They describe 3 ways of "packing" here: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/master/accepted/2020/single-file/design.md https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob

They describe 3 ways of "packing" here: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/master/accepted/2020/single-file/design.md https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/master/accepted/2020/... In Unix we will have single executables with the runtime bundled inside. This mode is being referred to as "SuperHost". Windows however will have some files left on disk: > Ideally, we should use the SuperHost for self-contained single-file apps on Windows too. However, due to certain limitations in debugging experience and the ability to collect Watson dumps, etc., the CoreCLR libraries are left on disk beside the app.