Bun Shell Has a Free API — Run Shell Commands from TypeScript with Zero Dependencies

What if you could write shell scripts in TypeScript — with template literals, piping, and glob support — and they ran faster than bash?

Bun Shell lets you write shell commands directly in TypeScript using tagged template literals.

Why Bun Shell

• Template literal syntax — write shell commands naturally in TypeScript
• Cross-platform — works on macOS, Linux, and Windows
• Built-in globbing — no external packages needed
• Piping — chain commands with pipe operator
• Zero dependencies — part of the Bun runtime

Quick Start

import { $ } from "bun";

const result = await $`ls -la`.text();

const dir = "src";
const files = await $`find ${dir} -name "*.ts"`.text();

await $`prettier --write src/**/*.{ts,tsx}`;

Real Use Case

A team rewrote 15 bash CI scripts with Bun Shell. They got type checking, cross-platform support, and ran in half the time.

Get Started

Install bun.sh — Bun Shell is built in, no extra packages.

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