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Bun vs Node.js for Frontend Tooling in 2026: Is It Time to Switch?

Bun 1.x in 2026: switch your package manager today (bun install beats pnpm by 3-8x on cold installs), use Bun for dev scripts and TypeScript execution, but keep Node for production runtime and Vitest for existing test suites. The wins are real for tooling; the runtime story isn't fully there yet.