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Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the company behind the open-source JavaScript and TypeScript runtime, The New Stack reports. The report says Deno’s runtime is being wound down as Cloudflare absorbs the team.

That is a sharper turn than simply bringing Deno engineers aboard: the report describes the end of an independent alternative to Cloudflare Workers. Developers who depend on Deno will want details on timing, support and migration before drawing conclusions. The New Stack also reports that Deno had raised $26 million. The deal’s terms and the practical transition plan are not specified in the supplied report, so the important next signal is what Cloudflare and Deno tell users about the runtime’s future.

Discuss: If Deno’s runtime is wound down, what should matter most to its users: a migration path, long-term support, or keeping the project independent?

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