Build an app with Nuxt and Bun

Bun supports Nuxt out of the box. Initialize a Nuxt app with official nuxi CLI.

terminal

bunx nuxi init my-nuxt-app

✔ Which package manager would you like to use?
bun
◐ Installing dependencies...
bun install v1.3.3 (16b4bf34)
 + @nuxt/devtools@0.8.2
 + nuxt@3.7.0
 785 packages installed [2.67s]
✔ Installation completed.
✔ Types generated in .nuxt
✨ Nuxt project has been created with the v3 template. Next steps:
 › cd my-nuxt-app
 › Start development server with bun run dev

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To start the dev server, run bun --bun run dev from the project root. This will execute the nuxt dev command (as defined in the "dev" script in package.json).

The nuxt CLI uses Node.js by default; passing the --bun flag forces the dev server to use the Bun runtime instead.

terminal

cd my-nuxt-app
bun --bun run dev

nuxt dev
Nuxi 3.6.5
Nuxt 3.6.5 with Nitro 2.5.2
  > Local:    http://localhost:3000/
  > Network:  http://192.168.0.21:3000/
  > Network:  http://[fd8a:d31d:481c:4883:1c64:3d90:9f83:d8a2]:3000/

✔ Nuxt DevTools is enabled v0.8.0 (experimental)
ℹ Vite client warmed up in 547ms
✔ Nitro built in 244 ms

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Once the dev server spins up, open http://localhost:3000 to see the app. The app will render Nuxt’s built-in NuxtWelcome template component.

To start developing your app, replace <NuxtWelcome /> in app.vue with your own UI.

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For production build, while the default preset is already compatible with Bun, you can also use Bun preset to generate better optimized builds.

nuxt.config.ts

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  nitro: {
    preset: "bun", 
  },
});

Alternatively, you can set the preset via environment variable:

terminal

NITRO_PRESET=bun bun run build

Some packages provide Bun-specific exports that Nitro will not bundle correctly using the default preset. In this case, you need to use Bun preset so that the packages will work correctly in production builds.

After building with bun, run:

terminal

bun run ./.output/server/index.mjs

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Refer to the Nuxt website for complete documentation.