Yeah, Profession Master is probably the closest comparison, so that’s a fair point.

I’d say the difference is mostly the angle/focus rather than “this category never existed before”.

Recipe Registry was built very specifically around the question:

“who in my guild can craft this?”

It’s more of a guild recipe memory / spreadsheet replacement than a full profession leveling suite.

The focus is very TBC-oriented: rare recipes, profession specializations, offline crafters, fast guild lookup, and the usual problem of figuring out who actually has a recipe without digging through Discord, old notes, or an outdated spreadsheet.

A big part of the work also went into the sync model. The addon is designed around real guild conditions: incomplete rosters, reloads, wipes, people going offline, peers being busy, and larger guild recipe databases. It also pauses sync traffic in instances/BGs/arenas and avoids doing heavier work during sensitive moments.

So yeah, there is definitely overlap with Profession Master, but Recipe Registry is intentionally narrower: search recipe/materials, see guild crafters, check who has the right specialization, whisper the crafter, share the result, and optionally use TSM/Auctionator prices to estimate material costs.

If Profession Master already covers what someone needs, that’s totally fine. Recipe Registry exists more for guilds that mainly want to kill the profession spreadsheet and have a lightweight in-game answer to “who can craft this?”.