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bun outdated only printed a table. bun audit, bun info and the bun pm commands already accept --json, and bun outdated had the flag commented out. With --json the command prints an array with one object per table row (name, current, update, latest, type, workspace, catalog) and nothing else on stdout. The version header is not printed. A catalog entry produces one object per workspace instead of one folded row. An empty result prints []. The header now prints after argument parsing, so --help no longer starts with a version line. The first pass keeps the version strings it formats for the column widths. The no-match fallback formats the current version with the lockfile buffer, which is the buffer it was parsed from.
bun why and bun pm why print the dependents tree as JSON with --json: an array with one object per matched package. Each dependent carries name, version (null for the root package), the package.json section it is declared in, whether it is optional, the declared range, and its own dependents. Where the text output stops expanding, dependents is null, and a cycle also sets circular. When nothing matches, the command prints [] and reports the error on stderr. This also declares --json for bun dedupe and bun prune. The commands read the flag in later commits.
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bun pm ls --json (also bun list --json) prints the root package name, the project path and one entry per listed package: the package name, the resolution the text prints after @, and the folder it is installed in. With --all, entries whose folder has its own node_modules nest a dependencies array. --trusted filters as in text mode. bun pm bin, bun pm cache, bun pm hash, bun pm hash-print and bun pm whoami print their single value as a one-key object with --json. The bun pm help text lists --json for the commands that accept it. The DefaultTrustedCommand call site passes the manager so that command can read the flag.
bun pm untrusted --json prints one object per package the text lists: name, version, the folder relative to the project root, and the blocked lifecycle scripts keyed by hook name. An empty result prints []. bun pm default-trusted --json prints the names as a plain array.
Prints { name, version, previousVersion } after a bump. Without an
increment argument it prints the current version with previousVersion
null instead of the help text. The package name is read from
package.json, which the command already parses.
Prints the advisories as one object: level, name, the installed version from the lockfile, description, url, and the dependency chain the text prints after "via", plus the fatal and warning counts. Exit codes do not change. The scanner install progress lines go to stderr in json mode, and the "no security scanner configured" help now goes to stderr with the error it belongs to.
Prints the dedupe report as one object: removed rows (name, the removed version, the versions the range now resolves to), kept rows (name, version, reason), the checked count, and the number of packages the install phase installed (null when no install ran). Works with --check, --dry-run, --lockfile-only and the real run. Exit codes do not change. The report now keeps structured rows instead of pre-rendered strings. The text printer renders them as before.
Prints the removed entries (name, version, path relative to the project root), the checked count and the number of failed removals as one object, for --dry-run and the real run. Versions are resolved in json mode as in the non-quiet text mode. The apply hint and the header are not printed. execute() now reports which rows it removed instead of a failure count.
bun pm pack --json prints an array with one object, the shape of npm pack --json: id, name, version, filename, the absolute tarball path, size, unpackedSize, shasum, the full sha512 integrity string, entryCount, the files with their size and tar mode, and the bundled dependency names. With --dry-run the tarball is not built, so path, size, shasum and integrity are null. The postpack script runs before the document is written. bun publish --json prints one object with the same keys plus tag, access, registry and dryRun. The publish context keeps the pack data so it can print after the upload. In tarball mode the file list and digests come from the tarball that was read. The dry-run file list is now built without printing, and the tar entry permission bits are computed in one place for the archive and the list.
Adds the JSON output sections to docs/pm/cli/pm.mdx, a scan section (the command was not documented), and the --json rows to the second copy of the bun pm help text.
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WalkthroughJSON output was added across Bun package-manager commands, including dedupe, prune, outdated, pack, publish, dependency inspection, security scanning, and package utilities. Help text, shell completions, documentation, and integration tests were updated. ChangesPackage manager JSON output
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The document now has the shape of `pnpm ls --json`: `dependencies`, `devDependencies`, `optionalDependencies`, `peerDependencies` and `workspaces`, keyed by the name the package is installed under. An entry has `from` (the real package name), `version` and the absolute `path`. The root carries the `version` of package.json. `--all` adds `transitiveDependencies`, an array with one entry per installed copy of every other package, so two versions of one name in different folders are both listed. Co-authored-by: Md. Mohiuddin Khaled Maruf <maruf.khaled@gmail.com>
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I re-reviewed after 616ad8a, 8a13478 and 3ada63c and didn't find any new bugs — the two issues I flagged earlier (OTP prompt on stdout, bundled_dep_names over-matching nested node_modules) are both fixed. Because this adds user-facing JSON output shapes across ~15 commands plus docs and completions, a human look at the API surface would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- Verified the OTP web-auth box and legacy prompt now route to stderr under
--json(publish_command.rs). - Verified
bundled_dep_namesnow only matches paths starting withnode_modules/and takes the first name; test covers nestednode_modules/dep1/node_modules/dep2. - Checked the new
pm ls --jsongrouped shape (8a13478) —ls_json_grouporder matches Behavior precedence, root package.json version read is best-effort. - Checked the fish completion
--jsonlist against the commands that read the flag;licenses/diff/viewalready have--jsonfrom before this PR.
