---
id: 6438
title: "How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary?"
source_domain: blog.washi.dev
source_url: "https://blog.washi.dev/posts/tinysharp/"
published_at: "2023-07-08T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["reverse-engineering", "file-format", "dotnet", "pe-format", "code-golf", "minimalism"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6438"
lang: en
---

# How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary?

## Summary

A deep dive into the .NET file format to build the smallest possible 'Hello, World!' executable, manually crafting the PE and stripping metadata down to the theoretical minimum.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.washi.dev
- **Published:** 2023-07-08T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://blog.washi.dev/posts/tinysharp/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6438