Bare

Bare is a lightweight, modular JavaScript runtime you can embed or ship standalone—no peer-to-peer or Pear machinery required.

Bare is a small, modular JavaScript runtime. Embed it in a native app, or compile a script into a single standalone binary—no Node.js, no peer-to-peer machinery, no Pear install required.

Pear, the peer-to-peer platform, is built on Bare—see The Pear stack if that's what brought you here. This tab is for using Bare entirely on its own.

Install the Bare CLI

npm i -g bare

Run a script directly, or start a REPL with no script. Full flag reference: Bare CLI.

bare script.js

Where to go next

Using Bare on its own

When standalone Bare makes sense, and where the runtime-only path goes.

Bare runtime API

The Bare global: process properties, lifecycle, addons, threads.

Run on mobile & native

Embed Bare in a React Native app, type a native RPC bridge, and bundle a Bare app for distribution.

Connect to peers

Dial a peer by key with HyperDHT, or join topics with Hyperswarm—no UI, terminal only.

Store and replicate

Persist and replicate with Hypercore, manage many cores with Corestore, and share databases with Hyperbee.

Building blocks

Hypercore, Hyperbee, Hyperdrive, Autobase, HyperDHT, and Hyperswarm—the shared peer-to-peer modules Bare and Pear both run on.