Roadmap
By Amr
Development roadmap for the zer0-mistakes Jekyll theme — past releases, current focus, and future plans.
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Roadmap
Past releases, current focus, and future plans for the zer0-mistakes Jekyll theme. All versions follow Semantic Versioning.
Single source of truth. This page and the README roadmap section are both rendered from
_data/roadmap.yml. Edit that file (and run./scripts/generate-roadmap.shto refresh the README) to update the roadmap everywhere.Last reviewed: 2026-04-18
Visual Timeline
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title zer0-mistakes Roadmap
dateFormat YYYY-MM
section Completed
v0.17 ES6 Navigation :done, 2025-12, 2025-12
v0.18 Site Search :done, 2026-01, 2026-01
v0.19 Feature Discovery :done, 2026-01, 2026-01
v0.20 Navigation Redesign :done, 2026-02, 2026-02
v0.21 Env Switcher :done, 2026-02, 2026-03
section Current
v0.22 AIEO & Customization :active, 2026-03, 2026-04
section Future
v0.23 CMS Integration :2026-05, 2026-07
v0.24 i18n Support :2026-07, 2026-09
v0.25 Advanced Analytics :2026-09, 2026-11
v1.0 Stable Release :milestone, 2027-01, 1d
Release Summary
| Version | Status | Target | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.17 | ✅ Completed | 2025-12-15 | ES6 modular navigation with auto-hide navbar, hover dropdowns, keyboard navigation, and touch gestures. |
| v0.18 | ✅ Completed | 2026-01-15 | Client-side site search with a keyboard-shortcut search modal. |
| v0.19 | ✅ Completed | 2026-01-25 | 43 documented features with a comprehensive feature registry. |
| v0.20 | ✅ Completed | 2026-02-01 | Local Docker publishing pipeline and CI variable abstraction. |
| v0.21 | ✅ Completed | 2026-02-01 | Environment switcher, settings modal redesign, and RubyGems API-key auth. |
| v0.22 | 🚧 In Progress | Q1–Q2 2026 | AI Engine Optimization (AIEO), structured data, and visual customization tools. |
| v0.23 | 🗓 Planned | Q2 2026 | Headless CMS integration with a content API and admin dashboard. |
| v0.24 | 🗓 Planned | Q3 2026 | Multi-language content support with locale-aware routing. |
| v0.25 | 🗓 Planned | Q4 2026 | Visual theme customizer, A/B testing, and conversion funnels. |
| v1.0 | 🎯 Milestone | Q1 2027 | Stable public API, 90%+ test coverage, and long-term support commitment. |
See the full CHANGELOG for detailed release notes.
Milestone Detail
v0.17 — ES6 Navigation
Status: ✅ Completed (2025-12-15)
ES6 modular navigation with auto-hide navbar, hover dropdowns, keyboard navigation, and touch gestures.
Highlights:
- ES6 navigation modules
- Auto-hide navbar on scroll
- Hover dropdowns with keyboard navigation
- Touch gestures for mobile
v0.18 — Site Search
Status: ✅ Completed (2026-01-15)
Client-side site search with a keyboard-shortcut search modal.
Highlights:
- Client-side search index
- Search modal with keyboard shortcuts
- GitHub Pages compatible (no server required)
v0.19 — Feature Discovery
Status: ✅ Completed (2026-01-25)
43 documented features with a comprehensive feature registry.
Highlights:
- Feature registry in
_data/features.yml - User-facing feature pages
- Cross-linked from documentation
v0.20 — Navigation Redesign
Status: ✅ Completed (2026-02-01)
Local Docker publishing pipeline and CI variable abstraction.
Highlights:
- Local Docker publishing pipeline
- CI variable abstraction
- Navigation refactor
v0.21 — Env Switcher
Status: ✅ Completed (2026-02-01)
Environment switcher, settings modal redesign, and RubyGems API-key auth.
Highlights:
- Environment switcher
- Settings modal with tabs
- RubyGems API-key authentication
- Dependency updates
v0.22 — AIEO & Customization
Status: 🚧 In Progress · Target: Q1–Q2 2026
AI Engine Optimization (AIEO), structured data, and visual customization tools.
Highlights:
- JSON-LD
SoftwareApplication,WebPage,Person, andFAQPageschemas - Author E-E-A-T visibility block on the landing page
- FAQ page with FAQPage schema
- Glossary with key term definitions
- Roadmap page with temporal anchoring
- Citation hooks on project stats
- Skin editor with live color pickers and palette generator
- Admin layout and configuration dashboards
- Playwright visual regression tests
- Vendored assets (Bootstrap, Icons, Mermaid — no runtime CDN)
- Copilot Agent prompt button with data-driven prompt registry
- Universal installer (remote / github / codespaces modes)
- Dynamic collection-based navigation fallback for zero-config sites
v0.23 — CMS Integration
Status: 🗓 Planned · Target: Q2 2026
Headless CMS integration with a content API and admin dashboard.
Highlights:
- Headless CMS integration (Decap CMS or Tina)
- Content API for programmatic access
- Admin dashboard for content management
- Draft preview workflow
- Multi-author collaboration
v0.24 — i18n Support
Status: 🗓 Planned · Target: Q3 2026
Multi-language content support with locale-aware routing.
Highlights:
- Multi-language content support
- Locale-aware routing
- Translated UI strings via
_data/ui-text.yml - Right-to-left (RTL) layout support
v0.25 — Advanced Analytics
Status: 🗓 Planned · Target: Q4 2026
Visual theme customizer, A/B testing, and conversion funnels.
Highlights:
- A/B testing framework
- Conversion funnels
- Heatmap visualization
- Visual theme customizer enhancements
v1.0 — Stable Release
Status: 🎯 Milestone · Target: Q1 2027
Stable public API, 90%+ test coverage, and long-term support commitment.
Highlights:
- Stable public API for theme customization
- 90%+ automated test coverage
- Migration guide from Minima and other themes
- Performance benchmarks met
- Security audit passed
- Long-term support (LTS) commitment
How We Prioritize
Roadmap priorities are informed by:
- Community feedback — GitHub Issues and Discussions
- Usage analytics — privacy-compliant PostHog data on feature adoption
- Ecosystem changes — Jekyll, Bootstrap, and GitHub Pages updates
- Contributor interest — open feature requests that attract PRs
Want to influence the roadmap? Open a discussion with your use case, or propose an edit to _data/roadmap.yml directly.