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Bun vs Deno: GitHub, npm & hiring signals

A live, signal-by-signal comparison of Bun and Deno — GitHub stars, npm downloads, and how many of the 27 public signal sources Sigmon can track for each. Numbers below are detected right now.

Bun

oven-sh

Top-repo stars
93.1k
npm/wk
2.2M
Trackable sources
27/27
Domain
bun.com
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Deno

denoland

Top-repo stars
107.1k
npm/wk
159.7k
Trackable sources
27/27
Domain
deno.com
Full Deno signal breakdown

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