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# [Vercel's pkg - Package your Node.js app into a single executable](https://sivamuthukumar.com/blog/vercel-pkg-nodejs?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Hello all, In this short post, we will take a look at Vercel's pkg - how we can package the Node.js app into a single executable. When we are developing a Node.js application, it totally makes sense to install dev tools, dependencies to build and ru...

Sep 15, 2021 · 3 min read · sivamuthukumar.com  
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[Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan](https://hashnode.com/@anjanesh)

[Dec 19, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/vercel-pkg-nodejs/61414a974e51f6028be0281d/comment/61becf8a02755832385f21ca)

This is akin to Docker for nodeJS ?

[Sivamuthu Kumar](https://hashnode.com/@ksivamuthu)

[Dec 29, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/vercel-pkg-nodejs/61414a974e51f6028be0281d/comment/61becf8a02755832385f21ca#reply-61cc9c95351cb236ddfb6cc7)

I would say, it's not. It's a package utility to convert node package and modules into a single executable.