Roadmap

A transparent view of what we've shipped, what we're building, and where Nexus is headed.


Upcoming

v1.0.0-beta — August 2026

Production-ready release

  • Feature-complete platform with all core workflows stabilized and battle-tested
  • Full documentation suite: onboarding guides, API reference, plugin SDK, and self-hosting manual
  • Performance baseline and SLA definitions for cloud and self-hosted deployments
  • Public API stability guarantee with semantic versioning commitment
  • Community contribution guidelines, plugin SDK, and third-party integration templates
  • End-to-end test coverage for all critical paths (auth, sessions, decisions, CLI, MCP)

v0.11.0 — Planned

Self-hosted stack, Helm charts, and intelligence layer

  • Helm charts for full Nexus stack (webapp, MCP server, Supabase, Caddy) on user-owned Kubernetes clusters
  • Community/Pro self-hosted deployment with zero license enforcement and no phone-home
  • One-command deployment for single-node setups via Docker Compose
  • Configuration wizard for self-hosted setup: database, storage, auth, and domain
  • Cross-project vector search: pgvector-based semantic retrieval across all project documents and knowledge
  • Comprehensive audit trail with event sourcing for all platform mutations
  • Advanced session analytics with trend visualization and team productivity insights
  • Multi-tenant SaaS onboarding with self-service registration and tenant provisioning
  • Stripe billing integration with metered usage tracking and invoice generation

In progress

v0.10.x — Actor Refinements, Dark Mode Polish & Customer Analytics

  • Dark mode content-level polish across all dashboard pages
  • Customer Statistics Card: dark capability-card-style metrics panel
  • Actor metrics and activity tracking (daily aggregation, ratings)
  • Actor semantic search embedding (profile + capabilities indexed)
  • Landing page: Actor System feature promotion section
  • Actor Profile Normalizer CLI: nexus actors normalize/validate/import
  • FAQ: Nexus Actors section (9 answered questions)

Released

v0.10.0 — June 2026

Nexus Actors, Model Routing & Dark Mode

  • Nexus Actor System: first-class virtual team members with role profiles, model routing, avatar identity, and operational workflow instructions (ADR-0053, ADR-0054)
  • 11 seed actors: 7 system templates + 3 personalized (Yuri, Max, Marina) + 1 promoted (Dan Data)
  • Actor Management UI: list (Named/Templates split), detail (Runtime Profile capability card), edit (tabbed markdown sections with per-section source/preview)
  • Actor promotion: template → named workspace actor with personalized avatar + vita
  • Model Route Catalog (ADR-0055): 28 routes across 5 provider groups with lifecycle metadata
  • Model Routes admin page with CRUD, inline edit, icon-prefixed custom dropdowns, search filter
  • Generated actor files in nexus pull: .nexus/actors/*.md, actors.json, AGENTS.md injection, opencode_agents export
  • Actor-aware Dispatch routing: to_actor resolves via actors.slug
  • Dark Mode MVP: class-based toggle, ThemeProvider, user menu switch
  • Session timeline cleanup: cost_snapshot entry type + server-side dedup (92% noise reduction)
  • DiceBear avatar system: deterministic generation, S3 cache, regenerate preview
    • Tool versions: nexus-mcp v0.10.3 · nexus-cli v0.9.2 · nexus-link v0.8.7

Nexus Dispatch, Documentation Site & Skill Refinement

  • Vault Letters promoted to Nexus Dispatch: canonical product concept for Nexus-native routed agent work (ADR-0052)
  • Clean-break data model: dispatches + dispatch_messages + dispatch_participants tables
  • 8 Dispatch types: question, bug_report, implementation_request, review_request, decision_notice, blocker, status_update, handover
  • 9-status lifecycle with enforced transition rules
  • 13 new dispatch_* MCP tools + vl_* compatibility aliases
  • Dedicated documentation site at docs.nexus.gatewarden.eu (tailwind-plus-protocol, MDX, FlexSearch)
  • Grill Me skill: upstream-preserving wrapper with depth control and output routing
  • Dispatch skills: /nexus-dispatch-sweep and /nexus-dispatch
  • Actor registry auto-seed: trg_seed_project_agent trigger on project creation
  • Tool versions: nexus-mcp v0.9.0 · nexus-cli v0.8.0 · nexus-link v0.8.7

v0.8.0 — June 2026

Compose Management, C&C Security & Node Control

  • Compose YAML management API: read, edit, atomic write, docker compose up -d, and SSE log stream via nexus-link-service
  • C&C channel security (ADR-0051): dedicated nxs_cmd_* token + Ed25519 signed write commands + AES-256-GCM proxy encryption
  • Dual-token registration wizard: node token (telemetry) + command token (compose control)
  • Auto-detected private IP as service endpoint — WireGuard/LAN deployments need no manual DNS setup
  • Compose tab on node detail: YAML editor, Save & Commit, Activate Config, live SSE log viewer
  • nexus-link v0.8.0: compose handlers, refresh-cmd CLI, core::network module, pre-commit hooks

