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🗺️ SLD Roadmap

This document describes the upcoming features and improvements planned for Stack Lifecycle Deployment.

📊 Current Status

  • ✅ Migration from pip to uv (v3.7.0)
  • ✅ Testing CLI with Python + Click
  • ✅ Docker Compose support
  • ✅ Kubernetes support (kind)
  • ✅ REST API with FastAPI
  • ✅ Web Dashboard
  • ✅ Distributed Workers with Celery
  • ✅ AWS, Azure, GCP support
  • ✅ Remote State Management

🎯 Roadmap by Version

v3.8.0 - Advanced Authentication and Authorization (Q1 2026)

🔐 LDAP/Active Directory Integration

  • LDAP authentication
  • Group and role synchronization
  • Permission mapping from AD
  • SSO with LDAP
  • Multi-tenant configuration

Priority: High
Effort: 3 weeks

🌐 OAuth2 and Social Login

  • Google OAuth
  • GitHub OAuth
  • Microsoft Azure AD
  • GitLab OAuth
  • Generic OAuth2 provider
  • Social login in Dashboard

Priority: Medium
Effort: 2 weeks

🏢 SaaS Multi-tenant

  • Data isolation per tenant
  • Subscription management
  • Plan limits (free, pro, enterprise)
  • Billing and invoicing
  • SaaS administration dashboard
  • Metrics per tenant

Priority: Medium
Effort: 4 weeks

v3.9.0 - Refactoring and Modernization (Q2 2026)

🔨 Architecture Refactoring

  • Migrate to hexagonal/clean architecture
  • Separate domain logic from infrastructure
  • Implement Repository pattern
  • Improve dependency injection
  • Unit tests coverage >80%
  • Automated integration tests

Priority: High
Effort: 6 weeks

⚡ Performance Improvements

  • Implement enhanced caching with Redis
  • DB query optimization
  • Lazy loading of resources
  • Background job optimization
  • Async improvements
  • Connection pooling

Priority: Medium
Effort: 3 weeks

🧪 Testing and QA

  • E2E tests with Playwright
  • Performance testing with Locust
  • Automated security scanning
  • Code quality gates
  • Mutation testing

Priority: Medium
Effort: 2 weeks

v4.0.0 - MCP Server and AI Integration (Q3 2026)

🤖 Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

  • Implement MCP server for SLD
  • Expose SLD resources via MCP
  • Tools for:
    • Create and manage stacks
    • Deploy/destroy infrastructure
    • Query resource status
    • Manage variables and secrets
  • Integration with Claude Desktop
  • Integration with other MCP clients
  • MCP tools documentation

Priority: High
Effort: 4 weeks

Usage example:

{
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "sld_create_stack",
      "description": "Create a new infrastructure stack",
      "parameters": {...}
    },
    {
      "name": "sld_deploy",
      "description": "Deploy infrastructure changes",
      "parameters": {...}
    }
  ]
}

🧠 LLM Integration

  • AI Assistant for IaC

    • Terraform code generation from natural language
    • Review and improvement suggestions
    • Security issue detection
    • Suggested cost optimization

  • Chat Interface

    • Chat in Dashboard for queries
    • "Show me my stacks status"
    • "How much am I spending on AWS?"
    • "Create a new stack for a web app"

  • Predictive Analysis

    • Future cost prediction
    • Anomaly detection
    • Optimization recommendations

  • LLM Providers

    • OpenAI GPT-4
    • Anthropic Claude
    • Google Gemini
    • Azure OpenAI
    • Local models (Ollama)

Priority: High
Effort: 6 weeks

v4.1.0 - Deployment Wizard and UX Improvements (Q4 2026)

🧙 Deployment Wizard

  • Step-by-step guided flow
  • Pre-configured templates:
    • Web Application (3-tier)
    • Microservices Architecture
    • Data Pipeline
    • ML Infrastructure
    • Serverless API
  • Real-time validation
  • Preview of resources to create
  • Cost estimation
  • Integrated best practices
  • Drag & Drop UI for architectures

Priority: High
Effort: 5 weeks

🎨 UI/UX Improvements

  • Complete Dashboard redesign
  • Dark mode
  • Improved responsive design
  • Interactive charts
  • Real-time updates (WebSockets)
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Command palette (Cmd+K)

Priority: Medium
Effort: 4 weeks

v4.2.0 - Helm Charts and Kubernetes Native (Q1 2027)

⎈ Helm Charts

  • Official SLD chart
  • Flexible configuration via values.yaml
  • Sub-charts for components:
    • API Backend
    • Dashboard
    • Workers
    • Remote State
    • Schedule
  • Helm hooks for migrations
  • CRDs for SLD resources
  • Operators pattern

