diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7fc41cc9..5c10b876 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dist*
 out*
 release/
 release-npm-package/
-release-binary/
+release-standalone/
 release-packages/
 release-gcp/
 release-images/
diff --git a/ci/README.md b/ci/README.md
index 471612cd..e5e63572 100644
--- a/ci/README.md
+++ b/ci/README.md
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ You can disable minification by setting `MINIFY=`.
   - Builds vscode into `./lib/vscode/out-vscode`.
 - [./ci/build/build-release.sh](./build/build-release.sh) (`yarn release`)
   - Bundles the output of the above two scripts into a single node module at `./release`.
-- [./ci/build/build-binary-release.sh](./build/build-binary-release.sh) (`yarn release:binary`)
+- [./ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh](./build/build-standalone-release.sh) (`yarn release:standalone`)
   - Requires a node module already built into `./release` with the above script.
-  - Will build a binary release with node and node_modules bundled into `./release-binary`.
+  - Will build a standalone release with node and node_modules bundled into `./release-standalone`.
 - [./ci/build/clean.sh](./build/clean.sh) (`yarn clean`)
   - Removes all build artifacts.
   - Will also `git reset --hard lib/vscode`.
   - Useful to do a clean build.
 - [./ci/build/code-server.sh](./build/code-server.sh)
-  - Copied into binary releases to run code-server with the bundled node binary.
-- [./ci/build/test-binary-release.sh](./build/test-binary-release.sh) (`yarn test:binary-release`)
-  - Ensures code-server in the `./release-binary` directory works by installing an extension.
+  - Copied into standalone releases to run code-server with the bundled node binary.
+- [./ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh](./build/test-standalone-release.sh) (`yarn test:standalone-release`)
+  - Ensures code-server in the `./release-standalone` directory works by installing an extension.
 - [./ci/build/build-packages.sh](./build/build-packages.sh) (`yarn package`)
-  - Packages `./release-binary` into a `.tar.gz` archive in `./release-packages`.
+  - Packages `./release-standalone` into a `.tar.gz` archive in `./release-packages`.
   - If on linux, [nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm) is used to generate `.deb` and `.rpm`.
 - [./ci/build/nfpm.yaml](./build/nfpm.yaml)
   - Used to configure [nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm) to generate `.deb` and `.rpm`.
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ Helps avoid clobbering the CI configuration.
 - [./steps/release.sh](./steps/release.sh)
   - Runs the release process.
   - Generates the npm package at `./release`.
-- [./steps/release-binary.sh](./steps/release-binary.sh)
-  - Takes the output of the previous script and generates a binary release and
-    release packages into `release-packages`.
+- [./steps/release-packages.sh](./steps/release-packages.sh)
+  - Takes the output of the previous script and generates a standalone release and
+    release packages into `./release-packages`.
 - [./steps/publish-npm.sh](./steps/publish-npm.sh)
   - Grabs the `npm-package` release artifact for the current commit and publishes it on npm.
 - [./steps/build-docker-image.sh](./steps/build-docker-image.sh)
diff --git a/ci/build/build-packages.sh b/ci/build/build-packages.sh
index fc214b92..f2ee912a 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-packages.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-packages.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Packages code-server for the current OS and architecture into ./release-packages.
-# This script assumes that a binary release is built already into ./release-binary
+# This script assumes that a standalone release is built already into ./release-standalone
 
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ main() {
 release_archive() {
   local release_name="code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH"
   if [[ $OS == "linux" ]]; then
-    tar -czf "release-packages/$release_name.tar.gz" --transform "s/^\.\/release-binary/$release_name/" ./release-binary
+    tar -czf "release-packages/$release_name.tar.gz" --transform "s/^\.\/release-standalone/$release_name/" ./release-standalone
   else
-    tar -czf "release-packages/$release_name.tar.gz" -s "/^release-binary/$release_name/" release-binary
+    tar -czf "release-packages/$release_name.tar.gz" -s "/^release-standalone/$release_name/" ./release-standalone
   fi
   echo "done (release-packages/$release_name)"
 
diff --git a/ci/build/build-binary-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
similarity index 94%
rename from ci/build/build-binary-release.sh
rename to ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index a3166cbd..2556e44b 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-binary-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ main() {
   cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
   source ./ci/lib.sh
 
