🆕 Release Notes

🎉 Major Features

Performance Upgrades

• Virtual grid rendering with react-window for smooth performance even with 50+ streams
• Player pooling system to reduce memory usage and speed up stream switching
• Debounced state updates for fewer unnecessary re-renders
• Layout calculations moved to web workers via comlink
• Lazy-loaded chat components for lighter startup
• Built-in performance monitoring hooks

Cross-Platform Builds

• Production-ready installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Supported formats:
  • Windows: NSIS (.exe)
  • macOS: DMG (.dmg)
  • Linux: AppImage, DEB, RPM
• Fixed TypeScript compilation issues blocking builds
• Added missing minification dependency (terser)

🔧 Feature Enhancements

• Grid management system with save, load, and preset switching
• Import and export grid configurations
• Local file playback support
• Improved error handling and recovery
• Smarter auto-save behavior (delay adjusted from 2s → 5s)

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

• Faster startup experience
• Smoother drag-and-drop operations within the grid
• More reliable grid renaming and preset handling

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Twitch streams failing to start (parent parameter added)
• Corrected grid rename functionality
• Fixed memory leaks caused by unmounted components
• Cleaned up unused variable warnings

📦 Technical Details

• New components: VirtualStreamGrid.tsx, OptimizedStreamCard.tsx, LazyChat.tsx
• New hooks: usePerformanceMonitor, usePlayerPool, useDebouncedStore, useLayoutWorker
• Build updates: enhanced electron-builder.yml, improved package.json scripts, fixed TS config
• Dependencies added: react-window, react-window-infinite-loader, comlink, web-vitals

🧪 Testing

• Validated performance with 100+ simultaneous streams at 60fps
• Memory usage tested over extended sessions
• Verified Windows installer (96 MB)
• macOS and Linux builds prepared and pending community testing

This release represents a big step forward for StreamGrid, making it faster, more efficient, and available across all major desktop platforms.

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0