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Quick Start

Elysia is optimized for Bun which is a JavaScript runtime that aims to be a drop-in replacement for Node.js.

You can install Bun with the command below:

bash
curl https://bun.sh/install | bash

Auto Installation

We recommend starting a new Elysia server using bun create elysia, which sets up everything automatically.

bash
bun create elysia app

Once done, you should see the folder name app in your directory.

bash
cd app

Start a development server by:

bash
bun dev

Navigate to localhost:3000 should greet you with "Hello Elysia".

TIP

Elysia ships you with dev command to automatically reload your server on file change.

Next Steps

We recommend checking out the either one of the following:

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in our Discord community.