Bare: Run JavaScript Everywhere

Summary

The Holepunch team has introduced Bare, a groundbreaking minimal JavaScript runtime designed for both desktop and mobile. Built to be fast, modular, and efficient, Bare revisits the original vision of Node.js by embracing modularity and universal compatibility. Bare: Simplicity is Strength The Holepunch team has launched something that we are immensely proud of — an elegant innovation that we believe will be a game-changer for developers. Bare is a stripped-down, minimal JavaScript runtime, with all the tenacity of a burly bear. As CEO Mathias Buus Madsen observed “You just don’t see something in the tech world as essentially fundamental as Bare very often.” Bare is a small and modular JavaScript runtime for desktop and mobile. Like Node.js, it provides an asynchronous, event-driven architecture for writing applications in the lingua franca of modern software. Unlike Node.js, it makes embedding and cross-device support core use cases, aiming to run just as well on your phone as on your laptop. The result is a runtime ideal for networked, peer-to-peer applications that can run on a wide selection of hardware. We see Bare as a sort of homecoming to the original vision of Node.js — providing a fresh new take on JavaScript runtime fundamentals with a focus on modularity, universality, and scalability. In a perfectly rational world, Bare *should* have been created and launched long ago, but corporate interests and capital drove Node.js inevitably toward a centralized schema. What Can You Build with Bare? Peer-to-Peer Applications Bare’s minimal footprint and modular architecture make it the perfect foundation for P2P applications. By leveraging the Holepunch stack, developers can seamlessly embed modules to build live data streaming, real-time communication, file sharing applications, and much more. Bare’s flexibility ensures that P2P solutions remain lightweight, efficient, and scalable. Self-contained, Cross-platform apps With Bare, you can write secure modules once an...