Nub
Hacker ApprovedNode toolkit in Developer tools
Recommended as a Bun-like all-in-one toolkit that keeps stock Node underneath, with strong pnpm compatibility. Critics mainly object that it is heavily vibe-coded.
Recommended as a Bun-like all-in-one toolkit that keeps stock Node underneath, with strong pnpm compatibility. Critics mainly object that it is heavily vibe-coded.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Builds on existing Node tech
“adopts existing tech and improves, rather than a greenfield project with worse compat”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” “it doesn't have much surface area, just a Rust wrapper that spawns `node` ultimately”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” “adds surprisingly many features while still being the good ol' Node underneath”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Friendship ended with Deno, now Node is my best friend” Full pnpm and cross-platform support
“Yep, full support on macOS, Linux, Windows.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” “It has complete pnpm compatibility.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” Fast, simple, robust
“everything is much simpler and more robust than when I was exploring the space”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” “0 issues, ridiculously fast.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” Bun-like tooling for Node
“meant to bring the benefits of bun to node”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Buz – A fork of Bun using modern Zig, with sub-1s incremental builds” “I think this fills a niche”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Heavily vibe-coded codebase
“This project is already highly vibe-coded.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js” “Nub has a strong smell all the way”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Nub – A Bun-like all-in-one toolkit for Node.js”
What people said
19 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“adds surprisingly many features while still being the good ol' Node underneath”
“removes some rough/legacy edges”
“meant to bring the benefits of bun to node”
“adopts existing tech and improves, rather than a greenfield project with worse compat”
“only describes the WHATWG user interface and nothing about the protocol or how Websockets works”
“It has complete pnpm compatibility.”
“Nub has a strong smell all the way”
“Very cool idea which makes a lot of sense.”
“This project is already highly vibe-coded.”
“I actually really like this!”
“everything is much simpler and more robust than when I was exploring the space”
“it doesn't have much surface area, just a Rust wrapper that spawns `node` ultimately”
“We use this to register our preload purely for performance reasons.”
“Love the idea, learning a lot of interesting things about node hooks by reading docs and some code”
“I saw this on twitter and loved it, such a good move on your part Colin.”
“Yep, full support on macOS, Linux, Windows.”
“The other pieces of the toolkit could absolutely be used: package manager, script runner, package runner.”
“I think this fills a niche”
“0 issues, ridiculously fast.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.