v1.0.0 – First Public Release.

🎉 First Public Release

This is the first public release of the Internet Radio Player — a modern Python desktop application built with CustomTkinter, VLC, and Pillow. It marks the beginning of the project’s open‑source journey and establishes a solid foundation for future development.

🚀 Features in this release

• Clean, modern GUI built with CustomTkinter
• Scrollable station list with country flags
• Integrated VLC audio playback
• Live metadata display (station name, track info, etc.)
• Responsive layout with aligned controls
• Modular architecture for easy future expansion
• Full requirements.txt, LICENSE, and README with screenshots

🧱 Project goals

This release represents the baseline version of the app.
Future updates will focus on expanding functionality, improving UX, and refining the architecture.

🗺️ Planned features (roadmap)

• World map view for selecting stations by region
• Search and filtering options
• Favourites system
• Themes and UI customization
• Improved metadata polling
• Settings panel
• Packaging into a standalone executable

🙌 Notes

Publishing this app openly helps keep me accountable and motivated as I continue building and improving the app.