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## The Runtime: Why Bare Matters ## The Runtime: Why Bare Matters
The native host runs on Bare, a minimal JavaScript runtime that's dramatically smaller than Node.js. This was a deliberate choice for several reasons that affect both the security model and the practical deployment of BridgeSwarm. The native host runs on [bare](https://bare.pears.com/), a minimal JavaScript runtime that's dramatically smaller than Node.js. This was a deliberate choice for several reasons that affect both the security model and the practical deployment of BridgeSwarm.
Traditional Node.js clocked in at around sixty megabytes when you counted the runtime, its standard library, and all the dependencies needed to run even a simple application. For a tool that's meant to be installed on end-user machines, that's uncomfortably large. The installation process becomes complicated, updates are slow, and users reasonably question why they need to install an entire development environment just to run a browser extension. Traditional Node.js clocked in at around sixty megabytes when you counted the runtime, its standard library, and all the dependencies needed to run even a simple application. For a tool that's meant to be installed on end-user machines, that's uncomfortably large. The installation process becomes complicated, updates are slow, and users reasonably question why they need to install an entire development environment just to run a browser extension.