Meross v2.0.0

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Complete TypeScript Rewrite with support for newer devices

🎉 Major Release - v2.0.0

This is a major release that represents a complete rewrite of the Meross utilities for configuring Meross devices to use private MQTT servers.

✨ What's New

🔄 Complete TypeScript Rewrite

• Fully rewritten from JavaScript to TypeScript for better type safety and developer experience
• Modern ESM (ES Modules) architecture
• Improved code organisation with monorepo structure (packages/lib and packages/cli)
• New: Added encrypted communication support for devices that require it

🛠️ Improved Developer Experience

• Better error handling and debugging
• Comprehensive test suite
• Clean separation between library (@meross/lib) and CLI (meross)
• Docker test environment for development

📦 Modernised Dependencies

• Updated to Node.js 18+ requirement
• Updated all dependencies to latest versions

🏗️ Architecture Improvements

• Modular design with separate transport, message, and utility modules
• Better WiFi configuration handling
• Enhanced device discovery and management

🔧 Breaking Changes

⚠️ This is a major version bump with breaking changes:

• Minimum Node.js version is now 18+
• Complete API rewrite - existing integrations will need updates
• New package structure with separate library and CLI packages

🚀 Getting Started

# Install the CLI globally
npm install -g meross

# Or run directly with npx
npx meross-info --help
npx meross-setup --help

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Full Changelog: 1.0.16...v2.0.0

This release represents months of development work to modernise the codebase, improve security, and provide a better foundation for future features.

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This discussion was created from the release Meross v2.0.0.