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Roadmap

ClearCMS is in active development heading toward v1.0. Here's what's shipped, what's in progress, and what's planned.

Shipped​

Everything listed here is live and available today.

Visual Editor​

  • Drag-and-drop section editor with 16 built-in sections
  • Inline content editing on the canvas
  • Combined pages and layers panel
  • In-editor responsive preview (desktop, tablet, mobile)
  • Cloud-persisted undo/redo
  • Auto-save (no manual save needed)
  • Section picker with search

Design & Branding​

  • Simple and Advanced branding modes
  • Auto-extract brand colors from uploaded logo
  • Curated font pair presets
  • Light/dark mode toggle
  • WCAG contrast auto-calculation for accessibility
  • Typography scale and spacing presets

Templates​

  • Pre-built site templates
  • Install, switch, and customize templates
  • Template-based site creation during onboarding

Media​

  • Media library with folders and search
  • Per-image crop, zoom, and focal point editor
  • AI-powered image descriptions
  • Auto-optimization (multiple sizes, WebP conversion)
  • Cloud storage support (Cloudflare R2, S3)

Content Management​

  • 36 content types (blog posts, team, products, events, and more)
  • Content versioning with restore
  • Draft/publish workflow
  • Globals snapshot on publish (consistent rollback)
  • Auto-generated titles and slugs

Forms​

  • Built-in form builder with 18 field types
  • 12 form templates
  • Submission management with status tracking
  • Honeypot spam protection

AI Assistant​

  • AI-powered content generation
  • Image analysis and automatic alt text

REST API​

  • 54 API endpoints for pages, content, media, forms, and globals
  • Full CRUD operations
  • API key authentication
  • Design tokens API (JSON and CSS endpoints)

Headless / Bridge Mode​

  • Bridge script for headless frontends
  • PostMessage-based visual editing overlay
  • Public Tailwind config endpoint

Permissions​

  • Content-only mode for editors (locked sections, editable content)
  • Role-based access (Admin, Developer, Editor, Content-Only)

Platform (Console)​

  • User accounts with Google OAuth and MFA
  • Organization and team management
  • Per-seat billing (Stripe)
  • Custom domains (Cloudflare DNS + SSL)
  • 4-step onboarding wizard
  • Shared site access
  • Audit logging
  • Mobile-responsive console

Coming Soon​

Features in active development for v1.0.

Forms Improvements​

  • Email notifications on submission
  • Advanced field validation
  • CAPTCHA integration
  • Submission export (CSV)

Editor Polish​

  • Section presets and starter layouts
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Admin dashboard and navigation improvements

Planned​

On the roadmap for 2026 but not yet in development.

Content​

  • Content scheduling (publish at a future date)
  • Content search and filtering
  • Subscriber/mailing lists
  • Newsletter integration

Platform​

  • Plugin system
  • Component library marketplace
  • Self-hosting support (planned for later in 2026)
  • SSO/SAML for enterprise
  • Usage analytics dashboards
  • Webhook management for integrations

Developer​

  • Webhook integrations
  • GraphQL API (optional)
  • SDK and client libraries

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