Electrobun 2.0 will be decoupled from Bun due to the Rust rewrite
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Electrobun 2.0 will decouple from Bun due to a Rust rewrite, and will add first-class support for Rust, Zig, Go and more; yt-dlp's support of Bun is deprecated citing issues with vibe coding and supply chain attacks.
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Cached at: 05/23/26, 06:33 PM
Electrobun 2.0 will also be decoupled from Bun due to the rust rewrite.
It’s a combination of anthropic’s stance of not doing human reviews or any kind of rational roll out and stabilization.
Rust is great though, Electrobun 2.0 will have first class support for rust, zig, go, and more.
Daniel Lockyer (@DanielLockyer): yt-dlp support of Bun is now deprecated, citing the rewrite to Rust being “vibe coded” and issues surrounding supply chain attacks
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