Roadmap
As the true successor to Netlify CMS, our goal is to address all relevant and fixable Netlify/Decap CMS issues over the course of this project. We also have lots of ideas to make Sveltia CMS a great product.
We cannot promise any specific release dates, but here is a rough roadmap for the next few years.
Upcoming Releases
The timelines for the releases below are tentative and may change based on various factors such as development progress, user feedback, and unforeseen challenges. We will keep you updated on our progress through our release notes and other channels.
v1.0
Expected in late 2026. This release maximizes compatibility with Netlify/Decap CMS. It also solves 350 issues of Netlify/Decap CMS, including many highly requested features and critical bug fixes.
- Implementing some remaining features from Netlify/Decap CMS
- Tackling some more Netlify/Decap CMS issues, including:
- Directory navigation in the Asset Library — 5th top-voted feature in Netlify/Decap CMS[1]
- Thorough CMS config validation[2]
- Entry pre-validation/normalization[3]
- Tackling our own backlog
- Sveltia CMS Additions: Edge functions for Cloudflare Workers and possibly other platforms that provide features that cannot be implemented client-side:
- User management with roles[4]
- Commits without a Git service account (Git Gateway alternative)
- More enhancements are planned for the future; see the TBD list below
- Accessibility audit
- Live demo site
See also the 1.0 RC and 1.0 milestones for a list of issues planned for v1.0.
TBD
- Enhancements to Sveltia CMS Additions (some may be included in v3.0):
- Post locking[5] for avoiding conflicts (like WordPress)
- Scheduled posts[6]
- Private configuration
- Credential management for service API keys, deploy hook URL, etc.
- Proxy for services that don’t support CORS:
- Tackling most of the remaining Netlify/Decap CMS issues (some may be included in v1.0 or v2.0):
- Their top-voted features, including:
- MDX support[8]
- Preview Workflow[9]
- Tables in Markdown[10]
- Config editor[11]
- Theming[12]
- Reusable field groups[13]
- Offline support[14]
- Features to turn the CMS into a powerful NoSQL database management system (DBMS):
- Automatic asset file renaming with templates[20]
- Tabbed interface for field groups[21]
- PKCE for GitHub[22] — We’re waiting for GitHub to support client-side PKCE authentication for single-page apps. It was planned for Q4 2025, but GitHub has put the project on hold. We can’t release this feature until GitHub provides this support.
- and many more (50+ issues and discussions)
- Their top-voted features, including:
- Content Editor enhancements:
- Field navigator
- Sidebar panels
- Restore revisions (like WordPress)
- AI chat for content writing, image generation, etc.
- Assets (allowing users to insert assets into the content with drag-and-drop)
- Input UI improvements
- Slider input for number fields
- Custom color picker
- Custom date/time picker
- Image field enhancements:
- Camera input, screen capture, QR code generation, AI image generation, etc.
- Quick cropping and resizing
- Search enhancements:
- Customizable search fields[23]
- Advanced search options
- Fuzzy search
- Local development workflow improvements: Git mode[24] and change detection
- Preact+HTM or Vue support for custom field types, editor components and preview templates[25]
- More integration options: stock photos, stock videos, cloud storage providers, translation services, maps, analytics tools, etc.
- More AI features for image generation, content writing, etc.
- Advanced digital asset management (DAM) features, including image editing and tagging[26]
- Marketplace for custom field types, etc.[27]
- Official starter templates for the most popular frameworks, including Astro, Eleventy and Hugo
- Contributor documentation
- End-user documentation
- and so much more!
Non-Goals
- Serving 100% of the existing Netlify/Decap CMS user base. While we aim to support most use cases, some users may be unable to migrate to Sveltia CMS due to unsupported features or technical limitations. See the Compatibility section for details.
- Support for non-Git backends. Sveltia CMS is a Git-based headless CMS and will remain so to avoid feature creep and increased maintenance costs. We may support custom backends through an API in the future, but it’s not a priority right now.
- Framework-specific integrations, including a WYSIWYG editor and out-of-the-box live site preview. We will focus on framework-agnostic core features that are essential for succeeding Netlify/Decap CMS and modernizing the platform.
- Enterprise features. We want to keep Sveltia CMS simple and easy to use for small teams and individual developers.
- Monetization. We may offer an affordable cloud version in the future since self-hosting the CMS can be a hassle. However, we will not charge for the CMS itself. We want to keep it free and open source forever.