# Packaging Rails App as Standalone EXE

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/packaging-rails-app-as-standalone-exe/164390>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 31, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/packaging-rails-app-as-standalone-exe/164390 "2009-03-31T20:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jetienne)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/packaging-rails-app-as-standalone-exe/164390/1 "2009-03-31T20:06:08Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know what is currently the proper way to distribute a Rails  
app as a windows exe (NT Service, how to package, …).

I know there was  
[Distributing Rails Applications - A Tutorial](http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/distributingrubyapplications/rails.html), but  
it’s pretty old.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jetienne)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/packaging-rails-app-as-standalone-exe/164390/2 "2009-04-01T20:45:12Z")

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Jean,

Have you seen Joyent’s Slingshot?

[http://www.joyent.com/developers/slingshot/](http://www.joyent.com/developers/slingshot/)

Cheers, Sazima

On Mar 31, 3:06 pm, Jean-Etienne D. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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**Author:** ![jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@jetienne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jetienne)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/packaging-rails-app-as-standalone-exe/164390/3 "2009-04-02T05:54:56Z")

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Sazima wrote:

> Jean,
> 
> Have you seen Joyent’s Slingshot?  
> […]

Hey, that looks pretty cool! Also, you might consider using JRuby and  
packaging it as a Java app.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)