What actually happened with the Bun rewrite (now that Jarred finally released the blog post).
Evidence comparison
Bun vs Hugging Face
Across all dates, 5 tracked creators have mentioned Bun, compared with 27 for Hugging Face.
Mentions can include recommendations, criticism or sponsorship. They do not establish current use.
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Public switch records: Bun to Hugging Face
0Public switch records: Hugging Face to Bun
Bun
Developer Tools
What it does
Fast JavaScript runtime with a package manager, bundler and test runner built in.
5 creators · all time0 mentions / 30 days100% organic · all time
- All-time public mentions
- 7
- Pricing
- —
- Tracked since
- 14 Jun 2026
- Website
- bun.sh
Public mentions by creator · all time
Mentions over the past 12 weeks
Hugging Face
Developer Tools
What it does
Hub for open models, datasets and demos, with libraries for pulling them into your own code.
27 creators · all time9 mentions / 30 days100% organic · all time
- All-time public mentions
- 48
- Pricing
- —
- Tracked since
- 12 Jun 2026
- Website
- huggingface.co
Public mentions by creator · all time
Mentions over the past 12 weeks
Affiliate links · Werbung›
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Recent public mentions and sources
Bun
Bun just refactored their entire codebase from Zig to Rust in just 11 days
Hugging Face
Linked in the description for Hugging Face
Linked in the description for Hugging Face
Is there a newer or better option?
Other Developer Tools tools creators are actually adopting — beyond Bun and Hugging Face, by real momentum.
Creators with public mentions of both tools
Questions, answered with receipts
How many creators have mentioned Bun and Hugging Face?
Across all dates, 5 tracked creators have mentioned Bun, compared with 27 for Hugging Face.
Which creators have public mentions of both Bun and Hugging Face?
Creators with public mentions of both tools include Fireship, ThePrimeTime, Theo Browne.
data updated