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title: Roadmap
description: BoxMux development roadmap and project vision for future releases.
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## Project Vision
**Create a declarative, accessible framework that makes building rich terminal interfaces as simple as writing configuration files.**
### Core Objectives
- **Accessibility**: Make TUI development accessible to non-programmers
- **Performance**: Maintain high performance even with complex interfaces
- **Flexibility**: Support diverse use cases from system monitoring to development tools
## Current Status: v0.76.71205 (Production Ready)
BoxMux is a mature terminal UI framework with 79 implemented features (92% complete).
### ✅ Completed Core Features
- **YAML Configuration System** - Declarative interface definition with JSON schema validation
- **Multi-threaded Architecture** - Responsive UI with separate rendering/input threads
- **Socket-based API** - External control via Unix domain sockets
- **Rich Component Library** - Boxes, menus, charts, tables, real-time updates
- **Auto-Scroll Output** - Auto-scroll for command output with scroll-to-bottom
- **Data Visualization** - Charts and tables with sorting, filtering, pagination
- **Plugin System** - Dynamic component loading with security validation
- **Cross-platform Support** - Verified on macOS, Linux, Unix systems
- **Performance Optimization** - Sub-millisecond input handling, efficient rendering
### Recently Completed Features
- **Auto-Scroll to Bottom**: Boxes automatically scroll to show latest content for logs and command output
- **Enhanced Data Visualization**: Table system with CSV/JSON parsing, sorting, filtering, pagination
- **Chart Layout Improvements**: Smart chart layout engine with responsive sizing
- **Plugin System**: Dynamic component loading with security validation
- **Clipboard Integration**: Ctrl+C copies focused box content to clipboard
- **Configuration Schema Validation**: JSON Schema validation for YAML configurations
## Planned Enhancements
### 🎯 Next Release (v0.8) - Enhanced Capabilities
**Focus**: Advanced features and developer experience improvements
#### Remaining Features
- [ ] **Performance Profiling**
- Built-in performance monitoring and optimization tools
- Runtime metrics collection and display
- [ ] **Advanced Process Control**
- Visual process indicators and status monitoring
- Signal handling for background scripts
- [ ] **Automatic Layout System**
- Grid and flex layouts built on percentage-based positioning
- Better error reporting with line numbers and context
- [ ] **Plugin Architecture**
- Dynamic loading of custom box types
- Standardized plugin API
- Plugin marketplace and distribution
- Community-contributed components
#### Medium Priority Features
- [ ] **Hot Configuration Reload**
- Watch configuration files for changes
- Safe state preservation during reload
- Error recovery and rollback mechanisms
- [ ] **Performance Optimizations**
- Memory usage analysis and reduction
- Faster rendering pipeline optimizations
- Background processing improvements
- Built-in profiling and benchmarking tools
### 🚀 Future Releases (v1.0+) - Advanced Features
**Focus**: Enterprise features and ecosystem expansion
#### Enterprise Features
- [ ] **Multi-file Configuration System**
- Include/import system for modular configurations
- Template and component libraries
- Configuration inheritance and composition
- [ ] **Network Communication**
- TCP/WebSocket support for remote interfaces
- Distributed dashboard capabilities
- Real-time collaboration features
- Authentication and secure remote access
- [ ] **Advanced UI Features**
- Mouse support for terminal interactions
- Graphics and image support beyond ASCII
- Custom themes and visual customization
- Responsive design templates
#### Developer Experience
- [ ] **Enhanced Tooling**
- Configuration file generator and wizard
- Visual layout editor
- Debug mode with live configuration editing
- Integration with popular IDEs and editors
### How to Contribute
#### Feature Requests
1. **Use issues** on GitHub
2. **Provide detailed descriptions** with use cases
#### Implementation
1. **Pick up roadmap items** that interest you
2. **Coordinate with maintainers** before starting
3. **Follow contribution guidelines**
4. **Submit pull requests** for review
### Priority Determination
### Feedback Channels
- **GitHub Issues**: Feature requests and bug reports
- **GitHub Discussions**: Roadmap discussions
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For the latest updates, see our [GitHub milestones](https://github.com/jowharshamshiri/boxmux/milestones) and [project boards](https://github.com/jowharshamshiri/boxmux/projects).