= Czech File Knife Roadmap
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== Overview

This roadmap outlines the development plan for Czech File Knife (CFK), the cloud-native unified interface for 20+ storage backends.

== v1.0 - Production Release (Current)

**Target:** 2026-02
**Status:** Active development (v0.1.0 → v1.0)

=== Core Storage Backends
* ✅ Local filesystem
* ✅ S3-compatible (AWS, MinIO, etc.)
* ⚠️ Azure Blob Storage (in progress)
* ⚠️ Google Cloud Storage (in progress)
* ⚠️ IPFS (in progress)

=== Core Features
* ✅ Unified filesystem interface
* ✅ Virtual path abstraction
* ✅ Async I/O with Tokio
* ✅ Type-safe backend plugins
* ✅ Error handling with context

=== Quality & Standards
* ✅ Comprehensive test suite
* ✅ ClusterFuzzLite fuzzing
* ✅ Criterion benchmarks
* ✅ CI/CD pipeline
* ✅ Documentation

=== Remaining for v1.0
* [ ] Complete ROADMAP.adoc (this file)
* [ ] Add LICENSE file
* [ ] Complete Azure/GCS backends
* [ ] IPFS integration
* [ ] Performance optimization
* [ ] Security audit

== v1.1 - Additional Backends (Next)

**Target:** 2026-03

=== New Storage Backends
* Dropbox
* OneDrive
* Box
* Backblaze B2
* Wasabi
* SFTP/SCP
* WebDAV
* FTP/FTPS

=== Enhanced Features
* Transparent compression
* Client-side encryption
* Caching layer
* Batch operations
* Parallel transfers

== v1.2 - Advanced Operations

**Target:** 2026-04

=== Distributed Features
* Multi-backend mirroring
* Automatic failover
* Load balancing
* Geo-replication
* Consistency guarantees

=== Performance
* Zero-copy operations
* Memory-mapped I/O
* Streaming for large files
* Connection pooling
* Smart prefetching

=== Developer Experience
* CLI tool for manual operations
* FUSE filesystem mount
* REST API
* GraphQL interface
* Language bindings (Python, JS, Go)

== v2.0 - Cloud-Native Architecture

**Target:** 2026-Q3

=== Kubernetes Integration
* CSI driver for Kubernetes
* Operator for CRD management
* Dynamic provisioning
* Snapshot support
* Volume cloning

=== Observability
* OpenTelemetry integration
* Prometheus metrics
* Distributed tracing
* Structured logging
* Health checks

=== Security
* IAM integration
* RBAC
* Audit logging
* Secret management
* mTLS support

== v2.5 - Intelligent Storage

**Target:** 2026-Q4

=== AI-Powered Features
* Automatic backend selection
* Cost optimization
* Intelligent caching
* Predictive prefetching
* Anomaly detection

=== Policy Engine
* Retention policies
* Lifecycle management
* Compliance rules
* Data classification
* Automated archival

== v3.0 - Universal Storage Platform

**Target:** 2027

=== Ecosystem
* Plugin marketplace
* Custom backend development SDK
* Integration templates
* Best practices library
* Community backends

=== Enterprise Features
* Multi-tenancy
* Quota management
* Billing integration
* SLA monitoring
* Disaster recovery

=== Standards
* Open storage protocol
* Interoperability guarantees
* Vendor-neutral API
* Format migration tools

== Long-term Vision

* Industry-standard storage abstraction
* Zero vendor lock-in
* Seamless backend migration
* Cost-optimal storage placement
* Self-healing storage infrastructure
* Integration with all major cloud providers

== Contributing

See link:CONTRIBUTING.md[Contributing Guidelines] for how to contribute to Czech File Knife development.

== Versioning

Czech File Knife follows semantic versioning (SemVer). Breaking changes will only be introduced in major version releases.
