This isn't the same as a self-contained binary. This is packaging up your application, all associated files (javascript, css, etc) and virtualenv setup into a .

This isn't the same as a self-contained binary. This is packaging up your application, all associated files (javascript, css, etc) and virtualenv setup into a .deb (or .rpm). Then the package can be added to a local repository and installed like any other program. Even with Go, you'd have to package up your single binary in order to get the same experience. (Although, that package would be pretty small!)