Running JavaScript Actually Everywhere

Node Congress

Node Congress 2026

Tony Gorez

Intro JS ecosystem<ul><li>Mobile: React Native and Expo</li><li>Desktop: Tauri and Electron</li><li>Server: Node, Bun and Deno</li></ul>Problem statement<ul><li>How can you share the logic cross-platform? Node, Bun and Deno can’t be reused in mobile. Writing Kotlin and Swift is extremely pricy. </li><li>Most of internet usage today happens in mobile apps.</li><li>This is even greater in emerging economies where low-end smartphones are the only device.</li><li>Bare is the consequence of reaching limitations using node.js</li></ul>Solution<ul><li>Comparison between node, deno, bun and bare.</li><li>How to link Bare with react native</li><li>Mobile demo</li><li>Key characteristics of bare</li><li>Lightweight </li><li>Node.js compatible</li><li>Native add-on</li><li>Single executable</li><li>Worry-less upgrades</li></ul>