We’re pleased to announce the release of Meteor 1.0.2 today.

This release includes a new server console called meteor shell , which lets you connect to a running Meteor server and evaluate JavaScript interactively, akin to how you can run client-side Meteor code in a browser console. Try using it to inspect the database, issue updates, call helper functions, or hit remote API endpoints. It supports command history and tab completion of property names.

We’ve also made several performance and maintainability improvements to the Meteor command line tool. For example, Meteor now avoids many unnecessary refreshes of its cached package catalog, the constraint solver now runs just once per command, and the MongoDB server now starts up in parallel with the app build sequence. Tool performance is a priority for us — nobody enjoys a slow development environment — so look for more changes in coming releases that will make Meteor even faster on your computer.

The Meteor 1.0.2 release is fully compatible with Meteor 1.0. We encourage everyone to update your applications with meteor update . You can also try running on the new release with meteor run --release 1.0.2 . If you're new to the platform, visit https://www.meteor.com/install to install the latest 1.0.2 release and learn more.

Finally, 1.0.2 includes various other fixes and improvements, along with updates to some of Meteor’s dependencies. For complete information, consult the release notes.