gridline/ROADMAP.md

Gridline Roadmap

Status legend: ✅ Shipped · 🏗️ In development · 🎯 Next up · 📋 In the queue · 🔮 Planned

This file is the source of truth for what Gridline is building. AGENTS.md and README.md link here — keep this current as priorities shift.

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✅ Shipped (0.8.0)

• Schema diff / compare — same-engine structural diff (PG↔PG, MySQL-family↔MySQL-family, SQLite↔SQLite) with per-object sync SQL; non-destructive items stage through the changes queue, destructive items are copy-only. Target = current connection; source = any saved same-family connection.
• Query Workbench: multiple result sets — stacked result panels per statement with DML/DDL affected-count notices and stop-at-first-error (deferred from 0.7.0)
• Query Workbench: result streaming to file — full-result CSV/JSONL/JSON export with progress + cancel, constant memory (PG cursor fetch, MySQL/SQLite native streams)
• MariaDB support — first-class db_type reusing the MySQL driver path; provider card, filter, URI schemes, backup via the already-bundled mariadb tools
• TimescaleDB support — runtime extension detection; hypertables in the Objects view (dimensions, compression, chunks, size), read-only
• PlanetScale preset — managed MySQL (Vitess) provider card + setup guide + .psdb.cloud host detection; persists as db_type: mysql
• Version bump 0.7.15 → 0.8.0.

📋 In the queue

Full Redis Support

Connection + test only today — browsing stays gated behind a clean "unsupported" state. Goal: first-class Redis like the PG/SQLite/MySQL viewers.

• Key browser (pattern search, filter by type, TTL display, key count)
• Value editors per type: string, list, hash, set, zset, stream, JSON
• Inline add / edit / delete keys, TTL management, flush
• Key expiry tracking and live refresh

Additional Database Types

MariaDB and TimescaleDB moved to 0.8.0. Remaining candidates: CockroachDB, DuckDB, SQL Server, MongoDB (drivers are heavier lifts — revisit with demand).

Managed Database Support (beyond Supabase / Neon)

Supabase and NeonDB presets shipped in v0.7.0; PlanetScale moved to 0.8.0. Remaining:

• Turso (libSQL — not SQLite over the wire; needs a libsql driver path in the Rust backend, not just a connection preset)
• Provider detection guidance: paste a provider URL → Gridline auto-fills host/port/SSL mode; provider "connect" docs linked from the connection form

Query Workbench Upgrades

Multiple result sets and result streaming to file moved to 0.8.0. Remaining:

• Visual query builder — drag-and-drop tables/joins/filters that generate SQL (TablePlus has one; DB Pro plans one)

Schema & Data Tooling

Schema diff / compare moved to 0.8.0. Remaining:

• MySQL Objects view + schema visualizer — functions/triggers/sequences/enums/extensions browsing and ER diagram for MySQL (PostgreSQL-only today)
• More export formats — JSONL, Parquet alongside CSV/JSON/SQL/Markdown/Excel

🔮 Planned

AI Integration (BYOK)

Bring-your-own-key — no bundled model, no paywall, key stored in the OS keychain like DB passwords.

• Natural-language → SQL generation (schema-aware)
• Chat with your database (explain query results, error messages)
• Query explanations and schema summaries
• AI-generated charts from result sets
• Privacy-first: only the SQL/text you choose is sent to your provider; write-queries blocked by default, destructive actions confirmed before execution

Website & Docs

The marketing site (www/, Astro) is live: landing page with screenshots, FAQ, and a changelog feed. Remaining:

• User documentation (connection setup, SSH/TLS, backup/sync, changes queue)

UI/UX Improvements (rolling)

Continuous polish, tracked as issues rather than one-off milestones:

• Empty states, error surfacing, and microcopy
• Keyboard shortcut audit + more configurable actions
• Performance passes on the grid, object tree, and large schemas
• Accessibility (contrast, focus states, screen-reader labels)
• Session restore — reopen tabs and query state from the last session
• Light-theme parity pass — dark is first-class; polish the light theme to match

Still deferred from 0.7.0, slated for this bucket:

• Onboarding tour — first-run walkthrough built around the Gridline Demo database; contextual tooltips per screen
• SSH key management — read/generate key pairs and paste private keys directly in the SSH tab (today: path inputs only)
• In-app changelog — "What's new" panel fed from bundled release notes

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✅ Shipped (0.7.10)

• Copy connection URL — from a connection card's ⋮ menu, copy the connection string for use in env vars / other tools: Copy connection URL (includes the password, fetched from the OS keychain on demand) and Copy connection URL (no password) (safe to share). Builds postgresql:// / mysql:// / sqlite:// / redis:// strings with percent-encoded credentials and the PG sslmode appended.
• Version bump 0.7.9 → 0.7.10.

