## [![From npm to a Single Binary: Adopting Bun for the Tigris CLI](/blog/assets/images/hero-image-822eba9bb78d958732b972224064e975.webp)](/blog/using-bun-and-benchmark/.md)[From npm to a Single Binary: Adopting Bun for the Tigris CLI](/blog/using-bun-and-benchmark/.md)

We shipped our CLI with Node.js and npm, then compiled it into a standalone binary with Bun in a matter of hours. Here is what we learned and how it performed.

Abdullah Ibrahim · February 26, 2026 ·

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