Hot Tracking 017｜Deno Joins Cloudflare: An Obituary with a Countdown Already Written

Cloudflare official blog “Deno is joining Cloudflare” (2026-10-09, jointly signed by Kenton Varda and Ryan Dahl, full text firsthand; direction of merging workerd and celld, and commitment to open hosting)
Hacker News story 50019911 (over 1000▲/534💬, October 10 Algolia snapshot, top of the day on October 9; all opinions in the comments are quoted with quotation marks)
Acquisition amount: Neither official blog discloses the amount, and this article does not use any numerical values (description of the tone)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the outcome of Deno joining Cloudflare?

The Deno runtime development will cease after joining Cloudflare, transitioning to monthly updates for one year before the shutdown of the runtime and Deploy service.

How long will Deno receive updates after joining Cloudflare?

Deno will receive monthly updates for one year after joining Cloudflare before the development ceases and the runtime is shut down.

What will happen to Deploy after Deno joins Cloudflare?

Deploy will shut down after six months following Deno's joining Cloudflare.