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last_modified: 2026-05-20
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title: "deno pack"
command: pack
openGraphLayout: "/open_graph/cli-commands.jsx"
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| Transpiled `.js` files (with inline source maps by default; pass `--no-source-maps` to omit). |
| Generated `.d.ts` declaration files (produced via the same fast-check pipeline as [`deno publish`](/runtime/reference/cli/publish/)). |
| `README` and `LICENSE` files from the project root, if present. |
| Non-source files matched by `publish.include` / `publish.exclude` (Deno 2.9+). |

Only files reachable through the module graph from `exports` are included.
Non-JS assets such as data files or WASM are only included if they're imported
from JS/TS. If you need to ship arbitrary files, list them as positional
arguments:
JavaScript and TypeScript still come from the module graph starting at
`exports`. Those files are transpiled; they are not packed as raw `.ts`.

(Deno 2.9+) `deno pack` also copies non-source files that match the same
`publish.include` / `publish.exclude` globs as
[`deno publish`](/runtime/reference/cli/publish/). SVG, WASM, and other assets
listed there go into the tarball as-is. See
[`publish` in deno.json](/runtime/reference/deno_json/).

You can still pass extra files as positional arguments:

```sh
deno pack assets/icon.svg locales/*.json
```

`--ignore` on the command line applies to these assets as well.

## Specifier rewriting

For the generated package to work on Node and other npm consumers, `deno pack`
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