diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7fadfe..b600f6c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ packages/
 .vs/
 *.nupkg
 **/latest.zip
+# Allow release zips for plugin distribution
+!releases/
+!releases/**/*.zip
 
 # Gitea token (keep local only, never commit)
 .gitea-token
diff --git a/releases/HSCompare-1.0.2/latest.zip b/releases/HSCompare-1.0.2/latest.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f144896
Binary files /dev/null and b/releases/HSCompare-1.0.2/latest.zip differ
diff --git a/releases/README.md b/releases/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61cb60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Release zips for plugin installer
+
+The master list (DalamudPlugins repo) points to raw URLs here.
+
+- **HSCompare-1.0.2/latest.zip** – built from `dotnet build -c Release`; copy from `HSCompare/bin/Release/HSCompare/latest.zip` when releasing a new version.