Roadmap

Konserve Roadmap

This page outlines planned features, improvements, and areas of development for Konserve.

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Getting ready for v0.2.0

The v0.2.0 release is the next major milestone for Konserve.
This version focuses on adding real compression support and expanding platform compatibility.

What v0.2.0 Will Bring

• .tar.gz compression
  Selectable compression levels (Fast, Normal, Maximum).

• Improved Linux support
  Ensure backups and restores work smoothly on Linux systems, including path adjustments and file dialog stability.

• General polish
  Stability improvements and minor UI refinements.

v0.2.0 Checklist

• Implement .tar.gz compression

  • Write compression logic
  • Integrate with backup.rs
  • Add UI toggle for compression level

• Improve Linux support

  • Fix path adjustments for Linux home directories
  • Test restore logic on Linux

• General polish

  • Add proper error messages for backup/restore failures
  • Review UI spacing and labels for clarity
  • Ensure GUI file pickers work reliably

• Docs

  • Add crate-level documentation (using cargo doc)
  • Document core modules (backup, restore, helpers)
  • Ensure public structs, enums, and functions are documented

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Core Goals

• Keep Konserve simple, portable, and user-friendly
• Avoid unnecessary dependencies or complexity
• Ensure backups can always be restored even without Konserve

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Planned Features

Backup

• Optional compression (.tar.gz) with selectable levels
• File size summary — show total size before backup
• Default backup location (persistence)
• Backup name modes (timestamp or fixed custom name)

Restore

• Conflict resolution (Prompt, Overwrite, Skip, Rename)
• Show estimated total size of restore selection

Templates

• Autoload last used template at startup

Logging / Updates

• Verbose logging (debug output to file)
• Crash logging (errors and panics logged to konserve-crash.log)
• Check for updates at startup

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UI/UX

• Settings tab
  • Default backup location selector
  • Backup name mode (timestamp / fixed name)
  • Conflict resolution mode (Prompt, Overwrite, Skip, Rename)
  • Save to exe directory toggle
  • Enable verbose logging
  • File size summary toggle (WIP — UI only)
  • Check for updates on startup (WIP — UI only)
  • Autoload last used template (WIP — UI only)

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Technical

• Cross-platform support (macOS/Linux)
• Plugin support for custom backup logic (e.g. browser profiles, game configs)
• Built-in updater (check for new GitHub releases)
• Optimized release binary size
• Config support with auto load on startup
• App conflict detection (detects locked apps before backup)

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Stretch Goals

• Built-in validator to check integrity of a backup archive

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Recently Completed

• Conflict resolution on restore (Prompt, Overwrite, Skip, Rename)
• App conflict detection — prompt to close or skip locked apps before backup
• Crash logging and panic hook
• Verbose debug logging to file
• Status bar consistency fixes
• Backup name modes (timestamp / fixed name with overwrite prompt)
• Path auto-adjustment for user profile changes
• UUID mapping with fingerprint
• Tree-view UI for restore selection
• Template system for reusable backup sets
• Progress bar and loading spinner