reduced .exe size

desktop/main.js

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let win;
 let backend;
 const net = require('net');
 
-function waitForServer(port, host = '127.0.0.1', timeout = 10000) {
+function waitForServer(port, host = '127.0.0.1', timeout = 30000) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         const start = Date.now();
 

desktop/package.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.3",
     "node-addon-api": "^8.5.0",
     "node-cron": "^4.2.1",
-    "playwright-chromium": "^1.57.0",
+    "playwright": "^1.57.0",
     "sqlite3": "^5.1.7",
     "ws": "^8.18.3"
   },
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   "build": {
     "appId": "app.waifuboard",
     "productName": "Waifu Board",
+    "asar": true,
     "files": [
       "electron/**/*",
       "server.js",
@@ -58,10 +59,6 @@
       "loading.html"
     ],
     "extraResources": [
-      {
-        "from": "C:\\Users\\synta\\AppData\\Local\\ms-playwright\\chromium_headless_shell-1200",
-        "to": "playwright/chromium"
-      },
       ".env"
     ],
     "win": {

desktop/src/shared/headless.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
-const { chromium } = require("playwright-core");
+const { chromium } = require("playwright");
+const {spawn} = require("node:child_process");
 
 let browser;
 let context;
@@ -9,36 +9,31 @@ const BLOCK_LIST = [
     "adsystem", "analytics", "tracker", "pixel", "quantserve", "newrelic"
 ];
 
-function isPackaged() {
+function runHidden(cmd, args) {
-    return process.env.IS_PACKAGED === "true";
+    return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+        const p = spawn(cmd, args, {
+            stdio: "ignore",
+            shell: true,
+            windowsHide: true
+        });
+        p.on("exit", c => c === 0 ? res() : rej(new Error("exit " + c)));
+    });
 }
 
-function getChromiumPath() {
+async function ensureChromiumShell() {
-    if (isPackaged()) {
+    const exe = chromium.executablePath();
-        return path.join(
+    if (exe && fs.existsSync(exe)) return;
-            process.resourcesPath,
-            "playwright",
-            "chromium",
-            "chrome-headless-shell-win64",
-            "chrome-headless-shell.exe"
-        );
-    }
 
-    return chromium.executablePath();
+    await runHidden("npx", ["playwright", "install", "chromium-headless-shell"]);
 }
 
 async function initHeadless() {
     if (browser) return;
 
-    const exePath = getChromiumPath();
+    await ensureChromiumShell();
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(exePath)) {
-        throw new Error("Chromium not found: " + exePath);
-    }
 
     browser = await chromium.launch({
         headless: true,
-        executablePath: exePath,
         args: [
             "--no-sandbox",
             "--disable-setuid-sandbox",