Windows Companion, desktop engines, and local archives

Ironwood Companion for Windows

Released Companion 0.1.4 for Windows 11 on Intel/AMD 64-bit computers. Companion runs alongside Ironwood to provide desktop engines and a game archive on your computer.
Added a public download and setup page, plus Help → Companion setup… and Help → Companion connections…. No diagnostics switch is needed.
Added a status dashboard with connection and engine counts, folder shortcuts, import activity, and update controls.
Published the Windows download and signed update channel. Companion checks updates against Ironwood’s release key and package checksum. The executable does not have a Windows publisher signature; see the download page before installing.

Added Auto-install and Manual tabs. Auto-install downloads supported packages directly from their original publishers; Manual registers an engine you already have.
Added controls to manage the selected engine’s name, executable, and launch arguments, and to remove its registration. Companion-installed packages can also have their installed files removed.
Engine lists show the Companion name so installations on different computers are easier to distinguish. Playing and analysis options remain in Engine settings.

Added a consistent location dropdown to Storage information, Saved games, and Import. Choose Browser or a named connected Companion.
Added archive import, browsing, filtering, and PGN export. Browser storage remains separate; connecting Companion does not automatically move your existing games.
Standardized opening descriptions through an ECO lookup and added All [ECO code] games choices, so filtering by a code includes its opening variations.
Formatted library counts, selection totals, page totals, and indexing counts with commas.

Added 7z support alongside PGN and ZIP through Browse and drag-and-drop, including supported archives containing matching Scid files. Scid source files are read without changing them.
Added automatic Companion folder imports for PGN, ZIP, 7z, and matching Scid databases, with reports and restart checkpoints after saved batches.
Improved archive import batching and overlapped preparation with saving. Progress shows counts, speed, estimated time remaining, and waiting or retrying messages.
Added opening-index progress to the main status bar, including indexed games, remaining games, speed, and estimated time remaining. Indexing can continue after an import finishes.