v2.0.0 — Electron 41, Web Demo, PWA

Major modernization of Merchant Directory — now a dual desktop + progressive web app.

Highlights

• Electron 41 upgrade (from 38) with sandbox-enabled renderer
• Self-contained web demo at https://guildmasterdev.github.io/Merchant
• PWA support — installable, offline-capable, cache-first service worker
• Dark-themed UI with commerce-gold accents, responsive card grid
• Live search across names, descriptions, features, and categories
• Category filters with per-category counts
• electron-builder 26 with mac (dmg/zip), Windows (nsis/portable), and Linux (AppImage/deb/rpm) targets
• GitHub Actions — CI for syntax and JSON validation, automated Pages deploys
• Zero npm audit vulnerabilities

What's included

• main.js, preload.js, renderer.js, index.html, styles.css — Electron desktop app
• web/index.html — single-file web demo (all CSS and JS inline)
• web/manifest.json, web/sw.js — PWA manifest + service worker
• .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/deploy-web.yml — CI and Pages deploy

Try it

• Web / PWA: https://guildmasterdev.github.io/Merchant
• Desktop: npm install && npm start
• Build installers: npm run dist

License

MIT