Roadmap

Roadmap

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What's done, what's in progress, what's next. The authoritative engineering roadmap lives in docs/planning/roadmap.md; this page is a user-friendly summary.

Current: 0.1.x (Preview)

ECLI 0.1.3 is the first complete public release across all platforms:

✅ Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/RHEL, generic tar.gz) ✅ FreeBSD (native .pkg) ✅ macOS (Universal2 DMG, x86_64 + arm64) ✅ Windows (NSIS installer + portable EXE) ✅ PyPI (pip install ecli-editor)

Features stabilized in 0.1.x:

• Core editor with curses-based TUI
• Tree-sitter syntax highlighting (70+ languages)
• LSP client integration
• Git panel
• AI panel (Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, HuggingFace)
• Plugin system (Python)
• TOML-based configuration
• Multi-platform packaging with CycloneDX SBOMs

Planned: 0.2.x (Stabilization)

Focus on quality, security, and operator features:

• OIDC Trusted Publishers for PyPI (replace static API token)
• macOS notarization (eliminate Gatekeeper friction)
• Windows code signing (eliminate SmartScreen friction)
• PyPI Markdown rendering for AI panel responses
• Multi-cursor editing
• AI cost tracking inside the editor
• Configurable shell sandboxing for shell-integrated workflows
• ARM64 Windows support
• ARM64 Linux support (Raspberry Pi, AWS Graviton)
• Telemetry opt-in (anonymous usage stats, off by default)

ETA: end of 2026.

Planned: 0.3.x (Extensibility)

Focus on community plugins and language ecosystems:

• Plugin marketplace / registry
• Theme marketplace
• Snippet system with language-aware expansion
• Project templates (ecli new --template python-cli)
• Workspace concept (multi-folder projects, like VS Code's workspaces)
• Remote LSP (run LSP servers in containers or over SSH)
• Linting integration (Ruff, ESLint, golangci-lint, clippy auto-detection)
• Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) client — visual debugger

ETA: mid-2027.

Planned: 1.0 (Stable API)

The 1.0 milestone marks API stability commitments:

• Plugin API frozen — no breaking changes without major version bump
• Config schema frozen — backward-compatible migrations only
• Documented stability guarantees for embedded use
• Performance benchmarks published per release
• Security review completed (third-party)
• Accessibility audit (screen reader, high-contrast themes)

ETA: 2028.

Beyond 1.0

Long-term ideas (no commitment, exploratory):

• Collaborative editing (CRDT-based, local-first)
• AI training feedback loop (user corrections improve model selection)
• Cross-editor protocol (interop with VS Code remote sessions)
• Mobile companion (iOS/Android terminal client)

How priorities are set

Decisions follow this order:

1. Critical bugs and security — always top priority
2. User-reported pain points — collected via Issues and Discussions
3. Strategic infrastructure — release pipeline, CI quality, supply chain
4. New features — prioritized by user demand and engineering effort

Maintainer's discretion on tradeoffs. Major changes are discussed in GitHub Discussions before implementation.

Status of long-running tracks

Track	Status
Linux native packaging	✅ Stable (DEB, RPM, tar.gz)
FreeBSD native packaging	✅ Stable (.pkg)
macOS DMG	✅ Stable (ad-hoc signed)
macOS notarization	🟡 Planned 0.2
Windows installer	✅ Stable (unsigned)
Windows code signing	🟡 Planned 0.2
PyPI distribution	✅ Stable (ecli-editor)
PyPI OIDC Trusted Publishers	🟡 Planned 0.2
AI provider integrations	✅ Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, HF
Plugin API	🟡 Beta — stable in 1.0
LSP integration	✅ Working, expanding language coverage
Tree-sitter highlighting	✅ 70+ languages
Git integration	✅ Read + basic write (stage, commit, push)
Git advanced features	🟡 Planned 0.2-0.3 (rebase, cherry-pick UI)
Multi-cursor editing	🟡 Planned 0.2
Documentation site	✅ ecli.io
Wiki	✅ This page :)

How to influence the roadmap

• Open an issue describing your use case and what's missing.
• Comment on existing issues to express demand (👍 reactions count).
• Start a discussion for larger design questions.
• Contribute a PR for features you need — the fastest path to inclusion.

Detailed planning

For engineering-level details:

• docs/planning/roadmap.md — comprehensive engineering roadmap
• docs/planning/risk-register.md — known risks and mitigations
• docs/planning/engineering-plan.md — current iteration's engineering plan