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Overview
This PR adds --json output to the remaining bun CLI commands that print structured data: outdated, why/pm why, pm ls/list, pm pack, publish, pm untrusted, pm default-trusted, pm version, pm scan, dedupe, prune, and the one-value commands (pm bin, pm cache, pm hash, pm hash-print, whoami). 39 files touched: Rust CLI printers in src/runtime/cli/ and src/install/, help text and Subcommand::supports_json_output, docs in docs/pm/cli/, shell completions, and test coverage per command. Two follow-up commits since my last review reshaped pm ls --json to the pnpm-style grouped object and shortened two doc comments.
Security risks
None identified. The change is output-only formatting; no new input parsing, auth, or filesystem-write paths. The registry field in publish --json uses href_without_auth() so credentials are not leaked, and the test asserts the password does not appear in stdout. All strings go through the existing format_json_string_utf8 escaper.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate-to-high. Each individual JSON printer is mechanically simple (build a Vec<u8>, write it), and the text printers are unchanged. But the JSON shapes are new user-facing API surface across ~15 commands that scripts and CI will depend on, and the PR body notes it supersedes a community PR (#35251) for the pm ls shape. That's an API-design decision a maintainer should sign off on, not something an automated review can bless.
Other factors
- All prior review threads (CodeRabbit, my two inline findings, comment-cop) are resolved and the fixes are in the diff.
- Test coverage is thorough: each command has a
--jsonblock covering the happy path, empty result, error-on-stderr, and mode combinations (--dry-run,--check,--silent,--filter, etc.). - The
pack_command.rsrefactor ofprint_archived_files_and_packages/dry_run_pack_listandadd_archive_entry(movingtar_entry_permcomputation to the caller) is behavior-preserving for the text path and now feeds both printers from onePackList. - The finder's candidate about fish completion omitting
licenses/diff/viewfrom the--jsonlist was correctly ruled out — those commands accept--jsonfrom before this PR and this PR's fish rule only lists the commands it newly adds--jsonto.
The document is now an array whose only element is the root package, the shape `pnpm ls --json` prints, so a per-workspace listing can be added later without a breaking change. The root carries `private` from package.json. A workspace package's `path` is its own folder: the root node_modules only links it, and the isolated linker does not always do that. `--all --json` exits 1 with an error instead of printing `transitiveDependencies`. The entries were built from the hoisted tree, whose folders do not exist under the isolated linker (the default for a new workspace), and a flat list has no edges a consumer can follow. A nested tree can be added later as an additive key. The text printer is back to its state on main. The helpers the previous JSON tree shared with it are gone, and the groups come from `DependencyGroup::prop_for_behavior` instead of a local table.
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797-800: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winEmit the JSON document even when a publish script fails.
Self::publish::<true>at Line 705 completes the upload. Thepublishandpostpublishscripts then run at Lines 748-794. Each script failure path either callsGlobal::crash()onMissingShellor executesreturn Err(e). Both paths bypassprint_jsonat Line 797.The result is a package that is published to the registry while stdout stays empty. A caller that runs
bun publish --jsonand parses stdout cannot learn the published name, version, tag, or registry after a postpublish script fails.Print the document before propagating the script error.
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if let Some(postpublish_script) = &context.postpublish_script { if let Err(e) = Run::run_package_script_foreground(Wrap the script block so the document is always written:
let script_result = Self::run_publish_scripts(&mut context); if json_output { print_json(&context); } script_result?; Ok(())🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/runtime/cli/package_manager_command.rs`:
- Around line 1152-1159: The root package JSON serialization should source name
from root_package_json rather than pkg_names.first(), keeping name, version, and
private consistent after package.json changes. Update the name-writing logic in
the root object while preserving the existing null behavior when the parsed
package name is absent or empty.
- Around line 1240-1244: Update root_package_json to read the file using
PackageManager’s original_package_json_path as an absolute path instead of
Fd::cwd() with the relative name package.json, while preserving the existing
default return when the read fails.
In `@test/cli/install/bun-pm.test.ts`:
- Around line 753-780: Add coverage to the grouping test for a dependency
declared in both peerDependencies and optionalDependencies, asserting it appears
in exactly one group, and add a scoped dependency such as `@scope/pkg` with its
expected escaped JSON key and node_modules path. Keep the existing
single-section assertions and successful command behavior unchanged.
