A (potentially) landmark feature landed in Deno 1.6:

deno compile --unstable https://deno.land/std@0.79.0/examples/cat.ts will make you an executable version of the module.

This puts Deno-based TypeScript projects in the same league as Go and Rust by providing a way to distribute software without the pain of dynamically linking multiple files. (This single-binary distribution has made Go a popular choice for projects such as the GitHub CLI and Stripe CLI.)

Node has had a similar capability by way of Vercel’s pkg project, but Deno sets itself apart by supporting the feature as part of the runtime itself.