Priority: High
Effort: 3 weeks

Installation example:

helm repo add sld https://charts.sld.io
helm install my-sld sld/stack-lifecycle-deployment \
  --set api.replicas=3 \
  --set workers.autoscaling.enabled=true

🔧 Kubernetes Operator

  • Custom Resource Definitions:
    • Stack
    • Deploy
    • Variable
    • CloudAccount
  • Reconciliation loops
  • GitOps ready
  • Integration with ArgoCD/Flux

Priority: Medium
Effort: 4 weeks

v4.3.0 - CI/CD Runners (Q2 2027)

🏃 GitHub Actions Runner

  • SLD-specific runner
  • Pre-built actions:
    • sld-deploy
    • sld-plan
    • sld-destroy
    • sld-validate
  • Integration with GitHub Environments
  • Approval workflows
  • Secrets management
  • Matrix builds for multi-cloud

Priority: High
Effort: 3 weeks

Usage example:

name: Deploy to Production
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: sld/deploy-action@v1
        with:
          stack-name: prod-web-app
          environment: production

☁️ Cloud Run Runner

  • Deployment on Google Cloud Run
  • Auto-scaling of runners
  • Pay-per-use model
  • Integration with Cloud Build
  • Secret Manager integration

Priority: Medium
Effort: 2 weeks

🐳 AWS ECS Runner

  • Fargate runner tasks
  • ECS Service for workers
  • Integration with CodePipeline
  • Secrets via Parameter Store
  • IAM roles integration

Priority: Medium
Effort: 2 weeks

⚡ Cloud Functions Runner

  • Serverless runner on:
    • AWS Lambda
    • Google Cloud Functions
    • Azure Functions
  • Event-driven deployments
  • Cost optimization
  • Cold start mitigation

Priority: Low
Effort: 3 weeks

🔮 Future (2027+)

Features to Explore

🌍 Multi-Cloud Orchestration

  • Simultaneous deployment across multiple clouds
  • Cross-cloud disaster recovery
  • Cross-cloud cost optimization
  • Unified billing dashboard

📊 Advanced Observability

  • Integration with Prometheus/Grafana
  • Distributed tracing (Jaeger)
  • Log aggregation (ELK/Loki)
  • APM integration
  • Custom metrics and alerting

🔒 Security Enhancements

  • Policy as Code (OPA)
  • Compliance checking (CIS, SOC2)
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Automated secret rotation
  • Enhanced audit logging

🤝 Integrations

  • Slack notifications
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • Jira integration
  • ServiceNow
  • Datadog

🔄 GitOps

  • Git as source of truth
  • Automatic drift detection
  • PR-based workflows
  • Automated rollback

🎓 Marketplace

  • Template marketplace
  • Community modules
  • Verified providers
  • Ratings and reviews

📈 Success Metrics

KPIs by Version

v3.8.0 (Auth)

  • Onboarding time < 5 minutes
  • 80% of users using SSO
  • Zero security incidents

v4.0.0 (AI/MCP)

  • 50% of deployments AI-assisted
  • 30% reduction in configuration errors
  • MCP adoption by community

v4.2.0 (Helm)

  • 1000+ installations via Helm
  • Deployment time < 5 minutes
  • Community contributions

v4.3.0 (Runners)

  • 10+ active runners
  • 99.9% uptime
  • Integration with top 3 CI/CD platforms

🤝 Contributions

Want to contribute to the roadmap?

  1. Vote for features: Create an issue with label feature-request
  2. Propose new ideas: Open a discussion on GitHub
  3. Contribute code: Submit PRs for features in development
  4. Feedback: Share your experience and needs

How to Prioritize

Priorities are determined by:

  • Community votes (30%)
  • User impact (30%)
  • Strategic alignment (20%)
  • Effort vs value (20%)

📅 Visual Timeline

2026 Q1  ████████░░░░░░░░  LDAP/OAuth/SaaS
2026 Q2  ░░░░░░░░████████░░  Refactoring
2026 Q3  ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░████  MCP + AI
2026 Q4  ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  Wizard
2027 Q1  ████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  Helm
2027 Q2  ░░░░████████░░░░░░  Runners
2027+    ░░░░░░░░░░░░██████  Future

📞 Contact

📝 Changelog

This roadmap is a living document and will be updated based on:

  • Community feedback
  • Market needs
  • Technological evolution
  • Available resources

Last updated: October 2025
Next review: January 2026

🎯 Mission

Make infrastructure as code management accessible, secure, and efficient for all teams, with the power of AI and the simplicity of a click.

💡 Ideas Welcome

Have an idea that's not on the roadmap?
We'd love to hear it! Open an issue with the tag idea 💭