InfoQ - System Programming - News https://www.infoq.com InfoQ System Programming News feed Bun Rewrites 535K Lines of Zig into Rust in Four Months, Eliminates Numerous Memory Leaks https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/bun-AI-rewrite-zig-rust-4-months/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=System+Programming-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/bun-AI-rewrite-zig-rust-4-months/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1789932023289.jpg"/><p>Bun creator Jarred Sumner recently announced that Bun, the JavaScript/TypeScript runtime, bundler and package manager has been rewritten from Zig to Rust. The rewrite seeks to eliminate recurrent memory safety vulnerabilities via Rust’s borrow checker. The AI-assisted rewrite was released after 4 months of work instead of the estimated one year.</p> <i>By Bruno Couriol</i> Web Development Bundlers AI Assisted Coding Rust System Programming Development news Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:51:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/bun-AI-rewrite-zig-rust-4-months/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=System+Programming-news Bruno Couriol 2026-09-20T19:51:00Z /news/2026/09/bun-AI-rewrite-zig-rust-4-months/en