diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a3d2e5..1150c9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -184,16 +184,24 @@ sources:
 
 ### AUTO 链（优先级页）
 
-AUTO 调度**只**由优先级页保存的规则（持久化到 `runtime_file` 的 `auto` 字段）决定，
-源配置里的 `models[].priority` 数字不再参与调度、也不再显示。
+AUTO 调度**只**由优先级页保存的规则决定，源配置里的 `models[].priority` 数字不再
+参与调度、也不再显示。**聊天与生图是两套独立的链**，在优先级页面通过「聊天 / 生图」
+按钮切换编辑：
+
+- **聊天链**（`runtime_file` 的 `auto` 字段）：服务 `POST /v1/chat/completions`
+  的 `model: AUTO` 请求；只接受 `kind: chat` 模型，配置在链里的生图槽位会被忽略。
+- **生图链**（`runtime_file` 的 `auto_image` 字段）：服务 `POST /v1/images/generations`
+  的 `model: AUTO` 请求；只接受 `kind: image` 模型。未配置生图链时，AUTO 生图回落
+  到「所有含生图模型的源、按注册顺序」的旧行为，兼容旧配置。
+
+每条规则 = 一个「槽位」：`{ model, source, tier, token_quota, period, hours }`。
 
-- 每条规则 = 一个「槽位」：`{ model, source, tier, token_quota, period, hours }`。
 - `tier` 表示优先级档位：同一档的模型并排、共享该优先级；档位从上到下递减。
 - 同一模型可配置多个槽位（如 A 源低配 → B 源低配 → A 源高配 → B 源高配），按档位顺延。
 - `token_quota` > 0 时该槽位在重置周期内用满即顺延到下一槽位；`period` 支持
   `hour` / `week` / `month` / `nhour`（配合 `hours`），空 = 不限。
-- 生图模型（`kind: image`）不参与 AUTO 链；生图走 `POST /v1/images/generations`
-  的独立路径。
+- 同 tier 内按「偏好分」排序，失败槽位冷却后自动跳过；冷却 / 配额耗尽 / hard
+  错误会顺延到下一 tier，全部失败时返回 503 并附上每档失败摘要。
 
 ### 源（Source）与适配器（Adapter）的关系
 
@@ -224,6 +232,23 @@ WebUI 上的"新增/编辑源"、"上传 Lua 适配器"、"改 AUTO 优先级链
 `config.yaml` 中定义的基源无法改写配置文件，采用删除标记隐藏（重启后仍隐藏），
 在 UI 里重新添加同名源即可恢复。
 
+### 源模板（多 key 负载均衡）
+
+多个上游 key 共享同一套配置（URL / 适配器 / 模型列表 / 并发 / rpm）时，逐一复制
+整段 source 太冗余。**源模板**保存除 `name` 和 `api_key` 以外的全部源字段，
+从模板一键创建多个仅 key 不同的源，天然支持多 key 负载均衡（每个展开源独立调度、
+独立冷却、独立健康状态）。
+
+- WebUI「源」页右上角「**模板管理**」按钮：列出全部模板，可编辑 / 删除 / 新建。
+- 添加源弹窗右上角两个按钮：
+  - **从模板创建** → 选模板 → 表单自动填充（name + key 仍需你填）；
+  - **存为模板** → 把当前表单非 key/name 字段存为新模板。
+- 模板持久化在 `runtime_file` 的 `source_templates` 字段，与运行时源一样热管理，
+  改完即时生效。模板本身不含密钥，可以安全共享 / 纳管。
+
+模板不会自己变成源——它只是「配方」。真正承担流量的是从模板创建出来的、带 key
+的具体源。
+
 ### disable_thinking
 
 请求体带 `"disable_thinking": true` 时，网关透传给各适配器；DeepSeek 适配器将其
@@ -296,14 +321,23 @@ return {
 一键启停、系统托盘常驻、开机自启、静默启动，内容区一比一内嵌完整 WebUI
 （状态/对话/密钥/优先级/源/适配器 六个页面，免登录）。服务器用户继续使用纯 Go 二进制。
 
