Somewhat related, it is something I have been trying to figure out, and I did, successfully! This information might help others. You can create a standalone bi

Somewhat related, it is something I have been trying to figure out, and I did, successfully! This information might help others. You can create a standalone binary from .tcl files by using KitCreator and sdx (Starkit Developer eXtension). You need to wrap your Tcl script into a .kit file (a virtual filesystem), then combine it with a Tcl runtime to produce a native ELF (or Windows) binary. Optionally, you can encrypt your Tcl code with AES (e.g., using openssl enc) before embedding it, and decrypt it at runtime via a custom loader. The result is a self-contained executable that runs anywhere Tcl is supported. :) I have a script for it! Standalone encrypted application created: -> /tmp/tcl/app.run -> AES KEY (hex): 95a8a95e8322344b808ebd3fd3986b5b -> AES IV (hex): 69eac67341d2657a0b00d3006addb131 -> To run it: ./app.run $ ./app.run Hello world from binary! $ file app.run app.run: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=f3fabb748cc7e61c2fafc7c288f282db2f6de0c7, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped The generated app.run is 10 MB and ldd shows it only needs "linux-vdso", "libm", "libc", and "ld-linux-*". Useful links (taken from my script): TCL_VERSION="9.0.1" TCL_SRC_URL="https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/${TCL_VERSION}/tcl${TCL_VERSION}-src.tar.gz" SDX_KIT_URL="https://chiselapp.com/user/aspect/repository/sdx/uv/sdx-20110317.kit" TCLLIB_URL="https://github.com/tcltk/tcllib/archive/refs/heads/main.zip" I wonder if there is a more recent sdx, although it still works. FWIW, the steps are: 1. Download and build Tcl 2. Clone KitCreator and build Tclkit 3. Download SDX 4. Create the loader ($VFS_DIR/main.tcl) 5. Download and extract Tcllib (optional) 6. Copy any modules you want from Tcllib (optional) 7. Add dummy assets to $VFS_DIR/assets/data.json (has a specific format) (probably optional) 8. Wrap and generate .kit and final .run ELF (you need 2 Tclkit binaries, just duplicate it) If you have any questions, let me know! --- I have used critcl before, but can't find my code anymore. :( It is good stuff though.