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What's a static binary?
Most software depends on libraries installed on your system. Move to a different Linux distro? Things break. Update your system? Suddenly incompatible. A static binary bundles everything it needs.
One file.
Compiled C with alpine-musl.
No dependencies.
No installation ritual.
Download the binary.
Run it.
One binary.
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2026-03-19 22:01:54 UTCEvent JSON
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