Roadmap

This roadmap outlines the future development of BarakoCMS, transitioning from a developer tool to an enterprise-ready headless CMS.

Current Status

Phase 2 is Complete. We are currently in Phase 2.5 (Hardening) and Phase 2.6 (Admin UI).

✅ Phase 1: Advanced RBAC (Completed)

• Duration: 4 Weeks (Finished 2025-12-11)
• [x] Advanced RBAC: Granular permissions, User Groups, Dynamic Conditions ($CURRENT_USER).
• [x] Optimistic Concurrency: Prevent "Lost Updates" with version checks.
• [x] Event Sourcing: Full audit history and time travel foundation.
• [x] 16 Integration Tests: 100% passing.

✅ Phase 2: Plugin-Based Workflows (Completed)

• Duration: 4 Weeks (Finished 2025-12-16)
• [x] Plugin Architecture: DI-based action discovery using IWorkflowAction.
• [x] Built-in Actions: Email, SMS, Webhook, CreateTask, UpdateField, ConditionalAction.
• [x] Enhanced Validation: JSON schema validation for workflow configurations.
• [x] 122+ Unit Tests: Solid foundation for extensibility.

🚧 Phase 2.5: Production Hardening (~60% Done)

• Focus: Operations, Infrastructure, and Security.
• [x] Kubernetes Ready: Production manifests, HPA, and Resource limits.
• [x] DB Automation: Auto-migrations and backup sidecars.
• [x] Security Hardening: Rate limiting, security headers, and HTTPS enforcement.
• [x] Structured Logging: Serilog integration with Correlation IDs.
• [x] Health Monitoring: UI dashboard for liveness/readiness probes.
• [ ] Prometheus/Grafana: Metrics and dashboard templates.
• [ ] GDPR/SOC2: Compliance preparation and audit logging.

🚧 Phase 2.6: SMB Enablement & Admin UI (~40% Done)

• Focus: Visual tools and simplified deployment.
• [x] Admin Dashboard foundation: Next.js 15, Auth, and Ops pages.
• [x] Content Management UI: CRUD interface for schemas and entries.
• [x] Backup Management UI: One-click snapshots and restores.
• [x] Next.js Starter: Pre-configured barako-nextjs-starter repo.
• [ ] Dynamic Schema Builder: Visual editor for content types.
• [ ] Visual Workflow Builder: Drag-and-drop action canvas.
• [ ] 1-Click Cloud Deploy: Support for Railway/Render/Vercel.

📅 Phase 2.7: AI-Native (MCP)

• Focus: Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration.
• [ ] MCP Server: Allow LLMs (Claude/ChatGPT) to manage content directly.
• [ ] Knowledge Graph: Token-optimized exports for AI context.
• [ ] AI Agent RBAC: Specific permissions for automated agents.

📅 Phase 3: Content Versioning

• Git-like Versioning: Branching (Draft/Staging/Prod) for content.
• Diff Views: Visual comparison between versions.
• Review Flow: Approval chains and comment threads.

📅 Phase 4: Multi-Tenancy

• Tenant Isolation: Logical separation of data per tenant.
• SaaS Dashboard: Analytics and quota management.

📅 Phase 5: High Performance

• Distributed Caching: Redis integration.
• Global Scale: CDN support and query optimization.

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