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To install TypeScript definitions for Bun’s built-in APIs in your project, install @types/bun.
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bun add -d @types/bun # dev dependency
Below is the full set of recommended compilerOptions for a Bun project. With this tsconfig.json, you can use top-level await, extensioned or extensionless imports, and JSX.
package.json
{
	"compilerOptions": {
		// Environment setup & latest features
		"lib": ["ESNext"],
		"target": "ESNext",
		"module": "Preserve",
		"moduleDetection": "force",
		"jsx": "react-jsx",
		"allowJs": true,

		// Bundler mode
		"moduleResolution": "bundler",
		"allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
		"verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
		"noEmit": true,

		// Best practices
		"strict": true,
		"skipLibCheck": true,
		"noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
		"noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
		"noImplicitOverride": true,

		// Some stricter flags (disabled by default)
		"noUnusedLocals": false,
		"noUnusedParameters": false,
		"noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": false
	}
}
Refer to Ecosystem > TypeScript for a complete guide to TypeScript support in Bun.
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