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How does this compare to the recently released Bun Shell?

• skavi 3y ago
  One (admittedly obvious) difference is that it runs on Node/V8 instead of Bun/JSC.
  • cerved 3y ago
    can you elaborate the difference, besides the different names of the runtime?
    • skavi 3y ago
      I think you’ll find far better answers than I can provide with a web search.
      • cerved 3y ago
        I didn't which is why I asked
• Jarred 3y ago
  Bun Shell implements a cross-platform bash-like shell, using builtins for popular commands like `rm`, `cd`, `which`, `ls` etc which support the same flags on Linux, macOS, and Windows. A lot of why we made it was for `bun install` to work on Windows without needing polyfill packages like `rimraf` or `cross-env` in package.json scripts. zx uses the system-provided shell, which means it isn't cross-platform For the commands Bun Shell implements as builtins, they typically run something like 10x - 20x faster than in zx on mac/linux because spawning processes is expensive (even more expensive on Windows)