Performance

Pick the right entry point

Import only what you need. The full desktop bundles every application; for a lighter footprint use subpath imports:

// Full desktop — largest bundle
import { WindowsXP } from '@caoergou/windows-xp';

// Single app, no desktop chrome
import { Minesweeper } from '@caoergou/windows-xp/apps';

// Standalone UI primitives
import { XPButton, XPDialog } from '@caoergou/windows-xp/components';

See Subpath imports & primitives for the full list.

Fastest embed startup

To make the desktop appear as fast as possible, skip the boot sequence and auto-login:

<WindowsXP skipBoot autoLogin username="Guest" />

If you also don't need persistence, set persistence="none" so every mount starts from a clean state:

<WindowsXP skipBoot autoLogin persistence="none" />

Bundle shape

Applications lazy-load by default; the full-desktop entry point of the published package is ~3 MB before gzip, with the largest chunk ~0.4 MB. Keep heavy apps code-split by importing them through the subpath entries above instead of re-bundling their source.