this

.
├─ README.md
├─ package.json
├─ tsconfig.json
├─ bun.lockb
├─ .gitignore
└─ node_modules

• You could run bun run index.ts to make sure it runs properly

$ bun run index.ts

You will get response console.log Hello via Bun! by default.

Build with bun create

You could use bun create when you want use existing template or you want refer to template from repository.

Based on documentation, you could run this command:

$ bun create <template_option> <destination>

Some available template options:

• elysia
• react-app
• preact
• remix
• vite (recommended)

You could see other options through the link above.

For example, I want to create preact application to bun-preact as destination, then you could run the command:

$ bun create preact bun-preact