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Not sure ncc is an equivalent. I think nexe or pkg are comparable, they bundle a runtime into the exe whereas ncc just reduces the code down to a single distributable code file in that you still need node installed to run it on the target host.

You are completely correct

This still requires a node runtime. As far as I understand, the deno usage creates a single executable - batteries included.

Yep, that’s the detail I missed. Thanks for raising it.

> without having to use Deno

But you need to use ncc? What's the relevant difference?

You need `ncc run` to run the generated file.

https://github.com/vercel/ncc#commands

I was wrong.