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# Build an HTTP server using Express and Bun

Express and other major Node.js HTTP libraries should work out of the box. Bun implements the [`node:http`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html) and [`node:https`](https://nodejs.org/api/https.html) modules that these libraries rely on.

<Note>
  Refer to the [Runtime > Node.js APIs](/runtime/nodejs-compat#node-http) page for more detailed compatibility
  information.
</Note>

```sh terminal icon="terminal" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"dracula"}}
bun add express
```

***

To define an HTTP route and start a server with Express:

```ts server.ts icon="https://mintcdn.com/bun-1dd33a4e-claude-bun-standalone/AcjngduDNBkyJyQv/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=AcjngduDNBkyJyQv&q=85&s=bc960f24c3d5cd52fd2d62b2b8397a15" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"dracula"}}
import express from "express";

const app = express();
const port = 8080;

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.send("Hello World!");
});

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Listening on port ${port}...`);
});
```

***

To start the server on `localhost`:

```sh terminal icon="terminal" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"dracula"}}
bun server.ts
```