Dazzler 0.22.0 — Smaller, safer, easier to install

Dazzler is easier to install, smaller to download and clearer to use.

• Host packages are about 11.3 MB zipped / 19.6 MB unpacked, down from 30.8 MB / 51.1 MB. All stay within 24 MB compressed and unpacked gates.
• Six versatile font families, all 30 templates and complete rendering tools ship by default. The full 24-family collection remains in the source checkout. The old compact Claude filename is an identical alias.
• The installer verifies resources without executing archive scripts. It checks every archive path before extraction, bounds metadata reads and retains local-edit protection and rollback.
• Inventory traversal took 0.49 seconds versus 1.77 seconds on the same 547 files. Dense heading protection produced identical output in 22 ms versus 9,731 ms. These local fixture measurements are not general end-to-end speed claims.
• The README leads with benefits and installation. Platform guides and skill instructions are shorter, with original credits and licenses retained.

Validation includes 72 Node tests, 52 Python cases (the symlink case needs Windows privileges and runs on Linux), every package's install/update/rollback/removal flow, archive and resource hashes, the browser gallery and a clean offline rebuild. The dependency audit reported no known advisories. Cross-platform CI and matching artifact hashes gate publication.

Host activation and actual cloud uploads remain unverified. The 24 MB limit is a release budget, not a guarantee of every host's acceptance. The offline maintenance kit is separate from skill uploads.

Notes: Developer changes, installation guide, field manual. Created by Jon Gosier; feedback: jon@filmhedge.com. Apache-2.0 for original code; bundled resources keep their licenses.