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Roadmap

Planning and priorities for upcoming Fastman releases.

v0.5.x "Eagle" — Next Major Release​

The Dolphin (v0.4.x) line cleared the high-priority codegen-safety, template-maintainability, and mid-project-lifecycle items. v0.5.x will focus on polish wave wins, multi-tenant authentication support, and richer model introspection.

High Priority​

1. Interactive fastman create wizard​

Multi-step prompt flow walks new users through pattern -> database -> package_manager -> graphql instead of requiring all flags up front.

  • Build on the existing prompt_argument + Output.choice helpers
  • Honor --no-interaction for CI parity with the rest of make:*
  • Default to the same shape as the current flagless fastman create

2. Multi-tenant authentication support​

install:auth currently assumes a single-tenant model. Add a tenancy mode where users belong to organizations / workspaces, with organization-scoped permissions.

  • New User.organization_id foreign key in the JWT/OAuth/Passkey models
  • get_current_organization dependency next to get_current_user
  • Optional --multi-tenant flag on install:auth

Medium Priority​

3. Wire remaining .fastmanrc keys​

Keys already working: env, pattern, package_manager, database. Keys to wire up:

KeyPurpose
hostDefault serve host
portDefault serve port
pythonPython executable path
authAuth provider
mailMail provider

4. Robust database seeder discovery​

DatabaseSeedCommand uses importlib.import_module() on *_seeder.py files without validating they have a Seeder class with a run() method.

  • Validate seeder class signature before execution
  • Add error recovery so one broken seeder doesn't crash the entire seed operation
  • Clean up sys.path on exception

5. Configurable subprocess timeouts​

Hardcoded 300s for package install and 60s for route discovery may be insufficient in CI/CD or slow network environments.

  • Read timeouts from .fastmanrc or environment variables
  • Provide sensible defaults with override capability

6. make:feature --include flag​

Additive convenience: let one command scaffold a feature plus its tests, seeder, factory, websocket, or migration in a single invocation.

fastman make:feature orders --crud --include=tests,seeder,factory

Low Priority / Polish​

7. Generated code syntax validation​

Run ast.parse() on generated Python files before writing to catch template errors early rather than at runtime.

8. Ruff integration in generated projects​

Wire ruff into generated projects' pyproject.toml templates with a sensible default configuration.

9. Rich-first terminal improvements​

Shared panel/key-value helpers already added in Cheetah. Continue upgrading remaining commands to branded Rich layouts.

Out of Scope (Future)​

  • Alternative migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase)
  • GraphQL-first project pattern
  • Plugin system for third-party command packages

Completed in v0.4.2 "Dolphin"​

  • ✅ route:list --json — machine-readable JSON for editors / CI
  • ✅ db:fresh — one-shot wipe + migrate + (optional) seed, with production guard
  • ✅ model:show <name> — SQLAlchemy model introspection (columns / relations / indexes)
  • ✅ 13 new fast unit tests

Completed in v0.4.1 "Dolphin"​

  • ✅ AST-aware code injection for install:auth --type=keycloak and install:mail — survives anchor renames, idempotent on re-run, parse-validated before write
  • ✅ fastman update command — diff drifted fastman-owned files against current templates, interactive review or --check for CI, closes the mid-project lifecycle gap
  • ✅ Marker-bracket convention (# fastman:<tag>:start / :end) so re-running installs replaces blocks instead of duplicating
  • ✅ 26 new fast unit tests (13 injection + 13 update)

Completed in v0.4.0 "Dolphin"​

  • ✅ Mail scaffolding (install:mail + make:mail, fastapi-mail, 4 providers)
  • ✅ Template engine swapped to Jinja2 (order-independent, StrictUndefined catches missing keys, fixed a latent nested-substitution bug for postgres/mysql)
  • ✅ Auth + mail templates extracted to .j2 files — auth.py shrunk from 1,403 → 358 lines, mail.py from 530 → 297 lines
  • ✅ SQLAlchemy 2.0 + Pydantic v2 codegen in all generated projects
  • ✅ Python keyword + builtin guard on NameValidator
  • ✅ Smart pluralization (sibilants, consonant+y, Latin/Greek, irregulars, mass nouns)
  • ✅ Auto-generated shell completions from COMMAND_REGISTRY
  • ✅ Version pins in generated requirements.txt
  • ✅ .fastmanrc in generated .gitignore
  • ✅ MANIFEST.in cleanup
  • ✅ Pattern-aware make:* commands via .fastmanrc
  • ✅ Venv-aware PackageManager (project's .venv pip is used even when not activated)
  • ✅ Alembic env.py walks feature/api models so autogenerate sees them
  • ✅ database:migrate & friends refuse to run when alembic.ini is missing
  • ✅ 6 low-leverage commands removed (package:list, config:cache/:clear, inspect, migrate:reset, package:import renamed to package:install)
  • ✅ fastman about — one-screen project diagnostic
  • ✅ Interactive prompts on make:* + global --no-interaction / -n flag
  • ✅ 100% help-text coverage across all 42 commands

Completed in v0.3.x "Cheetah"​

  • ✅ Rich console output with branded theme
  • ✅ 5 database drivers (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Firebase)
  • ✅ 4 auth types (JWT, OAuth, Keycloak, Passkey)
  • ✅ 3 architecture patterns (Feature, API, Layer)
  • ✅ Non-destructive SSL certificate handling
  • ✅ Graceful Keycloak startup with public-client fallback
  • ✅ Shell completions (Bash, Zsh, Fish, PowerShell)
  • ✅ Environment management with .fastmanrc (originally .fastman)
  • ✅ install:cert merged CA bundle command
  • ✅ Ruff replaced black/isort/autoflake
  • ✅ 44 tests (unit + integration)