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Setup Bun in DigitalOcean app platform

I’m leveraging the Digital Ocean App Platform to deploy my Node.js application. While locally, I benefit from the speed and convenience of Bun for scripting. Is there anyone familiar with integrating Bun into the App Platform?

As a last resort, I’m considering creating a custom Docker image, but that seems a bit excessive…


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Thanks for your reply Bobby.

For now i managed to workaround it with the following command in my build commands:

npx -y bun src/scripts/deployment.js -s
Bobby Iliev
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January 5, 2024

Hi there,

The current supported Cloud Native Buildpacks on the App platform are:

As you mentioned, for the time being you would need to use a custom Dockerfile:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/dockerfile/

The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/

Hope that helps!

- Bobby.

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