diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/embed/authors.txt b/basis/tools/deploy/embed/authors.txt
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+Joe Groff
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/embed/embed.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/embed/embed.factor
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+! (c)2010 Joe Groff bsd license
+USING: alien.c-types alien.data bootstrap.image
+bootstrap.image.private destructors io io.directories
+io.encodings.binary io.files locals system ;
+IN: tools.deploy.embed
+
+:: embed-image ( from-image to-executable -- )
+    vm to-executable copy-file
+    to-executable binary <file-appender> [| out |
+        out stream-tell :> offset
+        from-image binary <file-reader> [| in |
+            in out stream-copy*
+        ] with-disposal
+        image-magic uintptr_t <ref> out stream-write
+        offset uintptr_t <ref> out stream-write
+    ] with-disposal ;
+
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/embed/summary.txt b/basis/tools/deploy/embed/summary.txt
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+Embed a Factor image into a VM to create a single standalone executable file
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/embed/tags.txt b/basis/tools/deploy/embed/tags.txt
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+deploy