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Bun's bundler implements a `--compile` flag for generating a standalone binary from a TypeScript or JavaScript file.
{% codetabs %}
```bash
$ bun build ./cli.ts --compile --outfile mycli
```
```ts#cli.ts
console.log("Hello world!");
```
{% /codetabs %}
This bundles `cli.ts` into an executable that can be executed directly:
```
$ ./mycli
Hello world!
```
All imported files and packages are bundled into the executable, along with a copy of the Bun runtime. All built-in Bun and Node.js APIs are supported.
{% callout %}
**Note** — Currently, the `--compile` flag can only accept a single entrypoint at a time and does not support the following flags:
- `--outdir` — use `outfile` instead.
- `--external`
- `--splitting`
- `--publicPath`
{% /callout %}
## Embedding files
Standalone executables support embedding files.
To embed files into an executable with `bun build --compile`, import the file in your code
```js
// this becomes an internal file path
import icon from "./icon.png";
import { file } from "bun";
export default {
fetch(req) {
return new Response(file(icon));
},
};
```
You may need to specify a `--loader` for it to be treated as a `"file"` loader (so you get back a file path).
Embedded files can be read using `Bun.file`'s functions or the Node.js `fs.readFile` function (in `"node:fs"`).
## Minification
To trim down the size of the executable a little, pass `--minify` to `bun build --compile`. This uses Bun's minifier to reduce the code size. Overall though, Bun's binary is still way too big and we need to make it smaller.