---
title: Build an app with Qwik and Bun
sidebarTitle: Qwik with Bun
mode: center
---

Initialize a new Qwik app with `bunx create-qwik`.

The `create-qwik` package detects when you are using `bunx` and installs dependencies with `bun`.

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun create qwik
```

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┌  Let's create a  Qwik App  ✨ (v1.20.0)
│
◇  Where would you like to create your new project? (Use '.' or './' for current directory)
│  ./my-app
│
●  Creating new project in  /path/to/my-app  ... 🐇
│
◇  Select a starter
│  Playground App (Qwik City + Qwik)
│
◇  Would you like to install bun dependencies?
│  Yes
│
◇  Initialize a new git repository?
│  No
│
◇  Finishing the install. Wanna hear a joke?
│  Yes
│
○  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                          │
│  How do you know if there’s an elephant under your bed?  │
│  Your head hits the ceiling!                             │
│                                                          │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
◇  App Created 🐰
│
◇  Installed bun dependencies 📋
│
○  Result ─────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                      │
│  Success!  Project created in my-app directory       │
│                                                      │
│  Integrations? Add Netlify, Cloudflare, Tailwind...  │
│  bun qwik add                                        │
│                                                      │
│  Relevant docs:                                      │
│  https://qwik.dev/docs/getting-started/              │
│                                                      │
│  Questions? Start the conversation at:               │
│  https://qwik.dev/chat                               │
│  https://twitter.com/QwikDev                         │
│                                                      │
│  Presentations, Podcasts and Videos:                 │
│  https://qwik.dev/media/                             │
│                                                      │
│  Next steps:                                         │
│  cd my-app                                           │
│  bun start                                           │
│                                                      │
│                                                      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
└  Happy coding! 🎉

```

---

Run `bun run dev` to start the development server.

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun run dev
```

```txt
$ vite --mode ssr

VITE v7.3.1   ssr   ready in 433 ms

➜  Local:   http://localhost:5173/
➜  Network: use --host to expose
➜  press h + enter to show help
```

---

Open [http://localhost:5173](http://localhost:5173) in your browser to see the result. Qwik hot-reloads your app as you edit your source files.

<Frame>![Qwik screenshot](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/assets/3084745/ec35f2f7-03dd-4c90-851e-fb4ad150bb28)</Frame>

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See the [Qwik docs](https://qwik.dev/docs/getting-started/) to learn more.