+### 两种安装包：Headless 与 Desktop
+
+发布到 Release 的安装包分为两类，面向不同用户：
+
+- **Headless（服务器版）**：纯核心二进制（无 Electron），配置驱动，适合服务器、
+  容器、systemd 等无人值守场景。Linux 为 `.tar.gz`（二进制 + `config.example.yaml`
+  + `adapters/` + README），Windows 为 `.zip`。
+- **Desktop（桌面版）**：Electron GUI 安装包，内嵌核心，适合个人桌面日常使用。
+
 ### 选择 GUI 还是纯后端
 
 | 场景 | 推荐 | 理由 |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| 服务器 / 内网网关 / 无人值守常驻 | **纯后端**（单二进制） | 极轻量（~10MB、~15MB RSS），零依赖单进程，直接跑在 systemd/任意容器里，远程管理 |
-| 个人桌面日常使用 / 多设备内网共享 | **GUI**（Electron） | 免登录内嵌 WebUI、系统托盘一键启停、开机自启、静默后台，适合不懂命令行的使用者 |
-| Windows 桌面 | **GUI** | 纯后端在 Windows 上需自行注册服务，GUI 提供原生托盘/自启体验 |
-| CI 一键出三平台安装包 | **GUI 打包脚本** | `make gui-*` 系列出 deb/AppImage/NSIS，可进发行流水线 |
+| 服务器 / 内网网关 / 无人值守常驻 | **Headless**（单二进制） | 极轻量（~10MB、~15MB RSS），零依赖单进程，直接跑在 systemd/任意容器里，远程管理 |
+| 个人桌面日常使用 / 多设备内网共享 | **Desktop**（GUI） | 免登录内嵌 WebUI、系统托盘一键启停、开机自启、静默后台，适合不懂命令行的使用者 |
+| Windows 桌面 | **Desktop** | 纯后端在 Windows 上需自行注册服务，GUI 提供原生托盘/自启体验 |
+| CI 一键出三平台安装包 | **Desktop 打包脚本** | `make gui-*` 系列出 deb/AppImage/NSIS，可进发行流水线 |
 
