bun install CLI Usage

bun install <name>@<version>

General Configuration

--configstring

Specify path to config file (bunfig.toml)

--cwdstring

Set a specific cwd

Dependency Scope & Management

--productionboolean

Don't install devDependencies

--no-saveboolean

Don't update package.json or save a lockfile

--saveboolean default: true

Save to package.json

--omitstring

Exclude 'dev', 'optional', or 'peer' dependencies from install

--only-missingboolean

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

Dependency Type & Versioning

--devboolean

Add dependency to "devDependencies"

--optionalboolean

Add dependency to "optionalDependencies"

--peerboolean

Add dependency to "peerDependencies"

--exactboolean

Add the exact version instead of the ^range

Lockfile Control

--yarnboolean

Write a yarn.lock file (yarn v1)

--frozen-lockfileboolean

Disallow changes to lockfile

--save-text-lockfileboolean

Save a text-based lockfile

--lockfile-onlyboolean

Generate a lockfile without installing dependencies

Network & Registry Settings

--castring

Provide a Certificate Authority signing certificate

--cafilestring

File path to Certificate Authority signing certificate

--registrystring

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

Installation Process Control

--dry-runboolean

Don't install anything

--forceboolean

Always request the latest versions from the registry & reinstall all dependencies

--globalboolean

Install globally

--backendstring default: clonefile

Platform-specific optimizations: "clonefile", "hardlink", "symlink", "copyfile"

--filterstring

Install packages for the matching workspaces

--analyzeboolean

Analyze & install all dependencies of files passed as arguments recursively

Caching Options

--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

Security & Integrity

--no-verifyboolean

Skip verifying integrity of newly downloaded packages

--trustboolean

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

Concurrency & Performance

--concurrent-scriptsnumber default: 5

Maximum number of concurrent jobs for lifecycle scripts

--network-concurrencynumber default: 48

Maximum number of concurrent network requests

Lifecycle Script Management

--ignore-scriptsboolean

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

Help Information

--helpboolean

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