-  rsync "$RELEASE_PATH/" "$RELEASE_PATH-binary"
-  RELEASE_PATH+=-binary
+  rsync "$RELEASE_PATH/" "$RELEASE_PATH-standalone"
+  RELEASE_PATH+=-standalone
 
   # We cannot find the path to node from $PATH because yarn shims a script to ensure
   # we use the same version it's using so we instead run a script with yarn that
diff --git a/ci/build/clean.sh b/ci/build/clean.sh
index 65c37440..aa7ddadc 100755
--- a/ci/build/clean.sh
+++ b/ci/build/clean.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ main() {
   rm -Rf \
     out \
     release \
-    release-binary \
+    release-standalone \
     release-packages \
     release-gcp \
     release-images/ \
diff --git a/ci/build/code-server.sh b/ci/build/code-server.sh
index 34b92a6e..aca05745 100755
--- a/ci/build/code-server.sh
+++ b/ci/build/code-server.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# This script is intended to be bundled into the binary releases.
-# Runs code-server with the bundled Node binary.
+# This script is intended to be bundled into the standalone releases.
+# Runs code-server with the bundled node binary.
 
 # More complicated than readlink -f or realpath to support macOS.
 # See https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1537
diff --git a/ci/build/nfpm.yaml b/ci/build/nfpm.yaml
index 710cb1f4..ed8e1ea6 100644
--- a/ci/build/nfpm.yaml
+++ b/ci/build/nfpm.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ license: "MIT"
 files:
   ./ci/build/code-server-nfpm.sh: /usr/bin/code-server
   ./ci/build/code-server.service: /usr/lib/systemd/user/code-server.service
-  ./release-binary/**/*: "/usr/lib/code-server/"
+  ./release-standalone/**/*: "/usr/lib/code-server/"
diff --git a/ci/build/test-binary-release.sh b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
similarity index 60%
rename from ci/build/test-binary-release.sh
rename to ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
index 677a40b3..0344ea39 100755
--- a/ci/build/test-binary-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ main() {
   local EXTENSIONS_DIR
   EXTENSIONS_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
-  echo "Testing binary release"
+  echo "Testing standalone release."
 
-  ./release-binary/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --install-extension ms-python.python
+  ./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --install-extension ms-python.python
   local installed_extensions
-  installed_extensions="$(./release-binary/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --list-extensions 2>&1)"
+  installed_extensions="$(./release-standalone/bin/code-server --extensions-dir "$EXTENSIONS_DIR" --list-extensions 2>&1)"
   if [[ $installed_extensions != "ms-python.python" ]]; then
     echo "Unexpected output from listing extensions:"
     echo "$installed_extensions"
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  echo "Binary release works correctly"
+  echo "Standalone release works correctly."
 }
 
 main "$@"
diff --git a/ci/steps/release-binary.sh b/ci/steps/release-packages.sh
similarity index 78%
rename from ci/steps/release-binary.sh
rename to ci/steps/release-packages.sh
index 7ec915b1..bb1dcf5f 100755
--- a/ci/steps/release-binary.sh
+++ b/ci/steps/release-packages.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ main() {
   # https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/38
   tar -xzf release-npm-package/package.tar.gz
 
-  yarn release:binary
-  yarn test:binary-release
+  yarn release:standalone
+  yarn test:standalone-release
   yarn package
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6e450a5a..4e308974 100644
--- a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ yarn --production
 node .
 ```
 
-Now you can build binary packages with:
+Now you can build the packages with:
 
