# Standalone "Hello World" Executable size comparison to Node.js

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**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-hello-world-executable-size-comparison-to-node-js/97656 "2023-04-19T13:08:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mason/32/2423_2.png) [@Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mason)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/standalone-hello-world-executable-size-comparison-to-node-js/97656/11 "2023-04-24T18:11:22Z")

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> [@Do Garbage Collectors necessarily make code slow?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/do-garbage-collectors-necessarily-make-code-slow/97902/1):
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> Well, the executable only 17 KB, for starters.

So twice the size of the executable from StaticCompiler.jl 😉

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