Roadmap tracker

Release timeline (chronological)

MVP phases oldest to newest. Live means shipped in open source and reflected on this site when the version landed.

1. Phase 0Live

   Simulation / demo

   Run the portal with sample packages - no satellite hardware required. Ideal for demos and training.

2. Phase 1Live

   Recorded data → portal

   Ingest files, ZIM/education packs, USB drop watch, and hotspot install scripts for Raspberry Pi / Debian.

3. Phase 2Live (1.1.0)

   Live open reception

   Real-world FTA loop: SatDump product watch/auto-ingest, RX doctor, station + pass planning, field log, NOAA/Meteor/GOES recipes - RTL-SDR hardware path documented; still not commercial broadband.

4. Phase 3Live

   Prioritization & ops

   Priority classes, power modes, community notes, package tools, local maintainer training.

5. Phase 4Live (0.3+)

   Nexus fabric

   Multi-node mesh, DTN, content fabric, opportunistic gateway, disaster mode, village playbooks.

6. Phase 4.0Live (0.4)

   Community broadband UX

   Search, village boards, ratings, license inventory, power/traffic monitors, onboarding - still not free commercial internet.

7. Phase SLive (0.5+)

   Skybrary (Sky Library)

   Dual-access open written knowledge: works catalog, FTS search, Library tab, pack profiles, public-domain samples - evolved through later releases.

8. Phase 0.6Live (0.6.0)

   Full legal capability surface

   Worldwide matrix: open fetch allowlist, verify, handoff mule, legal RF modes, capabilities CLI/API - no commercial piracy paths.

9. Phase 0.7Live (0.7.0)

   Village + dual-access foundations

   First-boot golden path, in-PWA reader, USB pack kits, admin handoff, corpus folder/EPUB/open-URL import, passport APIs, federation E2E, disaster/mesh field docs.

10. Phase 0.7.1Live (0.7.1)

    Phone offline demos

    No cell plan required: join hub Wi-Fi → Save demos to this phone (zip of three PD sample texts). Local hub transfer only - not commercial broadband.

11. Phase 0.7.2Live (0.7.2)

    Zero-network phone kit

    No Wi-Fi and no cell: USB/SD/BT/pre-deploy READ-OFFLINE.html with three PD demos. Zero network to read.

12. Phase 0.8Live (0.8.0)

    Village Ready + dual-access

    Golden first-boot polish, signed USB kits (stem-2gb, local-heritage, language-xx), power maintainer sheets, gateway ethics (quota/receipts), mesh validate, partner kits, catalog export - still not free commercial internet.

13. Phase 0.9Live (0.9.0)

    Skybrary Live

    Dual-access online portal complete: search/facets, work detail + license passports, starter kit downloads, curated PD corpus, Gutenberg catalog adapter (operator-run), catalog export v2 - still not free commercial internet or a complete archive.

14. Phase 0.9.1Live (0.9.1)

    Field depth

    Pi bake plan, batman day-one OOB, OA science import, chapter/EPUB spine, blob store, maps-offline profile, partner pilot kits.

15. Phase 0.9.2Live (0.9.2)

    Depth complete

    Downloadable golden-SD kit hosting, dual-radio validation media for all board models, MBTiles via blob store (no multi-GB in git), CSS multi-column pagination in the PWA reader.

16. Phase 1.0Live (1.0.0)

    Skybrary Resilience Fabric

    Scheduled bit-rot doctor with record path, multi-node works-manifest federation sim, privacy-preserving local ops metrics, threat-model one-pager - multi-village open knowledge without commercial broadband claims.

17. Phase 1.0.1Live (1.0.1)

    Compact works gossip

    Bandwidth-aware compact works_manifest for large catalogs (auto when >200 works), tier-first ordering, locale status/village parity across all site languages.

18. Phase 1.1Live (1.1.0)

    Live FTA RX Ops

    Production satellite path: SatDump product auto-ingest (rx watch), SDR/SatDump doctor, ground station + pass planner, legal FTA recipes, append-only field log, systemd watch unit - receive-only open weather.

19. Phase 1.2Live (1.2.0)

    Pass Autopilot

    Station duty cycle: bind upcoming FTA passes to recipes, arm the station, emit SatDump CLI sketches, auto field-log on product watch, duty board API - still receive-only, still not commercial broadband.

20. Phase 1.3Live (1.3.0)

    Partner Pilot Ops

    Institutional pilot track: partner kit zips (NGO / university / civil-protection), package-all + HOSTING.json, pilot-report validation, local readiness score, public /partners/ downloads - not free commercial broadband.

