# dotnet publish

> Publish a .NET application and its dependencies to a directory for deployment to a hosting system.
> More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-publish>.

- Compile a .NET project in release mode:

`dotnet publish {{[-c|--configuration]}} Release {{path/to/project_file}}`

- Publish the .NET Core runtime with your application for the specified runtime:

`dotnet publish {{[-sc|--self-contained]}} true {{[-r|--runtime]}} {{runtime_identifier}} {{path/to/project_file}}`

- Package the application into a platform-specific single-file executable:

`dotnet publish {{[-r|--runtime]}} {{runtime_identifier}} -p:PublishSingleFile=true {{path/to/project_file}}`

- Trim unused libraries to reduce the deployment size of an application:

`dotnet publish {{[-sc|--self-contained]}} true {{[-r|--runtime]}} {{runtime_identifier}} -p:PublishTrimmed=true {{path/to/project_file}}`

- Compile a .NET project without restoring dependencies:

`dotnet publish --no-restore {{path/to/project_file}}`

- Specify the output directory:

`dotnet publish {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/project_file}}`