How to install Bun on Windows without Windows Subsystem for Linux?

Question

I have just heard about Bun today, and I am eager to learn it.

So, first thing I want to do is to install it in order to try it.

However, I can't find a way to install it on my local machine.

I am using Windows 11.

This is what I found on the official Readme.

Install Native: (macOS x64 & Silicon, Linux x64, Windows Subsystem for Linux)

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Docker: (Linux x64)

docker pull jarredsumner/bun:edge

docker run --rm --init --ulimit memlock=-1:-1 jarredsumner/bun:edge

If using Linux, kernel version 5.6 or higher is strongly recommended, but the minimum is 5.1.

I already tried

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

and it says

Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions. Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store: https://aka.ms/wslstore curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination

So, is there a way to install Bun on Windows without Windows Subsystem for Linux?

Answer 1

Windows support is on Bun's roadmap (until then, it is only available on *nix systems)

Windows support

• The HTTP client needs a Windows implementation for the syscalls
• Bun needs test coverage for Windows filepath handling
• All of bun's dependencies need to compile on Windows
• Building JavaScriptCore needs to work on Windows and the JIT tiers need to work. I don't know what the current status of this is. WebKit's bug tracker suggests it may not have JITs enabled which will likely need some patches to fix it.