[arboghast]

Lower than this. If I use the AOT compile option with .NET Core 3.1 I get a 40MB binary which goes down to 10MB with the trim option.

Just like Go which embed it’s runtime, .NET Core binary compiled with AOT embed the CLR but, unlike Go, it has options to trim out the pieces that aren’t necessary, which I really like.

[pca]

I did not know about PublishTrimmed and will try it out. Thank you.

[pjc50]

I think this is one of those features that was a bit preview in 5 and you should use the just-released v6 for PublishTrimmed. There are also situations where it doesn't work out of the box (e.g. Winui3!)