Yes and no. You can publish a single binary but all those assets are just embedded inside it so the file is pretty large compared to everything else.[0] Also Ke

Yes and no. You can publish a single binary but all those assets are just embedded inside it so the file is pretty large compared to everything else.[0] Also Kestrel is built into ASP.net, not something that needs setup.[1] You can slap Caddy or Nginx in front of a .NET program just as easily as anything else. [0]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file/overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/singl... [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel?view=aspnetcore-6.0 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/se...