In `@test/cli/install/bun-publish.test.ts`:
- Around line 1582-1590: Move the expect(tarball.entries).toHaveLength(4)
assertion before the entry helper and its .map(entry) resolution, so archive
size is validated before any missing entry can cause a TypeError. Keep the
existing entry lookups and subsequent assertions unchanged.
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In `@src/runtime/cli/publish_command.rs`:
- Around line 797-800: Update the publish script handling around
Self::run_publish_scripts so print_json(&context) executes whenever json_output
is enabled, including when a publish or postpublish script fails, before
propagating the script error. Preserve the existing successful flow and return
the captured script result afterward.
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The three root fields come from the same parse of the package.json the manager resolved, read by its absolute path. Tests cover an optional peer a dependency provides and check the tarball entries before using them. The publish docs say the document is written after the publish and postpublish scripts, like npm publish --json.
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Lifecycle scripts can write to stdout before the JSON document. Line 186 documents this behavior. State this exception here so users do not assume that every
bun publish --jsoninvocation is directly parseable without--ignore-scripts.Proposed fix
-Pass `--json` to get the publish summary as one JSON object, for scripts and CI. Nothing else is written to stdout, so the output can be piped straight into `jq` or `JSON.parse`. Errors still go to stderr, and the exit code does not change. +Pass `--json` to get the publish summary as one JSON object, for scripts and CI. Except for lifecycle-script output, nothing else is written to stdout. Pass `--ignore-scripts` when the output must be piped straight into `jq` or `JSON.parse`. Errors still go to stderr, and the exit code does not change.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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…te the pm subcommand lists The dry run stats the bundled dependency files the way the archive writes them, so unpackedSize and entryCount agree in both modes. The shell completions list diff, view, pkg and migrate as well.
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I reviewed this PR and the automated bug-hunting pass found no new issues — the earlier findings (dry-run bundled unpackedSize, publish auth-URL tag-walking, OTP prompt on stdout, Windows path separators in untrusted, dedupe --silent/failed field, completions, transitive bundled-dep names) have all been addressed. Given the scope — new user-facing JSON schemas for ~15 commands and non-trivial refactors in pack_command.rs (dry-run/PackList/tar_entry_perm) and publish_command.rs (auth prompt box) — a human look at the API-shape decisions would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- JSON writers for each command route strings through
format_json_string_utf8; stdout kept clean of headers/prompts in--jsonmode. packrefactor:tar_entry_permnow masksst_mode & 0o7777before setting perms (previously the rawst_modewas passed toentry.set_perm); dry-run now stats bundled files.dedupeRow/Keptrestructuring preserves the text output (bstr::joinonresolved_to);downgradeflag carried through.publishauth box: URL bytes no longer tag-walked;--jsonsends prompt to stderr.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
This PR adds --json output to ~15 bun CLI commands (outdated, why, pm ls, pm pack, publish, pm untrusted, pm default-trusted, pm version, pm scan, dedupe, prune, pm bin/cache/hash/hash-print, whoami). It touches 39 files: 12 Rust source files in src/install/ and src/runtime/cli/, 8 doc files, 3 shell completion scripts, and 10 test files. Beyond the additive JSON printers, it refactors several existing text-output paths so the data is built once and both printers read it — most notably pack_command.rs (dry_run_pack_list, PackListEntry gaining mode, the new tar_entry_perm helper, archive_package_json now returning perm), publish_command.rs (the 2FA auth-URL box rebuilt to route to stderr under --json without tag-walking the registry URL), and dedupe.rs (Row split into version/resolved_to: Vec, Kept struct).
Security risks
Low. The JSON writers escape all user/registry-derived strings via the shared format_json_string_utf8. The publish registry field uses href_without_auth(), and the test at bun-publish.test.ts asserts credentials are absent from output. The auth-URL prompt refactor was specifically re-done (2bb044d, 405f7f3) to keep server-controlled URL bytes out of the runtime tag-walker after my earlier finding. No new file reads on untrusted paths beyond root_package_json reading pm.original_package_json_path (already resolved by the manager).
Level of scrutiny
High — this warrants human review. The JSON output shapes are new user-facing API surface documented in docs/pm/cli/*.mdx; once shipped, changing keys is a breaking change. Several design decisions deserve maintainer sign-off: pm ls --all --json exits 1 as unsupported (deferring the nested-tree shape), outdated --json unfolds catalog rows to one-per-workspace, why --json uses null vs [] to distinguish "not expanded" from "none", pack --json matches npm pack --json shape. The pack_command.rs refactor also changes behavior slightly: tar_entry_perm now masks st_mode & 0o7777 where the pre-PR code passed the raw st_mode (with file-type bits) to entry.set_perm() — libarchive likely masked internally so this is probably a no-op, but it's a change to the archive-writing path.
