If I understand correctly, the difference between jpackage and GraalVM is this: Jpackage bundles a small Java VM (with only the features you use) together with

If I understand correctly, the difference between jpackage and GraalVM is this: Jpackage bundles a small Java VM (with only the features you use) together with your compiled bytecode into a single executable. When it runs it starts up the VM and executes bytecode on that VM exactly the same as it would be if you were to run a jar on a preexisting JDK/JRE installation. Graal compiles your full app ahead of time into a native code binary. There is no bytecode/translation happening at runtime. That is why GraalVM advertises faster startup and lower memory footprint. So there are essentially 3 ways to run JVM (Java/Scala/Kotlin/...) code: * compile into bytecode jar -> requires existing VM runtime * compile into bytecode jar + bundle VM runtime -> no dependencies required, runs as the previous option * compile into native binary -> no dependencies required, runs native, starts and runs faster