bun add CLI Usage

bun add <package> <@version>

Dependency Management

--productionboolean

Don't install devDependencies. Alias: -p

--omitstring

Exclude dev, optional, or peer dependencies from install

--globalboolean

Install globally. Alias: -g

--devboolean

Add dependency to devDependencies. Alias: -d

--optionalboolean

Add dependency to optionalDependencies

--peerboolean

Add dependency to peerDependencies

--exactboolean

Add the exact version instead of the ^ range. Alias: -E

--only-missingboolean

Only add dependencies to package.json if they are not already present

Project Files & Lockfiles

--yarnboolean

Write a yarn.lock file (yarn v1). Alias: -y

--no-saveboolean

Don't update package.json or save a lockfile

--saveboolean default: true

Save to package.json (true by default)

--frozen-lockfileboolean

Disallow changes to lockfile

--trustboolean

Add to trustedDependencies in the project's package.json and install the package(s)

--save-text-lockfileboolean

Save a text-based lockfile

--lockfile-onlyboolean

Generate a lockfile without installing dependencies

Installation Control

--dry-runboolean

Don't install anything

--forceboolean

Always request the latest versions from the registry & reinstall all dependencies. Alias: -f

--no-verifyboolean

Skip verifying integrity of newly downloaded packages

--ignore-scriptsboolean

Skip lifecycle scripts in the project's package.json (dependency scripts are never run)

--analyzeboolean

Recursively analyze & install dependencies of files passed as arguments (using Bun's bundler). Alias:{" "} -a

Network & Registry

--castring

Provide a Certificate Authority signing certificate

--cafilestring

Same as --ca, but as a file path to the certificate

--registrystring

Use a specific registry by default, overriding .npmrc, bunfig.toml, and environment variables

--network-concurrencynumber default: 48

Maximum number of concurrent network requests (default 48)

Performance & Resource

--backendstring default: clonefile

Platform-specific optimizations for installing dependencies. Possible values: clonefile (default),{" "} hardlink, symlink, copyfile

--concurrent-scriptsnumber default: 5

Maximum number of concurrent jobs for lifecycle scripts (default 5)

Caching

--cache-dirstring

Store & load cached data from a specific directory path

--no-cacheboolean

Ignore manifest cache entirely

Output & Logging

--silentboolean

Don't log anything

--verboseboolean

Excessively verbose logging

--no-progressboolean

Disable the progress bar

--no-summaryboolean

Don't print a summary

Global Configuration & Context

--configstring

Specify path to config file (bunfig.toml). Alias: -c

--cwdstring

Set a specific current working directory

Help

--helpboolean

Print this help menu. Alias: -h