Managing Dependencies in Bun

From the Bun cheat sheet · Package Manager · verified Jul 2026

Managing Dependencies

Install, add, remove, and update packages

bash

# Install all dependencies
bun install

# Add a package
bun add express

# Dev dependency
bun add -d typescript

# Remove a package
bun remove express

💡 bun install is up to 30x faster than npm — uses a global cache and hardlinks

⚡ Since Bun 1.2 the default lockfile is the text-based bun.lock — readable in diffs and Git-friendly

📌 Use --frozen-lockfile in CI to ensure deterministic installs

🟢 Workspaces work like npm/yarn workspaces — just add "workspaces" to package.json

installaddremovepackages

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