Cloudflare bought Deno to tighten its Workers platform.

The deal was announced today, with Cloudflare saying the acquisition will improve the Workers programming model and platform. Deno, the open‑source JavaScript/TypeScript runtime that powers the Deno Deploy service, no…

Workers already let developers run JavaScript at the edge, but the model has been criticized for its limited standard library and tooling quirks. By folding Deno’s runtime into Workers, Cloudflare can offer a richer s…

The move also reduces the friction of pulling in third‑party modules. Deno’s built‑in permission system and URL‑based imports already solve many of the security headaches that edge developers face. Cloudflare can now …