# Difference between dune bootstrap and dune package

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/difference-between-dune-bootstrap-and-dune-package/9511>\
**Category:** Ecosystem\
**Tags:** dune\
**Created:** [March 13, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/difference-between-dune-bootstrap-and-dune-package/9511 "2022-03-13T09:15:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![olafhering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a4c791/32.png) [@olafhering](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/olafhering)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/difference-between-dune-bootstrap-and-dune-package/9511/1 "2022-03-13T09:15:21Z")

</div>

What is the difference between the dune3 binaries produced by `make dune.exe` vs. `make release`?

Do they differ in behavior or supported features?