21. Phase 1.4Live (1.4.0)

    Golden Node Bake Ops

    Village Pi golden path: bake plan v2, pi-image doctor, seal checklist, sealed-image manifest (URL+sha256 only), kit zip v2, public /install/ - multi-GB .img stays operator-hosted, never free commercial broadband.

22. Phase 1.5Live (1.5.0)

    Bulk Open Corpus Ops

    Legal bulk scale: corpus doctor/status, batch manifests (folder, Gutenberg catalog, OA science, open URL), sample offline batch, provenance snapshot - not a complete archive, never pirate mirrors.

23. Phase 1.6Live (1.6.0)

    Field Mesh Ops

    Village mesh operator surface: mesh doctor/readiness, disaster-drill receipt, field-kit zip, day-one batman plan, dual-radio pack - unlicensed ISM only, sim-first, not free commercial broadband.

24. Phase 1.7Live (1.7.0)

    Phone Handoff Ops

    Phone path: handoff doctor, offline join card + SVG QR, one-shot mule export (packages + zip), import, hub API - local hub Wi-Fi / USB / SD only, never commercial broadband tethering.

25. Phase 1.8Live (1.8.0)

    Gateway Ops

    Opportunistic legal uplink: gateway doctor, open-mirror presets, one-shot preset pull with license passport + local receipts, ethics kit zip - open allowlist and fair-share quota only, never commercial decrypt or automatic mesh-to-internet bridge.

26. Phase 1.9Live (1.9.0)

    Village Day Ops

    One weekend stand-up: aggregate doctor (handoff, mesh, gateway, partner/RX, demos), go/no-go readiness receipt, printable runbook, field checklist kit - sim path without RF; field path still spectrum-gated; not free commercial broadband.

27. Phase 1.10Live (1.10.0)

    Federation Ops

    Multi-village works/package gossip: federation doctor, export/import gossip JSON, multi-node sim receipt, kit zip - open content only, sim-first; field mesh still spectrum-gated; not free commercial broadband.

28. Phase 1.11Live (1.11.0)

    Integrity Ops

    Local bit-rot / package integrity: doctor, verify+record, printable HTML report, schedule templates, kit zip - open packages only, not DRM defeat; not free commercial broadband.

29. Phase 1.12Live (1.12.0)

    Disaster Drill Ops

    Partner-ready disaster drill: doctor, lab priority-flood run + receipt, printable HTML report, closeout (disaster mode OFF), kit zip - local mesh/mule only; not free commercial broadband.

30. Phase 1.13Live (1.13.0)

    Power Ops

    Solar/battery maintainer surface: power doctor, SOC/mode guidance, printable wall sheet, kit zip with solar notes - rough estimates only; not free commercial broadband.

31. Phase 1.14Live (1.14.0)

    Licenses Ops

    Partner/regulator license inventory: doctor, status, printable HTML export, kit zip - operator confirms redistribution rights; not legal advice; not free commercial broadband.

32. Phase 1.15Live (1.15.0)

    Capabilities Ops

    Legal self-audit matrix: doctor, status, printable HTML export, kit zip - what this node may do (open content + unlicensed mesh); never commercial constellation piracy; not free commercial broadband.

33. Phase 1.16Live (1.16.0)

    Local Ops

    Privacy-preserving node health board: doctor, status, printable HTML export, kit zip - disk, power, peers, pack freshness, bit-rot; fleet heartbeat default OFF; not free commercial broadband.

34. Phase 1.17Live (1.17.0)

    RX Ops

    Live free-to-air receive-only station surface: doctor, status, printable board, kit zip - SatDump products and Pass Autopilot; never commercial constellation decrypt; not free commercial broadband.

35. Phase 1.18Live (1.18.0)

    Node Report Ops

    Partner readiness passport: doctor rollup, gate status table, printable HTML, kit zip across ops surfaces; fleet heartbeat default OFF; not free commercial broadband.

36. Phase 1.19Live (1.19.0)

    Corpus Ops

    Legal bulk open corpus product surface: doctor, status, printable board, kit zip, sample-manifest and batch - fail-closed licenses; not a complete archive; not free commercial broadband.

37. Phase 1.20Live (1.20.0)

    Seal Ops

    Golden Pi fleet product surface: doctor, status, printable seal board, kit zip - kit path on Windows; Linux for dd/xz seal; operator-hosted .img.xz only; never default PIN; not free commercial broadband.

