Igir v5.0.1 has been released as a zero-setup ROM collection manager that efficiently sorts, filters, extracts, archives, patches, and reports on collections of any size across various operating systems. The changelog for April 21, 2026, includes updates such as upgrading the dependency Bun to v1.3.13, compiling with “baseline” Bun versions, and improving documentation with additional badges. It also addresses CI fixes for commenting on locked issues and triggers for the …
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Igir v5.0.0 has been released as a powerful, zero-setup ROM collection manager that supports sorting, filtering, and patching across all OS. This update, resulting from around 100 hours of development, features extensive documentation improvements and a new guiding principles page. Significant enhancements include compatibility with Bun for faster performance, optimized caching mechanisms, and a range of new command-line options. Performance profiling led to speed enhancements, and several improvements were made, …
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Igir v4.3.2 has been released as a zero-setup ROM collection manager for all OS types, enabling sorting, filtering, extracting, archiving, patching, and reporting on ROM collections. The update addresses user-reported bugs and introduces new features: the –patch-only option for writing only patched ROMs, and the –trim-scan-files option to enhance processing speed by selectively scanning files. Additionally, it now handles regional variants for frontends like EmulationStation and ROMM, ensuring accurate identification …
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Igir v4.3.1 has been released, featuring a zero-setup ROM collection manager that sorts, filters, extracts, archives, patches, and reports on collections across any OS. The update includes additional ROM signatures for various systems like Apple disks, Atari Jaguar and Lynx, Nintendo DSi, Pokรฉmon Mini, and SNES. It improves parsing, extension correction, and detection of trimmed ROMs. Notable contributions have come from multiple collaborators who added support for missing consoles and …
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Igir v4.2.0 is a zero-setup ROM collection manager that efficiently manages collections of any size across various operating systems. Key updates in the August 2025 changelog include fixing dependency issues, such as replacing ‘@node-rs/crc32’ with ‘@aws-crypto/crc32’, and refining functionalities, like preventing patch options with the link command. The release also involved updating multiple dependencies, including dolphin-tool and Node.js. Other improvements consisted of GitHub Actions updates and enhancements for parsing and …
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