# Add a Git dependency

Bun supports directly adding GitHub repositories as dependencies of your project.

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun add github:lodash/lodash
```

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This adds the following line to your `package.json`:

```json package.json icon="file-json"
{
  "dependencies": {
    "lodash": "github:lodash/lodash"
  }
}
```

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Bun supports several protocols for specifying Git dependencies.

```sh terminal icon="terminal"
bun add git+https://github.com/lodash/lodash.git
bun add git+ssh://github.com/lodash/lodash.git#4.17.21
bun add git@github.com:lodash/lodash.git
bun add github:lodash/lodash#4.17.21
```

When possible, Bun downloads GitHub dependencies as HTTP tarballs, which is faster.

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See [`bun install`](/pm/cli/install).