 ```
-yarn release:binary
-yarn test:binary-release
+yarn release:standalone
+yarn test:standalone-release
 yarn package
-# The binary release is in ./release-binary
-# .deb, .rpm and the binary archive are in ./release-packages
+# The standalone release is in ./release-standalone
+# .deb, .rpm and the standalone archive are in ./release-packages
 ```
 
 ## Structure
diff --git a/doc/install.md b/doc/install.md
index f1c0744c..307f20a8 100644
--- a/doc/install.md
+++ b/doc/install.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 - [Arch Linux](#arch-linux)
 - [yarn, npm](#yarn-npm)
 - [macOS](#macos)
-- [Binary Releases](#binary-releases)
+- [Standalone Releases](#standalone-releases)
 - [Docker](#docker)
 
 <!-- END doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ commands presented in the rest of this document.
 
 - `--dry-run` to echo the commands for the install process without running them.
 - `--method` to choose the installation method.
-  - `--method=detect` to detect the package manager but fallback to `--method=archive`.
-  - `--method=archive` to install a binary release archive into `~/.local`.
-- `--prefix=/usr/local` to install a binary release archive system wide.
+  - `--method=detect` to detect the package manager but fallback to `--method=standalone`.
+  - `--method=standalone` to install a standalone release archive into `~/.local`.
+- `--prefix=/usr/local` to install a standalone release archive system wide.
 - `--version=X.X.X` to install version `X.X.X` instead of latest.
 - `--help` to see full usage docs.
 
@@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ commands presented in the rest of this document.
 - For Debian, Ubuntu and Raspbian it will install the latest deb package.
 - For Fedora, CentOS, RHEL and openSUSE it will install the latest rpm package.
 - For Arch Linux it will install the AUR package.
-- For any unrecognized Linux operating system it will install the latest binary release into `~/.local`.
+- For any unrecognized Linux operating system it will install the latest standalone release into `~/.local`.
 
   - Add `~/.local/bin` to your `$PATH` to run code-server.
 
 - For macOS it will install the Homebrew package.
 
-  - If Homebrew is not installed it will install the latest binary release into `~/.local`.
+  - If Homebrew is not installed it will install the latest standalone release into `~/.local`.
   - Add `~/.local/bin` to your `$PATH` to run code-server.
 
-- If ran on an architecture with no binary releases, it will install the npm package with `yarn` or `npm`.
-  - We only have binary releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
+- If ran on an architecture with no releases, it will install the npm package with `yarn` or `npm`.
+  - We only have releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
 
 ## Debian, Ubuntu
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ brew services start code-server
 # Now visit http://127.0.0.1:8080. Your password is in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
 ```
 
-## Binary Releases
+## Standalone Releases
 
 We publish self contained `.tar.gz` archives for every release on [github](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases).
 They bundle the node binary and `node_modules`.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ They bundle the node binary and `node_modules`.
 You can add the code-server `bin` directory to your `$PATH` to easily execute `code-server`
 without the full path every time.
 
-Here is an example script for installing and using a binary `code-server` release on Linux:
+Here is an example script for installing and using a standalone `code-server` release on Linux:
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p ~/.local/lib ~/.local/bin
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 38714162..0f2683c9 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ Usage:
       Echo the commands for the install process without running them.
   --version X.X.X
       Install a specific version instead of the latest.
-  --method [detect | archive]
+  --method [detect | standalone]
       Choose the installation method. Defaults to detect.
       - detect detects the system package manager and tries to use it.
         Full reference on the process is further below.
-      - archive installs a binary release archive into ~/.local
+      - standalone installs a standalone release archive into ~/.local
         Add ~/.local/bin to your \$PATH to use it.
   --prefix <dir>
-      Sets the prefix used by binary release archives. Defaults to ~/.local
+      Sets the prefix used by standalone release archives. Defaults to ~/.local
       The release is unarchived into ~/.local/lib/code-server-X.X.X
       and the binary symlinked into ~/.local/bin/code-server
       To install system wide pass ---prefix=/usr/local
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ Usage:
 - For Debian, Ubuntu and Raspbian it will install the latest deb package.
 - For Fedora, CentOS, RHEL and openSUSE it will install the latest rpm package.
 - For Arch Linux it will install the AUR package.
-- For any unrecognized Linux operating system it will install the latest binary
+- For any unrecognized Linux operating system it will install the latest standalone
   release into ~/.local
 
 - For macOS it will install the Homebrew package.
-  - If Homebrew is not installed it will install the latest binary release
+  - If Homebrew is not installed it will install the latest standalone release
     into ~/.local
 
-- If ran on an architecture with no binary releases, it will install the
+- If ran on an architecture with no releases, it will install the
   npm package with yarn or npm.
-  - We only have binary releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
+  - We only have releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
 
 It will cache all downloaded assets into ~/.cache/code-server
 
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ echo_latest_version() {
   echo "$version"
 }
 
-echo_archive_postinstall() {
+echo_standalone_postinstall() {
   echo
   cat << EOF
-Binary release has been installed into $ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION
+Standalone release has been installed into $STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION
 Please extend your path to use code-server:
-  PATH="$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin:\$PATH"
+  PATH="$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin:\$PATH"
 Then you can run:
   code-server
 EOF
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ main() {
   unset \
     DRY_RUN \
     METHOD \
-    ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX \
+    STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX \
     VERSION \
     OPTIONAL
 
