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Bun (JS runtime) is being vibe-ported from Zig to Rust

·2026.05.06 09:16

Key point

An experiment using AI agents for Bun's Zig-to-Rust port has been revealed.

Details

Jarred Sumner committed PORTING.md to the claude/phase-a-port branch of the Bun repository, revealing an experiment porting from Zig → Rust using AI agents.

The port is designed in phases, and Phase A is the stage where logic is roughly translated on a per-file basis. At this stage, making the code compilable is not yet a concern.

The key point is that the language transition for a large JS runtime like Bun is being pushed forward not through manual rewriting, but through a workflow incorporating AI agents.

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