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Build for production

Build the current desktop target without an installer:

Terminal window
carbon build

Carbon runs the frontend build, verifies index.html, embeds the frontend and effective manifest, publishes the .NET host, removes symbols, and validates that the target output contains the expected executable. Output is written to out/<target>/.

Desktop targets

Section titled “Desktop targets”
Terminal window
carbon build --target osx-arm64
carbon build --target osx-x64
carbon build --target win-x64
carbon build --target linux-x64

The regular build is trimmed, self-contained, and compressed. No separate .NET installation or Vite server is required on the destination machine.

NativeAOT is available for smaller startup and runtime overhead:

Terminal window
carbon build --aot

NativeAOT currently retains the Photino native library as a sidecar. Libraries that require dynamic code or unsupported reflection may need the regular self-contained build.

Bundles

Section titled “Bundles”
Terminal window
carbon bundle desktop
carbon bundle android --apk
carbon bundle android --aab
carbon bundle ios --simulator
carbon bundle ios --device
carbon bundle ios --archive

carbon build --bundle is the desktop-compatible alias for producing a native package. Use carbon bundle ... --dry-run to inspect the planned work without changing output.

Every successful production build writes a manifest under out/manifests/ with the artifact path, type, size, SHA-256, application identity, icons, native integrations, and updater metadata.