38. Phase 1.21Live (1.21.0)

    Partner Ops

    Institutional pilot product surface: doctor, status, printable board, ops-kit zip for NGO/university/civil-protection readiness - sim pilots first; honest_scope_briefed required; not free commercial broadband.

39. Phase 1.22Live (1.22.0)

    Dual Radio Ops

    Village mesh dual-radio product surface: doctor, status, printable board, kit zip with board matrix and storyboard - sim path always green; field soak after spectrum check; unlicensed Wi-Fi/ISM only; not free commercial broadband.

40. Phase 1.23Live (1.23.0)

    Skybrary PD Expand

    Curated public-domain Skybrary library fattened 18 to 44 dual-access works (literature, civics, STEM, heritage, health history) plus regenerated /library/ catalog and starter kits - not a complete archive; not free commercial broadband.

41. Phase 1.24Live (1.24.0)

    Library Ops + Multilingual PD

    Library product surface: doctor, status, printable board, kit zip, GET /api/library/status. Multilingual curated PD wave (fr/es/it/de/pt/la/ru/zh) expands dual-access catalog 44 to 52 works - still not a complete archive; not free commercial broadband.

42. Phase 1.25Live (1.25.0)

    Library Publish + Multilingual Wave 2

    skycache library publish writes marketing-ready skybrary-catalog.json without a full village node. Multilingual wave 2 (ar/sw/hi/ja/yo/bn) expands dual-access catalog 52 to 58 works - still not a complete archive; not free commercial broadband.

43. Phase 1.26Live (1.26.0)

    Zero-Network Kit Parity

    Zero-network phone kit now embeds the full curated sample set (not a 3-work demo). skycache library zero-network + doctor parity check; public /downloads/skycache-zero-network-demo-kit.zip - still not free commercial broadband; transfer still needs USB/SD/BT/pre-deploy.

44. Phase 1.27Live (1.27.0)

    Library Sync

    skycache library sync stages marketing-ready catalog JSON + library kit (+ optional zero-network kit) with a copy checklist for skycache-web - one operator path after corpus changes. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

45. Phase 1.28Live (1.28.0)

    Library Sync Apply-Web + Multilingual Pack

    library sync --apply-web copies catalog/kits into ~/skycache-web/public and rewrites sitemap work URLs. New pack profile multilingual-literacy for USB multilingual PD kits. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

46. Phase 1.29Live (1.29.0)

    Library Pack Kits

    library pack-kits builds downloadable USB pack zips (multilingual-literacy, literacy-starter). sync --with-packs stages them for marketing downloads. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

47. Phase 1.30Live (1.30.0)

    Clinic Pack Kits

    pack-kits default now includes emergency-health and health-priority USB zips for clinic/disaster demos (educational historical samples only - not medical advice). library status lists pack profiles + download URLs. Still not free commercial broadband.

48. Phase 1.31Live (1.31.0)

    Health Corpus Expand

    Ten curated educational public-domain health/emergency literacy samples (hand hygiene, water/sanitation, ORS framing, germ theory history, quarantine literacy, heat/cold, food hygiene, mosquito literacy, wound literacy, helper stress). Clinic packs grow to ~13 packages; dual-access catalog 58 to 68 works. Not medical advice. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

49. Phase 1.32Live (1.32.0)

    Zero-Network 68 Parity

    Zero-network phone kit rebuilt to match all 68 curated samples (library doctor score 100). Zip packaging hardened so kit/ self-include bomb cannot recur. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

50. Phase 1.33Live (1.33.0)

    Open Resilience Wave

    Four workstreams: STEM/civics corpus expand (68 to 78 works), disaster/power-critical prioritizer protecting emergency+health, open_fta_sim plugin + extension docs, archive-100mb/1gb pack budgets and library pack-budgets CLI. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive. Not medical advice.

51. Phase 1.34Live (1.34.0)

    Software Mission Seal

    Honest 100% software mission: BLE GATT sim, power Wh calibration, field-soak protocols, partner tabletop, skycache mission doctor/seal. Field residuals (physical soak, institutional pilots, operator-hosted .img.xz, live BLE radio, corpus growth) stay listed and are not deducted. Still not free commercial broadband; still not a complete archive.

52. Phase 1.35Live (1.35.0)

    Village DTN store-and-forward

    Nexus DTN bundles now carry payload SHA-256, TTL, hop-limit, and custody. USB mule v2 rejects tamper. Mesh hop-forward sim plus skycache dtn CLI/API. Store-and-forward over village mesh or USB only - not Starlink, not RFC 9171, not free commercial broadband.