Have more advantage if you make an executable file the Node.js application that can be run even on devices without Node.js installed. Use cases are below,

  • Able to use the commercial version of your package without the source code. 
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  • don't want to execute the command npm install to install dependencies
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  • Executable file is portable you can execute anyware
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  • This can support corss-platfrom and runs in different platfrom

Using the PKG Node module able to convert exe format. Lets we do the following steps on your Linux machine. 



$ npm install -g pkg

$ pkg server.js --targets node8-linux-x64

$ /usr/bin/pkg . 

$ /usr/bin/pkg --targets exe_name