Nub launches Bun-like Node.js toolkit

Nub is a brilliant acknowledgment that developers want Bun's developer experience (DX) but are hesitant to abandon Node's battle-tested runtime ecosystem. By utilizing modern Node.js hook APIs and Rust-based pre-transpilation via oxc, it boosts stock Node.js capabilities without requiring a risky runtime migration.

• –Augments, doesn't replace: By using native Node.js ESM loader hooks and an oxc-powered transpilation layer, Nub improves DX without introducing a custom JS runtime or proprietary APIs.
• –Performance gains: The Rust-built CLI runs package scripts up to 24x faster than pnpm, executes package commands (nubx) up to 19x faster, and starts TypeScript files 2.9x faster than tsx.
• –Drop-in compatibility: Features like automatic .env loading, built-in polyfills (Temporal, URLPattern), and automatic Node.js version provisioning require zero configuration.
• –No lock-in security: Because it wraps stock Node.js, teams can adopt it locally for DX benefits without locking themselves into a non-standard runtime in production.