v0.1.0

Photon-QDrivers 0.1.0v is the first public GitHub release of the universal photonic quantum driver framework.

Highlights:

• Core Python driver API with circuit validation, backend capability checks, jobs, plugins, and normalized results.
• Emulator adapters for Perceval, Piquasso, Lightworks, The Walrus, QuTiP, Dynamiqs, and legacy Strawberry Fields paths.
• Hardware adapter surfaces for Quandela, Xanadu legacy, ORCA endpoint/private SDK integration, PsiQuantum/PsiQDK future integration, and the native runtime backend.
• C++ runtime, C ABI, HAL, transport layer, FPGA mailbox paths, HLS detector kernels, and SystemVerilog modules.
• Runnable examples under docs/examples, including optional emulator examples and native runtime smoke usage.
• GitHub CI covering Python 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, native C++/FPGA checks, package builds, and optional adapter stacks.
• Main branch protection is enabled with required CI checks.