v0.5.0 — Embedded Core Settings & Instant Search

Highlights

🧠 336 Embedded Core Configurations

Settings database for 336 cores built into the binary — zero setup required.

Source	Cores
MiSTer-devel	249
Jotego (jtcores)	73
va7deo (Toaplan, SNK68)	11
theypsilon	3

Use cfg-read to view any core's settings, cfg-write to modify them remotely.

⚡ Instant Search

• Full ROM file index cached to disk alongside system metadata
• Search returns results in milliseconds (was: minutes of filesystem walking)
• 86 systems, thousands of ROMs indexed in one scan

💾 Persistent Discovery Cache

• First start: scans and saves to disk (~76 seconds)
• Subsequent starts: loads from cache instantly
• rescan command to rebuild after adding games

🆕 New Commands

• rescan — Rescan ROM library, optionally for a specific drive
• reload — Reload current core to apply config changes

📦 15 MCP Tools, 11 Binaries

Server binary: 5.0 MB (includes embedded settings DB)

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0