Manually include only the needed Electron package files

Tomaszal · Tomaszal · commit 0da13cbecf04 · 2026-02-25T23:08:21.000Z
diff --git a/.nx/version-plans/version-plan-1770651073996.md b/.nx/version-plans/version-plan-1770651073996.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+desktop: patch
+---
+
+Optimise package size
diff --git a/apps/desktop/build.ts b/apps/desktop/build.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,20 @@ import { NodeContext } from '@effect/platform-node';
 import { Config, Effect, pipe } from 'effect';
 import { build, type Configuration } from 'electron-builder';
 
+const libFiles = (lib: string) => [`node_modules/${lib}/package.json`, `node_modules/${lib}/dist`];
+
 const config: Configuration = {
   artifactName: '${productName}-${version}-${platform}-${arch}.${ext}',
-  asarUnpack: [
-    'resources/**',
-    '**/node_modules/@the-dev-tools/server/dist/server*',
-    '**/node_modules/@the-dev-tools/cli/dist/cli*',
-  ],
   extraMetadata: {
     name: 'DevTools-Studio',
   },
-  files: ['!src/*', '!*.{js,ts}', '!{tsconfig.json,tsconfig.*.json}'],
+  files: [
+    '!**/*',
+    'out',
+    ...libFiles('@the-dev-tools/cli'),
+    ...libFiles('@the-dev-tools/server'),
+    ...libFiles('@the-dev-tools/worker-js'),
+  ],
   linux: {
     category: 'Development',
     target: ['AppImage'],
diff --git a/apps/desktop/package.json b/apps/desktop/package.json
@@ -11,44 +11,44 @@
     "dev": "electron-vite dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@the-dev-tools/cli": "workspace:^",
+    "@the-dev-tools/server": "workspace:^",
+    "@the-dev-tools/worker-js": "workspace:^"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
     "@bufbuild/protobuf": "catalog:",
-    "@connectrpc/connect": "catalog:",
     "@connectrpc/connect-node": "catalog:",
+    "@connectrpc/connect": "catalog:",
     "@effect-atom/atom-react": "catalog:",
-    "@effect/platform": "catalog:",
     "@effect/platform-browser": "catalog:",
     "@effect/platform-node": "catalog:",
-    "@the-dev-tools/cli": "workspace:^",
-    "@the-dev-tools/client": "workspace:^",
-    "@the-dev-tools/server": "workspace:^",
-    "@the-dev-tools/ui": "workspace:^",
-    "@the-dev-tools/worker-js": "workspace:^",
-    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "catalog:",
-    "builder-util-runtime": "catalog:",
-    "effect": "catalog:",
-    "electron-updater": "6.7.3",
-    "react": "catalog:",
-    "react-dom": "catalog:",
-    "react-markdown": "catalog:",
-    "undici": "catalog:",
-    "yaml": "catalog:"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
+    "@effect/platform": "catalog:",
     "@lezer/generator": "catalog:",
     "@tailwindcss/typography": "catalog:",
     "@tailwindcss/vite": "catalog:",
+    "@the-dev-tools/client": "workspace:^",
     "@the-dev-tools/eslint-config": "workspace:^",
-    "@types/react": "catalog:",
+    "@the-dev-tools/ui": "workspace:^",
     "@types/react-dom": "catalog:",
+    "@types/react": "catalog:",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "catalog:",
     "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "catalog:",
-    "electron": "catalog:",
+    "builder-util-runtime": "catalog:",
+    "effect": "catalog:",
     "electron-builder": "catalog:",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "catalog:",
+    "electron-updater": "6.7.3",
     "electron-vite": "catalog:",
+    "electron": "catalog:",
     "eslint": "catalog:",
+    "react-dom": "catalog:",
+    "react-markdown": "catalog:",
+    "react": "catalog:",
     "tailwindcss": "catalog:",
     "typescript": "catalog:",
+    "undici": "catalog:",
+    "vite-tsconfig-paths": "catalog:",
     "vite": "catalog:",
-    "vite-tsconfig-paths": "catalog:"
+    "yaml": "catalog:"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml

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@@ @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ @@
 +---
 +desktop: patch
 +---
++
 +Optimise package size