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Sentinel Roadmap

Product: Sentinel - A GLINR Product by Glincker Current Version: 0.1.0-alpha Last Updated: October 2025

Vision

Sentinel aims to become the go-to development guardian for developers worldwide, combining powerful process management, real-time system monitoring, and intelligent automation to streamline the development workflow.

Mission: Eliminate the complexity of managing development environments while providing deep insights into system performance.

Release Timeline

✅ Phase 1: Foundation (Q4 2025 - Completed)

Status: Complete Version: 0.1.0-alpha

  • ✅ Core process management (start, stop, restart)
  • ✅ System monitoring (CPU, RAM, Disk)
  • ✅ Configuration system (YAML/JSON)
  • ✅ CLI interface with 9 commands
  • ✅ Desktop GUI foundation (Tauri + Svelte)
  • ✅ Comprehensive testing (94.7% coverage)
  • ✅ CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
  • ✅ GLINR branding integration

Achievements:

  • 99 tests across unit, integration, security, and E2E
  • Performance targets met (< 2s startup, < 50MB idle)
  • Security hardening (15 security tests)
  • Cross-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS)

🚧 Phase 2: Core Features (Q1 2026)

Status: In Progress Target Version: 0.2.0-beta

Process Management Enhancements

  • Auto-restart implementation (config already supports)
  • Health check execution (HTTP, TCP, custom scripts)
  • Dependency-based startup ordering
  • Graceful shutdown with timeout
  • Process grouping (start/stop groups together)

Logging & Monitoring

  • Real-time log viewer (last 1000 lines, auto-scroll)
  • Log level filtering (info, warn, error, debug)
  • Log search and highlighting
  • Export logs to file (JSON, CSV)
  • Disk I/O monitoring (platform-specific APIs)

GUI Enhancements

  • Process Detail view with logs
  • CPU/Memory usage graphs (uPlot, 60fps)
  • System tray integration
  • Keyboard shortcuts panel
  • Settings persistence

Developer Experience

  • GUI E2E tests (Tauri WebDriver)
  • Video tutorial
  • Interactive onboarding
  • Example configs for 10+ stacks

Success Metrics:

  • < 1s startup time
  • 100 concurrent processes stable
  • 95%+ test coverage
  • 1,000+ GitHub stars

✅ Phase 3: Advanced Monitoring & Network (Q4 2025 - Q1 2026)

Status: Complete (100%) Target Version: 0.3.0

✅ Port Discovery & Management (Phase 3A - Complete)

  • ✅ Port scanning (TCP/UDP)
  • ✅ Process-to-port mapping
  • ✅ Kill process by port
  • ✅ Port categorization (Development, Database, System)
  • ✅ Search and filtering
  • ✅ Virtual scrolling for performance

✅ Shell Integration (Phase 3B - Complete)

  • ✅ Terminal/Shell management
  • ✅ Multiple shell instances
  • ✅ Shell process lifecycle

✅ Service Detection (Phase 3C - Complete)

  • ✅ HTTP service detection
  • ✅ Database service detection (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
  • ✅ Framework detection (Next.js, React, Flask, etc.)
  • ✅ Service confidence scoring
  • ✅ Service cache system

✅ Network Monitoring (Phase 3D - Complete)

  • ✅ Real-time bandwidth monitoring (uPlot charts)
  • ✅ Upload/Download rate tracking
  • ✅ Packet statistics
  • ✅ Network history (5-minute rolling buffer)
  • ✅ Per-interface statistics backend
  • ✅ Per-interface breakdown table UI
  • ✅ Interface status indicators (Active/Inactive)
  • ✅ Sortable interface list
  • ✅ Interface details modal
  • ✅ Dark mode optimized UI
  • ✅ Time range selection (1m, 5m, 15m, 30m)
  • ✅ Window dragging with custom title bar
  • ✅ Consistent UI design across all pages

✅ Active Connections Monitoring (Phase 3E - Removed)

  • ❌ Feature removed due to 80% overlap with Port Map functionality
  • ❌ Performance concerns (lsof subprocess calls per connection)
  • ✅ Port Map page provides comprehensive port and connection info
  • Note: Network page provides bandwidth and interface monitoring

✅ Docker Integration (Phase 3F - Complete)

  • ✅ Docker container monitoring
  • ✅ Docker image listing
  • ✅ Container start/stop/restart/pause/unpause controls
  • ✅ Real-time container statistics (CPU, memory, network, I/O)
  • ✅ Container status indicators
  • ✅ Grid and list view modes
  • ✅ macOS Docker Desktop compatibility
  • ✅ Compact, modern UI with tabs
  • Image management operations (pull, build, prune) (future)
  • Docker Compose support (future)
  • Container logs aggregation (future)

Success Metrics:

  • ✅ Port discovery < 100ms
  • ✅ Real-time bandwidth visualization
  • ✅ Service detection accuracy > 85%
  • Support 50+ containers simultaneously
  • 5,000+ GitHub stars

🚀 Phase 4: Cloud Sync & Collaboration (Q3 2026)

Target Version: 0.4.0 License: Pro Features (Paid)

Cloud Sync

  • Cloud config synchronization
  • Multi-device support
  • Encrypted backups
  • Version history (30 days)
  • Selective sync

Team Features

  • Shared process groups
  • Team workspaces
  • Role-based access control
  • Activity audit logs
  • Collaborative debugging

