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🧩 Beaker Product Roadmap

✅ Phase 0: Foundations (Complete)​

Goal: Prove out a composable system for building internal tools fast.

  • 🧱 Core architecture: plugin-based runtime using Module Federation + Extension Slots
  • ⚙️ Shell app (Next.js App Router) with dynamic tab-based navigation
  • 📦 SDK modules (@beaker/notifications, @beaker/tickets, @beaker/contacts)
  • 🧩 Plugin templates (Kanban, Table, Grid, Wiki, CRM-style views)
  • 💾 YAML-based template system with per-tab configuration
  • 🔌 Extension loader with dynamic route injection (useExtensionSlot)
  • 🧠 Metadata + dataSource support (plugin gets runtime config injected)

🚧 Phase 1: Developer Experience & Data Layer (In Progress)​

Goal: Allow engineers to build internal views with minimal code and connect external data sources.

  • 🔐 Secure, server-side data fetching from user-defined databaseUrl / webhook
  • 🔄 Shared dataSourceRegistry + DataSourceContext to resolve per-tab fetch() logic
  • 🧪 Template playground for testing YAML configs and rendering previewable UI
  • 🛠️ CLI scaffolding for new plugins (beaker create plugin)
  • 🧼 Dev mode hot reload + plugin isolation
  • 🧩 Plugin API docs for building your own views (Kanban, Table, etc.)

🧭 Phase 2: Cloud & Hosting (Planned)​

Goal: Make Beaker usable by non-dev teams or self-serve startups.

  • 🏗️ Multi-tenant cloud dashboard with hosted workspaces
  • 💾 Encrypted storage for secrets (e.g. databaseUrl, apiKey)
  • 🧰 UI for managing templates, users, and plugin configurations
  • 🔍 Internal search across all plugin modules (Tickets, Wiki, Docs)
  • ⚠️ Role-based access control per plugin + tab
  • 📊 Built-in analytics dashboard (plugin usage, view health)

🚀 Phase 3: Ecosystem & Community (Future)​

Goal: Make Beaker a platform for internal tooling, not just a dev tool.

  • 📚 Open plugin directory (public extensions + views)
  • 🔌 Plugin marketplace: install pre-built tools (like forms, queries, dashboards)
  • 🧑‍💻 Contributor onboarding docs + examples
  • 🪄 AI-assisted template generation (e.g. "build me a CRM")
  • 💬 Discord community, GitHub Discussions, issue triage flow

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