pi-fastboot

Quick & dirty pi extension that makes normal Pi startup feel close to PI_OFFLINE=1, while still letting npm-based extensions update. It pins npm: package versions in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json after startup, so the next launch can skip npm registry resolution without turning offline mode on.

Pinned startup was roughly the same as PI_OFFLINE=1 for the measured paths: about 0.48–0.49s for pi --version and 1.15–1.18s for pi --help.

Install

pi install npm:pi-fastboot

How it works

Add npm packages to Pi as usual:

{
    "packages": [
        "npm:@sting8k/pi-vcc"
    ]
}

After a Pi session starts, pi-fastboot checks those npm packages in the background and rewrites them with the latest version:

{
    "packages": [
        "npm:@sting8k/pi-vcc@0.3.11"
    ]
}

The update is non-blocking, so it should not slow down the current startup. The benefit is on the next launch, when Pi no longer needs to resolve unpinned npm packages.

Disable

To disable pi-fastboot, set enabled to false in the agent settings: ~/.pi/agent/settings.json

{
    "pi-fastboot": {
        "enabled": false
    }
}

Notes

• Registry lookups time out after 5 seconds.
• If a lookup fails, the package entry is left unchanged.

License

MIT