 两者完全同源：GUI 内嵌的就是纯后端的同一份 `llmsproxy` 核心（LuaJIT 版），
 配置/适配器格式完全一致，可随时互换。
@@ -321,8 +355,10 @@ make gui-win-docker  # 构建 Windows nsis 安装包（全 docker 自足，无
 make gui-dist-dir # 仅解包产物（调试用，不产安装包）
 ```
 
-产物在 `cmd/build/gui-dist/`：`ModelRouter-1.0.0.AppImage`、
-`modelrouter-gui_1.0.0_amd64.deb`、`ModelRouter Setup 1.0.0.exe`（win）。rpm 需系统 `rpmbuild`。
+产物在 `cmd/build/gui-dist/`：`ModelRouter-<ver>.AppImage`、
+`modelrouter-gui_<ver>_amd64.deb`、`ModelRouter Setup <ver>.exe`（win）。rpm 需系统 `rpmbuild`。
+发布时会把产物重命名为 `ModelRouter-Desktop-*`（GUI）与 `ModelRouter-Headless-*`（纯后端）
+两类上传到 GitCode Release。
 
 #### Windows 打包（docker 固化方案，推荐）
 
diff --git a/README_EN.md b/README_EN.md
index c8f77f4..88faa89 100644
--- a/README_EN.md
+++ b/README_EN.md
@@ -176,12 +176,20 @@ tiered AUTO chain.
 
 ### AUTO chain (Priority page)
 
-AUTO scheduling is driven **only** by the rules saved on the Priority page
-(persisted as the `auto` field of the runtime file). The numeric
-`models[].priority` in source configs no longer participates in scheduling and
-is no longer shown.
+AUTO scheduling is driven **only** by the rules saved on the Priority page. The
+numeric `models[].priority` in source configs no longer participates in
+scheduling and is no longer shown. **Chat and image generation are two
+independent chains**, switched in the Priority page via the `Chat / Image` toggle:
+
+- **Chat chain** (`auto` field): serves `POST /v1/chat/completions` with
+  `model: AUTO`; only `kind: chat` models are honored (image slots are skipped).
+- **Image chain** (`auto_image` field): serves `POST /v1/images/generations` with
+  `model: AUTO`; only `kind: image` models are honored. With no image chain
+  configured, AUTO image generation falls back to legacy discovery (all sources
+  exposing an image model, in registry order) for backward compatibility.
+
+Each rule is one "slot": `{ model, source, tier, token_quota, period, hours }`.
 
-- Each rule is one "slot": `{ model, source, tier, token_quota, period, hours }`.
 - `tier` is the priority tier: models in the same tier sit side by side and
   share it; tiers run high → low.
 - The same model may appear in several slots (e.g. A low → B low → A high →
@@ -189,8 +197,9 @@ is no longer shown.
 - `token_quota` > 0 means the slot is skipped once its tokens within the reset
   window are exhausted; `period` supports `hour` / `week` / `month` / `nhour`
   (with `hours`); empty = unlimited.
-- Image models (`kind: image`) are kept out of the chain and are served by the
-  separate `POST /v1/images/generations` path.
+- Within a tier, slots run by preference score; cooling / quota-exhausted /
+  hard-failed slots fall through to the next tier, and total failure returns
+  503 with a per-tier summary.
 
 ### Sources vs. adapters
 
@@ -227,6 +236,28 @@ sources and `.lua` files; base sources defined in `config.yaml` cannot rewrite
 that file, so they are hidden via a deletion tombstone (still hidden after
 restart) and can be restored by re-adding the same name in the UI.
 
+### Source templates (multi-key balancing)
+
+When several upstream keys share one config (URL / adapter / model list /
+concurrency / rpm), copying the whole source block N times is wasteful. A
+**source template** stores every source field except `name` and `api_key`, so you
+create N key-only-different sources from one shared skeleton — natural multi-key
+load balancing (each expanded source schedules, cools down, and reports health
+independently).
+
+- WebUI Sources page, top-right **Templates** button: list all templates with
+  edit / delete / create.
+- Add-source dialog has two header buttons:
+  - **From template** → pick a template → form auto-fills (name + key still
+    yours to enter);
+  - **As template** → save the current form's non-key/name fields as a template.
+- Templates persist in the runtime file's `source_templates` field alongside
+  runtime sources (hot-managed, apply immediately). Templates hold no secret
+  keys, so they're safe to share / version-control.
+
+A template is just a recipe — it doesn't become a source by itself. Only the
+key-bearing sources created from it carry real traffic.
+
 ### disable_thinking
 
 With `"disable_thinking": true` in the request body, the gateway passes it to
@@ -308,14 +339,25 @@ tray, autostart, silent launch, and a pixel-for-pixel embedded full WebUI
 (Status/Chat/Keys/Priority/Sources/Adapters — no login needed). Server users
 keep using the plain Go binary.
 
+### Two installer kinds: Headless and Desktop
+
+Release installers ship in two flavors for different audiences:
+
+- **Headless (server)**: the plain core binary (no Electron), config-driven,
+  for servers / containers / systemd / unattended runs. Linux ships as
+  `.tar.gz` (binary + `config.example.yaml` + `adapters/` + README), Windows as
+  `.zip`.
+- **Desktop (desktop app)**: the Electron GUI installer with an embedded core,
+  for personal daily desktop use.
+
 ### GUI vs. plain backend
 
 | Scenario | Pick | Why |
 | ---- | ---- | ---- |
-| Server / intranet gateway / unattended long-running | **plain backend** (single binary) | ~10 MB, ~15 MB RSS, zero-dep single process — drop it into systemd or any container, remote admin |
-| Personal desktop daily use / multi-device intranet sharing | **GUI** (Electron) | no-login embedded WebUI, tray one-click, autostart, silent background — for non-CLI users |
-| Windows desktop | **GUI** | plain backend needs manual service registration; GUI ships native tray/autostart |
-| CI one-shot 3-platform installers | **GUI packaging scripts** | `make gui-*` emits deb / AppImage / NSIS, drops straight into a release pipeline |
+| Server / intranet gateway / unattended long-running | **Headless** (single binary) | ~10 MB, ~15 MB RSS, zero-dep single process — drop it into systemd or any container, remote admin |
+| Personal desktop daily use / multi-device intranet sharing | **Desktop** (GUI) | no-login embedded WebUI, tray one-click, autostart, silent background — for non-CLI users |
+| Windows desktop | **Desktop** | plain backend needs manual service registration; GUI ships native tray/autostart |
+| CI one-shot 3-platform installers | **Desktop packaging scripts** | `make gui-*` emits deb / AppImage / NSIS, drops straight into a release pipeline |
 
 Both share the exact same `llmsproxy` core (LuaJIT build) — configs and
 adapters are fully compatible, freely interchangeable.
@@ -332,9 +374,11 @@ make gui-win        # Windows NSIS (host mingw + wine)
 make gui-win-docker # Windows NSIS, fully dockerized (no host mingw needed)
 ```
 
-Artifacts land in `cmd/build/gui-dist/`: `ModelRouter-1.0.0.AppImage`,
-`modelrouter-gui_1.0.0_amd64.deb`, `ModelRouter Setup 1.0.0.exe` (win). rpm
-needs system `rpmbuild`.
+Artifacts land in `cmd/build/gui-dist/`: `ModelRouter-<ver>.AppImage`,
+`modelrouter-gui_<ver>_amd64.deb`, `ModelRouter Setup <ver>.exe` (win). rpm
+needs system `rpmbuild`. At release time artifacts are renamed into the
+`ModelRouter-Desktop-*` (GUI) and `ModelRouter-Headless-*` (plain backend)
+families before upload to GitCode Releases.
 
 #### Windows packaging (dockerized, recommended)