### Nexe

Nexe is a command-line utility that compiles your Node.js application into a single executable file.

![screen shot 2014-02-28 at 10 32 54 am](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/757408/2296993/c276f7b6-a0a6-11e3-86d3-e6c5feba2a85.png)


### Motivation

- Ability to run multiple applications with *different* node.js runtimes. 
- Distributable binaries without needing node / npm.
- Starts faster.
- Lockdown specific application versions, and easily rollback.
- Faster deployments.

## Requirements

- Linux / Mac / BSD / Windows
- Windows: Python 2.6 or 2.7 (in PATH), Visual Studio 2010 or 2012

## Caveats

- Doesn't support native modules (yet).

## Installation

Via NPM:

```bash
	npm install nexe [-g]
```

Or git:

```bash
	git clone 
```

### CLI Usage

````text
	
Usage: nexe -i [sources] -o [binary]

Options:
  -i, --input    The entry javascript files         [default: cwd]
  -o, --output   The output binary                  [default: cwd/release/app.nex]
  -r, --runtime  The node.js runtime to use         [default: "0.8.15"]
  -t, --temp     The path to store node.js sources  [default: /tmp/nexe]
  -f, --flags    Don't parse node and v8 flags, pass through app flags  [default: false]

```` 


### Code usage

````javascript

var nexe = require('nexe');

nexe.compile({ input: 'input.js', output: 'path/to/bin', runtime: '0.8.15', flags: true } function() {
	
});
	
````