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ main() {
       METHOD="$(parse_arg "$@")"
       ;;
     --prefix)
-      ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(parse_arg "$@")"
+      STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(parse_arg "$@")"
       shift
       ;;
     --prefix=*)
-      ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(parse_arg "$@")"
+      STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(parse_arg "$@")"
       ;;
     --version)
       VERSION="$(parse_arg "$@")"
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ main() {
 
   VERSION="${VERSION-$(echo_latest_version)}"
   METHOD="${METHOD-detect}"
-  if [ "$METHOD" != detect ] && [ "$METHOD" != archive ]; then
+  if [ "$METHOD" != detect ] && [ "$METHOD" != standalone ]; then
     echoerr "Unknown install method \"$METHOD\""
     echoerr "Run with --help to see usage."
     exit 1
   fi
-  ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX-$HOME/.local}"
+  STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX-$HOME/.local}"
 
   OS="$(os)"
   if [ ! "$OS" ]; then
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ main() {
 
   ARCH="$(arch)"
   if [ ! "$ARCH" ]; then
-    if [ "$METHOD" = archive ]; then
-      echoerr "No binary releases available for the architecture $(uname -m)."
-      echoerr 'Please rerun without the "--method archive" flag to install from npm.'
+    if [ "$METHOD" = standalone ]; then
+      echoerr "No releases available for the architecture $(uname -m)."
+      echoerr 'Please rerun without the "--method standalone" flag to install from npm.'
       exit 1
     fi
     echo "No precompiled releases for $(uname -m)."
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ main() {
   CACHE_DIR="$(echo_cache_dir)"
   mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR"
 
-  if [ "$METHOD" = archive ]; then
-    install_archive
+  if [ "$METHOD" = standalone ]; then
+    install_standalone
     return
   fi
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ main() {
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Unsupported package manager."
-    install_archive
+    install_standalone
     ;;
   esac
 }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ install_macos() {
 
   echo "Homebrew not installed."
 
-  install_archive
+  install_standalone
 }
 
 install_deb() {
@@ -300,31 +300,31 @@ install_aur() {
   echo_systemd_postinstall
 }
 
-install_archive() {
-  echo "Installing binary release archive v$VERSION"
+install_standalone() {
+  echo "Installing standalone release archive v$VERSION"
   echo
 
   fetch "https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/v$VERSION/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz" \
     "$CACHE_DIR/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz"
 
   sh_c="sh_c"
-  if [ ! -w "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX" ]; then
+  if [ ! -w "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX" ]; then
     sh_c="sudo_sh_c"
   fi
 
-  if [ -e "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION" ]; then
+  if [ -e "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION" ]; then
     echo
-    echo "code-server-$VERSION is already installed at $ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION"
+    echo "code-server-$VERSION is already installed at $STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION"
     echo "Remove it to reinstall."
     exit 0
   fi
 
-  "$sh_c" mkdir -p "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib" "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin"
-  "$sh_c" tar -C "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib" -xzf "$CACHE_DIR/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz"
-  "$sh_c" mv -f "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH" "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION"
-  "$sh_c" ln -fs "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION/bin/code-server" "$ARCHIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/code-server"
+  "$sh_c" mkdir -p "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib" "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin"
+  "$sh_c" tar -C "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib" -xzf "$CACHE_DIR/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz"
+  "$sh_c" mv -f "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION-$OS-$ARCH" "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION"
+  "$sh_c" ln -fs "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/code-server-$VERSION/bin/code-server" "$STANDALONE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/code-server"
 
-  echo_archive_postinstall
+  echo_standalone_postinstall
 }
 
 install_npm() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e3fa2ecd..533beb6d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
     "build": "./ci/build/build-code-server.sh",
     "build:vscode": "./ci/build/build-vscode.sh",
     "release": "./ci/build/build-release.sh",
-    "release:binary": "./ci/build/build-binary-release.sh",
+    "release:standalone": "./ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh",
     "release:github-draft": "./ci/build/release-github-draft.sh",
     "release:github-assets": "./ci/build/release-github-assets.sh",
-    "test:binary-release": "./ci/build/test-binary-release.sh",
+    "test:standalone-release": "./ci/build/test-standalone-release.sh",
     "package": "./ci/build/build-packages.sh",
     "_____": "",
     "fmt": "./ci/dev/fmt.sh",