Deno
More info
- Creator
- Ryan Dahl
- Released
- Owner
- Deno Land Inc.
- Type
- JavaScript and TypeScript runtime
- License
- MIT
- Website
- deno.com
- Source
- github.com/denoland/deno
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
JavaScript + TypeScript runtime. Ryan Dahl (Node creator), 2018. Built in Rust + V8. Anti-Node-mistakes: secure-by-default (explicit permission flags), TypeScript native, web-standard APIs.
v1 (2020), v2 (Oct 2024). Deno 2 added: Node-compat mode (use npm packages), JSR (JavaScript Registry) — modern alternative to npm. Deno Deploy (Edge runtime, Cloudflare-Workers competitor). Use cases: scripting (no node_modules required), serverless-edge, modern-TypeScript projects. Adoption: smaller than Bun, mature and stable. Notable users: Discord-blog-team, Slack. Standard library: comprehensive (file I/O, HTTP, crypto, testing) — Node has nothing like this built-in. Modern position: Deno v2 + JSR is a credible Node replacement for new projects.