Not at runtime no, but at install time yes. In contrast, with Go programs I often see "install time" being just `curl $url > /usr/local/bin/my_application` whic

Not at runtime no, but at install time yes. In contrast, with Go programs I often see "install time" being just `curl $url > /usr/local/bin/my_application` which is basically never the case with Node (for obvious reasons).