Other factors
The PR has been through multiple automated review rounds; nine issues were found and each was addressed with a follow-up commit and test. Test coverage is comprehensive — every command's --json mode has a dedicated describe block asserting exact document shape, empty-result behavior, error-on-stderr, exit codes, and --silent/--dry-run interaction. No human reviewer has weighed in yet. The diff is large (~2000 lines added) and cross-cutting; per the repo's guidance on API design, maintainer agreement on the output shapes is appropriate before landing.
Problem
buncommands that print structured data only print text. Scripts, CI checks and update bots have to scrape tables and trees.bun audit,bun info,bun pm licenses,bun pm diffandbun pm pkg getalready accept--json.bun outdatedhad the flag commented out inCommandLineArguments.rs, and everybun pmsubcommand accepted--jsonand ignored it.--jsonto the remaining commands that print data. One commit per command.Fix
outdated,why(andpm why),pm ls(andbun list),pm pack,publish,pm untrusted,pm default-trusted,pm version,pm scan,dedupe,prune, and the one-value commandspm bin,pm cache,pm hash,pm hash-print,whoami.pm scananddedupe --checkstill exit 1 when they find something). An empty result prints an empty document. Strings go throughbun_core::fmt::format_json_string_utf8, the escaper the existing--jsoncommands use.pm pack --jsonhas the keys ofnpm pack --json(array of one object: id, name, version, filename, path, size, unpackedSize, shasum, integrity, entryCount, files, bundled).publish --jsonprints the same object plustag,access,registry,dryRun. The others are documented per command indocs/pm/cli/*.mdx.--jsonblocks intest/cli/install/for each command (bun-install-registry, bun-pm-why, bun-pm, bun-pack, bun-publish, bun-install-lifecycle-scripts, bun-pm-version, bun-pm-scan, bun-dedupe, bun-prune). Each file passes in full.cargo clippyandcargo checkfor the Windows and macOS targets are clean.Background
Subcommand::supports_json_output(src/install/PackageManager.rs) decides which commands read--jsonintoCommandLineArguments.json_output.PackageManagerOptions::loadcopies it tooptions.json_output.bun pmparses all its subcommands with one param table (PM_PARAMS), so its subcommands only had to read the flag.install/add/remove/update(progress output),test(a reporter, not a flag),build(--metafileexists, and stdout is the bundle without--outdir),run/x/init/create/upgrade/link/patch/pm trust/pm migrate/pm cache rm/pm hash-string(no data output),pm pkg set --json(already means "parse values as JSON").Notes
bun outdatedprinted its version header before argument parsing, sobun outdated --helpstarted with a version line. The header now prints after parsing, like the other commands. It also formatted the current version with the manifest string buffer in the no-match fallback. The current version comes from the lockfile, so the JSON uses the lockfile buffer there. install: format versions with the string buffer they were parsed from (bun outdated table, minimum-release-age messages) #38649 changes the same two lines.bun why --jsonfor a pattern that matches nothing prints[], reports the error on stderr and exits 1, the same exit code as the text mode.dependentsisnullwhere the text output stops (--depth,--top, a cycle), so a consumer can tell "none" from "not expanded".pm pack --json --dry-run: bun does not build the archive on a dry run, sopath,size,shasumandintegrityarenull. The postpack script runs before the document is written so the document is the last thing on stdout. Lifecycle scripts inherit stdout (as in npm), so their output can precede the document. The docs say so.pm scan --jsonroutes the "installing the scanner" progress lines to stderr. The "no security scanner configured" help text now goes to stderr with the error in both modes.pm ls --jsonprints thepnpm ls --jsondocument, the shape feat(pm): add --json flag tobun pm lsandbun list#35251 proposed for Feature request: Add--jsonflag support tobun pm ls/bun list#26222: an array with the root package (name,version,private,path) and its dependencies grouped by package.json section, keyed by the installed name, each withfrom(the real package name),versionand the absolutepath.--all --jsonexits 1 for now: the hoisted folder tree it would print does not exist under the isolated linker, so a nested tree can be added later as an additive key.bun pmsubcommand and--jsonwhere it applies.bun pm --helplists the commands that accept--json.downgradeflag, which the JSON prints as a boolean per removed row. The pm ls and prune text expectations that pm: polish dedupe, prune, pm ls and pm licenses output #38952 left stale ((N installed),checked N installed packages) are updated here too.no test proof · iteration 2 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/install/bun-publish.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-prune.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-pack.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-install-registry.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-install-lifecycle-scripts.test.ts