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Launch the regular ODD Playground at https:\/\/odd.regionallyfamous.com\/playground\/.<\/p>\n\n<p>Open the ODD Shop, pick what feels right, and make the workspace yours.<\/p>\n\n<p>With ODD you can:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Add living wallpapers that make your desktop feel alive.<\/li>\n<li>Dress up your Desktop Mode dock, taskbar, and desktop icons with themed raster icon sets.<\/li>\n<li>Swap in custom cursors that match the mood.<\/li>\n<li>Drop tiny widgets onto the desktop, like notes, toys, embeds, and little desk companions.<\/li>\n<li>Install small desktop apps that open in their own windows.<\/li>\n<li>Start with a ready-made starter pack, then customize from there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>ODD is for people who live in WordPress all day and want it to feel less like rented office furniture and more like their own place.<\/p>\n\n<p>Maybe your WordPress should be calm and cozy. Maybe it should be weird and neon. Maybe it should look like a tiny operating system from a dream. 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React source code is maintained at https:\/\/github.com\/facebook\/react, and the exact package versions are recorded in <code>package-lock.json<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Typical build commands:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><code>npm ci<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>odd\/bin\/build-runtime<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>python3 _tools\/build-catalog.py<\/code><\/li>\n<li><code>odd\/bin\/build-zip<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/desktop-mode\/\">WP Desktop Mode<\/a> v0.8.5 or newer. 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