Zaparoo Core v2.16.1 is now available. This patch release fixes problems found after v2.16.0, with faster media updates on slow storage and reliability fixes across the media library, readers, backups, native audio, MiSTer, and macOS.
Hi everyone. I've published the new Zaparoo CLI, along with seven Agent Skills for developing integrations, testing changes, and working with Zaparoo devices.
This is now the supported starting point for new command-line and AI-assisted Zaparoo development. If you want an agent to diagnose a Core device, prototype an integration, or check behavior against the public APIs, this is the package to give it.
The CLI is available now as @zaparoo/cli.
Hi everyone. I want to talk about Zaparoo Online properly for the first time.
Zaparoo Online isn't new. I've been poking at it on and off for a while now, adding things like online cards, decks and game distribution as I found places where an internet service could help. There were some cool ideas in there, but if you asked me exactly what Online was supposed to become, I don't think I had a very good answer.
I think I do now.
The first part is automatic device backups. The second is a new User API that lets you give apps access to your own Zaparoo data. They solve different problems, but together they finally gave Online a clear job: protect your setup off-site and let apps you choose do more with your Zaparoo data, without making normal Core use depend on an account.
Zaparoo Core v2.16.0 is now available. This release adds device profiles, portable device backups, more resilient indexing for large libraries, and physical-disc matching.
Hey! Welcome back to the community showcase. I've got another batch of awesome stuff from our Discord members to share. Some seriously cool floppy reader builds this time, a full arcade coin mechanism, and lots of custom cards.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.2.2 and Zaparoo Core v2.15.1 are hotfix releases.
Main fixes: browsing reliability, faster cover loading, more responsive launches, and folder-based systems like PSX.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.2.1 is a hotfix release.
This update fixes an issue where enabling CRT mode would show static snow instead of the Frontend UI. If you updated to v1.2.0 and CRT mode was not usable, update to v1.2.1.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.2.0 and Zaparoo Core v2.15.0 are the next paired Zaparoo releases.
This update focuses on Frontend's new built-in MiSTer updater, a smoother CRT and browsing experience, more ways to customize your library, launchable ROM-less MiSTer cores, and local artwork scraping.
Thank you to Andrea Bogazzi for the Frontend startup and media loading performance work, and to theypsilon for developing and contributing the new built-in updater.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.1.1 and Zaparoo Core v2.14.1 are patch releases for the v1.1.0 / v2.14.0 cycle.
This update focuses on smoother browsing, fewer unnecessary cover requests, more reliable scraping, and safer media database indexing after unexpected shutdowns.
Zaparoo Frontend v1.1.0 and Zaparoo Core v2.14.0 are the next paired Zaparoo releases.
Thank you to Andrea Bogazzi for the Frontend TATE, layout, and performance work plus the Core service startup hooks, Matthew O'Gorman for player 3 and 4 coin input commands, and devilschile2 for Basque translation work.