This install path is advanced and not part of the primary support path. Use Docker or Podman for a fully supported setup.
Status
- Bun is an optional local runtime for running TypeScript directly (
bun run …, bun --watch …).
pnpm is the default for builds and remains fully supported (and used by some docs tooling).- Bun cannot use
pnpm-lock.yaml and will ignore it.
Install
Default:
Note: bun.lock/bun.lockb are gitignored, so there’s no repo churn either way. If you want no lockfile writes:
Build / Test (Bun)
bun run build
bun run vitest run
Bun lifecycle scripts (blocked by default)
Bun may block dependency lifecycle scripts unless explicitly trusted (bun pm untrusted / bun pm trust).
For this repo, the commonly blocked scripts are not required:
@whiskeysockets/baileys preinstall: checks Node major >= 20 (we run Node 22+).protobufjs postinstall: emits warnings about incompatible version schemes (no build artifacts).
If you hit a real runtime issue that requires these scripts, trust them explicitly:
bun pm trust @whiskeysockets/baileys protobufjs
Caveats
- Some scripts still hardcode pnpm (e.g.
docs:build, ui:*, protocol:check). Run those via pnpm for now.
