# Procfile documentation

**URL:** <https://community.fly.io/t/procfile-documentation/1169>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 15, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/procfile-documentation/1169 "2021-04-15T04:04:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![calpaliu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/calpaliu/32/492_2.png) [@calpaliu](https://community.fly.io/u/calpaliu)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/procfile-documentation/1169/1 "2021-04-15T04:04:15Z")

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Hello, I find that there is a Procfile in the tutorial:  
[https://fly.io/docs/getting-started/python/#configure-the-app-for-fly](https://fly.io/docs/getting-started/python/#configure-the-app-for-fly)

Can you explain more about that? Is there any difference with heroku’s Procfile?

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**Author:** ![kurt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/fly1/user_avatar/community.fly.io/kurt/32/43757_2.png) [@kurt](https://community.fly.io/u/kurt)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.fly.io/t/procfile-documentation/1169/2 "2021-04-15T05:02:20Z")

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Build packs can use Procfiles when they build images. We don’t have any special support for Procfiles, but that builder uses a build pack: [Configuring Paketo Buildpacks - Paketo Buildpacks](https://paketo.io/docs/buildpacks/configuration/#procfiles)