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DetailTrigger.devBun
What it doesThe open source platform for durable AI agents A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
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Pricing modelfreemium free
PricingFree plan with $5/month credits, Hobby ($10/month with $10 credits), Pro ($50/month with $50 credits), Enterprise with custom pricing. Billed by compute usage and run invocations. Not given
Key features
  • AI agents that survive refreshes, redeploys, and crashes
  • Long-running tasks without timeouts
  • Automatic retries with configurable backoff
  • Fair queuing with concurrency controls
  • Real-time observability and monitoring
  • Human-in-the-loop workflows
  • Streaming LLM responses to frontend
  • Scheduled tasks and cron jobs
  • Multi-region deployment
  • Elastic auto-scaling infrastructure
  • JavaScript and TypeScript runtime on JavaScriptCore
  • Fast npm-compatible package manager
  • Jest-compatible test runner
  • Built-in bundler for TypeScript, JSX, CSS and HTML
  • HTTP server with routing and WebSocket support
  • PostgreSQL and Redis clients built-in
  • S3-compatible object storage client
  • Shell scripting with Bun.$
  • Password hashing with argon2 and bcrypt
  • Single-file executable compilation
What makes it different
  • Durable execution that survives crashes and redeploys
  • No infrastructure to manage or timeouts to worry about
  • Stream responses directly to frontend with built-in Realtime
  • Full TypeScript support with no runtime restrictions
  • All-in-one toolkit combining runtime, package manager, test runner and bundler in one binary
  • Up to 30× faster package installation than npm, yarn and pnpm
  • Built-in batteries including HTTP, WebSockets, SQL, Redis, S3 and shell clients
  • Significant memory efficiency compared to Node.js and Deno
  • Full Node.js API compatibility with existing projects
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Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)73 no change since last check83 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)3536
Citation Flow (Majestic)5053
Referring domains (Majestic)23007711

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