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# NixiN's roadmap
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This project is still very young but the main steps are already identified.
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The roadmap may move when priorities are evolving.
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## v0.1
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**This version targets builds for simple mono-server configuration that can contain multiple webapps**.
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Use of [nixos-generators ](https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators ) to build images of any type of container or vm, for any architecture and installation ISO images.
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The code is based on Vitepress, a static webapp that is used for documentation, and includes a dynamic component in vuejs for generating NixOS configuration files.
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Nothing is saved server side. The users must handler their configuration files on their own.
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### Features
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- networking options with wireguard configuration options
- nixpkgs selection
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- download or copy/paste generated configuration.nix
- templates for custom bundles
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- templates for custom configuration.nix
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- ISO image of NixiN webUI, to install on barebone servers or VMs.
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### Proposed bundles
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- Write collectively : Hedgedoc pads, FreshRss, Nextcloud
- Social Medias : GoToSocial, Peertube, Pixelfed, Lemmy
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- Forge : Forgejo, Forgejo runners, NixiN
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## v0.2
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**This version includes a go server backend that authenticate users, save their configuration in a git repository and their machines passwords in a personal git password store**.
### Features
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- user management
- configurations can be versioned and edited.
- automatic creation of password store and machine inventory in a git repository
- automatic generation of encrypted password, store in personal password store, when a configuration that needs a password
- manual deploy with krops
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- ISO image of NixiN distribution : webUI, forgejo, Go backend, to install on barebone servers or VMs.
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### Proposed bundles
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- Private cloud storage : Nextcloud, Syncthing, Vaultwarden
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## v0.3
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**Continuous Integration and Delivery integration**
to test and deploy configurations to production servers or personal computers
to build OCI containers / VM images
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### Features
- use CI to verify and build machines before real deployment
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- manage your deployments from your NixiN interface
- ISO image of your configurations
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### Proposed bundles
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- Containerize your machine's services : microvm, NixiN, your VM build for your configurations
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## v0.4
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**Bundles for clustered / distributed services**
### Proposed bundles
- Email / S3 / webhosting : garage, aerogramme
- Resilience, anti-censorship : eris, ygdrasil
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## Hopefully in the nearest future
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- simple monitoring of machines in inventory
- ability to list services on a machine and start/stop/restart them
- backups operations (view, download, restore)
- desktop webUI (build your kde plasma, gnome, hyprland, etc.. desktop configurations)
- Unix users and user's configurations management