v0.7.0 — June 2026

Local LLM, Plugin Marketplace & Project Intelligence

  • DGX Spark local LLM integration: Qwen3-14B on NVIDIA GB10 via vLLM + LiteLLM + Caddy
  • Plugin Marketplace: free (compaction+, cost-control) and alpha tiers (vault-shield, knowledge-graph, llm-bridge, ci-bridge)
  • Licensing rework: self-hosted = full Pro for free, no license key, no phone-home
  • Project Intelligence Layer positioning: Nexus as the governance brain upstream of agent execution
  • Project-scoped skills and agent files (ADR-0044)
  • Security + performance scans with auto-ingest into knowledge base
  • 13 core skills including nx-learnings, nx-sec-scan v4, nx-perf-scan v4
  • Tool versions: nexus-cli v0.7.0 (237 tests)

v0.6.10 — May 2026

Git Identity Guard

  • Per-project git identity config (user.name, user.email, signingkey, commit.gpgsign)
  • Project wizard: collapsible Git Identity section in the Agent step
  • CLI: nexus git verify / nexus git apply — compare and apply project git identity to local repo
  • Auto-apply git identity on nexus init and nexus pull
  • AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md: auto-generated # GIT IDENTITY section
  • Default directive: all knowledge artifacts must be written in English

v0.6.9 — May 2026

Workspace Management & Shadow Mode

  • Workspace shadow mode: git-exclude workspace files via .git/info/exclude with fork-level toggle
  • Shadow mode un-deprecated: root-level agentic files still need git-exclude management
  • Auto-generated script files: new forks receive boilerplate shell scripts
  • Upstream sync info box and Ignore & Decouple from upstream blueprint
  • New baseline: Minimal K8s/Tilt; new flavor: Go (Expert)
  • CLI v0.6.9: nexus workspace shadow on|off|status, auto-apply git-exclude on pull, 211 tests

v0.6.8 — May 2026

Smart Agent File Generation & Sync Protocol

  • Smart agent file auto-generation (ADR-0036): AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md with project-specific content
  • Content hash & sync protocol: SHA-256 drift detection, bidirectional sync MCP actions
  • Override source tracking and confidentiality-aware agent files
  • CLI v0.6.8: nexus status, nexus push, nexus reset

v0.6.7 — May 2026

Workspace Pull Fix — PAT-Authenticated Export

  • ws_export MCP action for workspace fork export with PAT authentication (fixed 404 for all CLI users)
  • Backup/restore script for pull-managed agentic files

v0.6.6 — May 2026

Workspace 2.0 — Blueprint + Fork Architecture

  • Workspace Blueprints: first-class entities composed from Baseline + Flavor, 5-step creation wizard
  • Project Forks: deep-copy forks with upstream-change detection via DB triggers
  • Curated catalog: 6 baselines and 6 flavors
  • CLI v0.6.6: v2 fork export with v1 fallback

v0.6.5 — May 2026

Import, Session Metadata & CLI .git/info/exclude

  • Import API: POST /api/mcp/import for agentic files, directives, and referenced documents
  • Session entry metadata: model, toolstack, and machine_id via JSONB metadata column
  • CLI unified .git/info/exclude block on nexus init

v0.6.4 — May 2026

Project Tasks, Security Hardening & CLI Machine-ID

  • Project-level Tasks Phase 1: full CRUD with status/priority filters, notes timeline, properties sidebar
  • OWASP Top 10 Audit: 18 findings identified, 7 fixed
  • CLI Machine-ID: persistent UUID sent as X-Nexus-Machine-Id header

v0.6.0 — April 2026

Security Hardening, PDF Export & Performance

  • Comprehensive security audit: IDOR fix, MCP identity scoping, open redirect blocked, SVG sanitized
  • PDF export for ingest documents with S3 caching
  • Quick-classify and bulk-classify for ingest items
  • Database aggregation RPCs replacing N+1 counting

v0.5.0 — April 2026

Document Management, Vector Search & Onboarding

  • Project documents with S3/CloudFront storage and versioning
  • Vector search across uploaded documents via pgvector
  • Demo license request flow and community showcase
  • Revised 3-tier pricing: Community, Pro, Enterprise

v0.4.0 — April 2026

Devbox Integration, Skill Lifecycle & Entity Reviews

  • Devbox: interactive developer shell with module system
  • Skill lifecycle: full CRUD, versioning, review workflow, project assignment
  • Entity review system: structured workflow with inline comments and audit trail
  • Notification subscriptions per user

v0.3.0 — April 2026

Skills, Decisions, Sessions & Governance Workflows

  • Skill management with versioning, review, and command auto-generation
  • ADR decision lifecycle (draft, review, accept/reject) with community voting
  • Session UI with user attribution, markdown rendering, and timeline filters
  • Project directives system (8 categories)
  • License model (Community/Pro/Enterprise) with quota gauges

v0.2.0 — April 2026

Landing Page Redesign, CRUD Forms & Quality Improvements

  • Hero banner, public navigation, roadmap page
  • New Project and New Customer creation forms
  • 46 audit findings resolved: type safety, rate limiting, pagination

v0.1.0 — April 2026

Initial platform launch

  • GitHub OAuth with automatic profile creation
  • Project-scoped RBAC (admin, editor, reviewer, viewer)
  • Long-term memory: sessions, decisions, research, planning, letters
  • MCP server with 11 tools across 3 layers
  • API key system for delegated agent access
  • S3 document storage with CloudFront delivery
  • Netlify deployment with CSP and HSTS hardening

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