Roadmap

Gluonic’s development roadmap and future vision.

Current State: v1.0 (In Development)

Core Features ✅

• Offline-first sync engine
• Optimistic updates with deferred persistence
• Reactive models (MobX + Proxy)
• Delta synchronization
• Identity mapping
• Lazy loading
• Database-agnostic adapters
• Universal client (React Native + Web)

Available Now ✅

• Prisma adapter with auto-discovery
• Generic /tx endpoint (batteries-included)
• WebSocket real-time sync
• Redis broadcasting
• Snapshot caching (file, S3, Redis)
• Streaming bootstrap
• Worker coordination
• Comprehensive testing utilities

v0.2 (Planned - Next 3 Months)

Tooling 🛠️

• Code Generation CLI - Generate client models from Prisma schema
• Gluonic Studio - Visual debugging (server + client)
• Migration Assistant - Migrate from Apollo, WatermelonDB, Replicache
• Schema Validator - Validate client/server compatibility

Built-In Helpers 🎁

• createJWTAuth() - Eliminate JWT boilerplate (server)
• createTokenAuth() - Eliminate token management (client)
• createRetryPolicy() - Configurable retry behavior
• createSnapshotCache() - Smart snapshot configuration

New Adapters 🔌

• Authorization Adapter - Fine-grained permissions (read/write/delete)
• Caching Adapter - Redis, in-memory caching
• Validation Adapter - Zod, Joi, custom validation
• Transformation Adapter - Field-level transformations

API Improvements 📚

• Decorator-free API - Alternative to decorators
• Builder pattern API - Fluent model definition
• Middleware hooks - Lifecycle events
• Conflict resolution - Strategies beyond last-write-wins

v0.3 (Planned - 6 Months)

Advanced Features 🚀

• Schema Migrations - Versioning with backward compatibility
• Operational Transformation - Collaborative editing support
• Multi-Tenancy Patterns - Enterprise-grade isolation
• GraphQL Integration - Use alongside GraphQL APIs
• tRPC Integration - Use alongside tRPC

Performance 🏎️

• Incremental Sync - Resume interrupted bootstraps
• Partial Hydration - Load model subsets
• Smart Batching - Auto-batch mutations
• Connection Pooling - Database optimization

Developer Experience 🎨

• Interactive Playground - Try Gluonic in browser
• Video Tutorials - Step-by-step guides
• Starter Templates - npx create-gluonic-app
• VSCode Extension - IntelliSense for models

v1.0 (Planned - 9-12 Months)

Production-Ready 🎯

• Comprehensive documentation - Complete API reference
• Battle-tested - Used in production by 50+ apps
• Stable API - No breaking changes
• Performance benchmarks - Published metrics
• Security audit - Third-party review

Enterprise Features 🏢

• Multi-region sync - Cross-region replication
• Audit logging - Compliance features
• RBAC - Role-based access control
• SSO Integration - Enterprise auth
• SLA guarantees - Commercial support option

Long-Term Vision (12+ Months)

Gluonic Cloud ☁️

Managed hosting option (optional):

• Zero-config deployment
• Auto-scaling
• Managed Redis/Postgres
• Built-in monitoring
• Still self-hostable ✓

Gluonic Ecosystem 🌐

• Community adapters (DynamoDB, Firebase, Supabase)
• Plugin marketplace
• Starter templates library
• Integration guides
• Case studies

Advanced Sync 🔬

• CRDTs - Conflict-free replicated data types
• Time-travel debugging - Replay sync history
• Partial replication - Sync subsets of data
• Peer-to-peer sync - Device-to-device without server

Principles Guiding Development

1. Simplicity First

• Default behavior should work for 80% of users
• Advanced features opt-in, not required
• Convention over configuration

2. Backward Compatibility

• No breaking changes within major versions
• Deprecation warnings before removal
• Migration guides for breaking changes

3. Performance Matters

• Benchmarks published and tracked
• No feature ships if it degrades performance
• Optimize for mobile (limited resources)

4. Documentation is Code

• Features don’t ship without docs
• Examples for every feature
• Troubleshooting guides

5. Community-Driven

• Open issues for feature requests
• Community adapters welcomed
• Transparent roadmap

Release Schedule

Contributing to Roadmap

Want a feature prioritized?

1. Open GitHub Issue - Describe use case
2. Community Vote - Upvote issues you want
3. Contribute - Submit PR for feature
4. Sponsor - Fund specific features

Most requested features get prioritized!

What Won’t Be in Gluonic

Out of Scope

• Backend-as-a-Service - Use Supabase, Firebase (Gluonic is sync-only)
• Auth Provider - Use NextAuth, Clerk (Gluonic just syncs)
• File Storage - Use S3, Cloudinary (Gluonic syncs metadata only)
• Full-Text Search - Use Algolia, Elastic (Gluonic syncs data)

Philosophy: Do one thing (sync) extremely well.

Next Steps

• Design Decisions - This page
• Comparison - vs alternatives
• Contributing - Help shape Gluonic