AuraForge

Development Modes

Normal dev

Use normal mode for fastest repeat startup because caches are kept in the repo.

npm run dev:tauri

Lean dev (low disk)

Lean mode runs the same app startup command, but moves heavy transient build caches to a temporary directory and removes them automatically when the process exits.

npm run dev:lean

Cleanup Commands

Remove heavy build artifacts only

Keeps dependencies (node_modules) but removes large generated outputs.

npm run clean:heavy

Removes:

• dist
• src-tauri/target
• node_modules/.vite
• .vite

Full local cleanup (all reproducible caches)

Use when you need maximum disk recovery. Next startup/install will be slower.

npm run clean:all-local

Removes:

• node_modules
• dist
• src-tauri/target
• .vite

Tradeoffs

• Normal dev: faster restart speed, higher local disk usage over time.
• Lean dev: lower disk usage, but slower startup/rebuild because cache is not reused.
• clean:heavy: good daily cleanup balance.
• clean:all-local: biggest disk reclaim, slowest next run.