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---
title: Run Bun as a daemon with PM2
sidebarTitle: PM2 with Bun
mode: center
---
[PM2](https://pm2.keymetrics.io/) is a process manager that runs your applications as daemons (background processes).
PM2 offers process monitoring, automatic restarts, and scaling. It keeps your application running when you deploy it to a cloud-hosted virtual private server (VPS).
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You can use PM2 with Bun in two ways: as a CLI option or in a configuration file.
### With `--interpreter`
To start your application with PM2 and Bun as the interpreter, run:
```bash terminal icon="terminal"
pm2 start --interpreter ~/.bun/bin/bun index.ts
```
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### With a configuration file
Alternatively, create a file named `pm2.config.cjs` in your project directory and add the following content.
```js pm2.config.cjs icon="file-code"
module.exports = {
name: "app", // Name of your application
script: "index.ts", // Entry point of your application
interpreter: "bun", // Bun interpreter
env: {
PATH: `${process.env.HOME}/.bun/bin:${process.env.PATH}`, // Add "~/.bun/bin/bun" to PATH
},
};
```
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After saving the file, start your application with PM2.
```bash terminal icon="terminal"
pm2 start pm2.config.cjs
```
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Your JavaScript/TypeScript web server now runs as a daemon with PM2, using Bun as the interpreter.