Pro Dashboard

  • Web dashboard (view processes remotely)
  • Mobile app (iOS/Android, view-only)
  • Email/SMS alerts
  • Uptime monitoring
  • Historical analytics

Pricing:

  • Free: Local-only, unlimited processes
  • Pro: $9/month - Cloud sync, 5 devices
  • Team: $49/month - 10 users, team features
  • Enterprise: Custom pricing

Success Metrics:

  • 1,000+ Pro users
  • 50+ Team subscriptions
  • 99.9% uptime SLA

💎 Phase 5: AI & Automation (Q4 2026)

Target Version: 0.5.0

AI-Powered Insights

  • Anomaly detection (unusual CPU/memory spikes)
  • Smart restart recommendations
  • Performance optimization suggestions
  • Dependency conflict detection
  • Auto-scaling recommendations

Automation

  • Scheduled tasks (cron-like)
  • Event-driven actions (on crash, on high CPU)
  • Workflow automation (custom scripts)
  • Webhook integrations
  • Slack/Discord notifications

Security

  • Vulnerability scanning (dependencies)
  • Security policy enforcement
  • Compliance reporting (SOC 2, GDPR)
  • Audit trail export
  • 2FA for Pro accounts

Success Metrics:

  • AI accuracy > 90%
  • 10,000+ active users
  • 10+ enterprise customers

🌍 Phase 6: Ecosystem & Integrations (Q1 2027)

Target Version: 0.6.0

Integrations

  • VS Code extension
  • JetBrains plugin
  • GitHub Actions integration
  • GitLab CI/CD support
  • Kubernetes cluster monitoring
  • AWS/GCP/Azure VM monitoring

Plugin System

  • Plugin API (JavaScript/Rust)
  • Plugin marketplace
  • Custom process launchers
  • Custom monitoring dashboards
  • Custom alerting rules

Community

  • Public process template library
  • Community-contributed configs
  • Leaderboard (most stars on templates)
  • Certification program (Sentinel Expert)

Success Metrics:

  • 50+ integrations
  • 100+ community plugins
  • 50,000+ users

Feature Requests

Vote on features you want to see! Visit our GitHub Discussions.

Top Requested Features

Feature Votes Status Planned For
Docker support 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (47) 🚧 In Progress Phase 3
System tray icon 🔥🔥🔥🔥 (32) 📋 Planned Phase 2
Cloud sync 🔥🔥🔥 (28) 📋 Planned Phase 4
VS Code extension 🔥🔥🔥 (25) 📋 Planned Phase 6
Real-time graphs 🔥🔥 (18) 🚧 In Progress Phase 2
Windows support 🔥🔥 (15) ✅ Supported Phase 1
Kubernetes 🔥 (12) 📋 Planned Phase 6
Mobile app 🔥 (9) 📋 Planned Phase 4

Submit a feature request: New Issue

Technology Evolution

Current Stack

  • Backend: Rust + Tauri 2.0
  • Frontend: Svelte 5 + TailwindCSS
  • State: Svelte Stores
  • Charts: uPlot (planned)
  • Testing: Cargo test, Vitest, Criterion

Future Considerations

  • Phase 4: Cloud backend (Rust + Actix/Axum)
  • Phase 4: Database (PostgreSQL)
  • Phase 5: AI/ML (Python + PyTorch, or Rust + candle)
  • Phase 6: Plugin runtime (WebAssembly)

Community Goals

Open Source Milestones

  • 1,000 GitHub stars - In Progress (current: 0)
  • 100 contributors - In Progress (current: 1)
  • 10 corporate sponsors
  • Featured on Hacker News front page
  • Featured in GitHub Explore

Documentation

  • Video tutorials (10+ videos)
  • Interactive playground
  • API reference (autogenerated)
  • Translations (5+ languages)
  • Community wiki

Events

  • Sentinel Conference (2026)
  • Monthly community calls
  • Hackathons (quarterly)
  • Developer workshops

Breaking Changes Policy

We follow Semantic Versioning:

  • Major (1.0.0): Breaking API changes
  • Minor (0.1.0): New features, backwards compatible
  • Patch (0.0.1): Bug fixes, no new features

Deprecation Timeline

  1. Feature marked deprecated in release notes
  2. Warning added to CLI/GUI (1 minor version)
  3. Removed (next major version)

Example: Feature deprecated in 0.5.0 → removed in 1.0.0

Long-Term Vision (2026+)

Sentinel 1.0 (Stable)

  • Production-ready for enterprises
  • 99.9% uptime SLA
  • SOC 2 Type II certified
  • GDPR compliant
  • 100,000+ users

Sentinel 2.0 (Ecosystem)

  • Sentinel Cloud (hosted solution)
  • Sentinel Hub (centralized registry)
  • Sentinel AI (copilot assistant)
  • Sentinel University (training platform)

Becoming a Standard

  • Industry standard for dev process management
  • Adopted by Fortune 500 companies
  • Integrated into popular IDEs by default
  • Taught in university CS programs

Get Involved

Ways to Contribute

  • 🐛 Report bugs
  • 💡 Suggest features
  • 📝 Improve documentation
  • 🔧 Submit pull requests
  • 💬 Help others in Discussions
  • ⭐ Star the repo!

Become a Sponsor

Support Sentinel development:

Benefits:

  • Logo on README
  • Early access to Pro features
  • Priority support
  • Quarterly roadmap input

Questions?

This roadmap is subject to change based on community feedback and market needs.

Built with ❤️ by Glincker (A GLINR Product)

https://glincker.com/sentinel