✅ Shipped (0.7.15)

• Insert Row — adds an editable pending row at the top of the data grid (visible accent outline); committing inserts only the filled columns so serial/identity/generated defaults apply
• Smart cell editors — date/time/datetime pickers, a boolean select, and number inputs for the matching column types (enums and FKs already had dropdowns), applied to both new rows and inline editing
• Landing page support channel — coffee via Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/adrianbonpin), always optional, never gates a feature
• Landing page copy refresh — em dashes dropped, OSS section simplified, FAQ added for how the project is funded
• Version bump 0.7.14 → 0.7.15.

✅ Shipped (0.7.14)

• No more repeated macOS keychain prompts — saved connection passwords and SSH secrets are ACL-pinned to the app's code signature when stored, so app upgrades never re-trigger the macOS keychain access dialog (users upgrading from older builds see one final prompt — choose Always Allow)
• Install via Homebrew — add the Homebrew tap (brew tap AdrianBonpin/gridline https://github.com/AdrianBonpin/homebrew-gridline.git) and run brew install --cask gridline
• Version bump 0.7.13 → 0.7.14.

✅ Shipped (0.7.13)

• Developer-ID signed + notarized macOS — the app is properly code-signed with a Developer ID Application certificate and notarized by Apple, so macOS opens it without the Gatekeeper "Open Anyway" prompt or the xattr quarantine workaround
• Version bump 0.7.12 → 0.7.13.

✅ Shipped (0.7.12) (includes 0.7.11: release-pipeline/docs refresh)

• Reliable cell editing for non-text columns — editing a PostgreSQL cell whose type isn't text (integers, booleans, UUIDs, json/jsonb, timestamps, enums, numerics) now works; edited values are sent to PostgreSQL in text wire format so the server parses them into the column's own type
• Recent connections fix — the Recent strip no longer renders empty on first launch when the connections list hadn't loaded yet
• Full CI release pipeline for Windows — the self-hosted Windows runner now builds the .exe/.msi installers (bundled pg_dump/pg_restore/psql + MariaDB clients) and uploads them to the release alongside Linux
• Version bump 0.7.11 → 0.7.12.

✅ Shipped (0.7.9)

• macOS Finder launch fix — the local store opens under the OS app-data directory instead of a cwd-relative gridline.db (Finder/LaunchServices launches run with cwd /, so the old path made the app silently exit with a Rust panic before the UI started).
• macOS ad-hoc code signing — bundles are signed at build time (bundle.macOS.signingIdentity "-", hardened runtime off), replacing the Xcode linker-only signature that macOS treated as unsigned ("damaged and can't be opened", silent Finder refusal). Users still get a one-time Gatekeeper prompt; README documents the sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine workaround.
• Vendored OpenSSL for ssh2 — the release binary no longer links an absolute Homebrew /opt/homebrew/.../libssl.3.dylib path (dyld aborted on machines without it).
• Version bump 0.7.8 → 0.7.9.

✅ Shipped (0.7.8)

• SQLite .dump support — backup a SQLite database to a portable SQL dump and restore it back, matching the pg_dump UX
• Backup / Restore / Sync for MySQL & SQLite — the pg-only tooling extended: MySQL backup/restore via mysqldump (system-first) and DB-to-DB sync beyond PostgreSQL
• Excel (.xlsx) export — alongside CSV/JSON/SQL/Markdown in the grid export toolbar
• Cancel long-running queries — per-connection cancel button (pg_cancel_backend and equivalents) instead of waiting or killing the app
• Settings export / import — share theme, accent, editor options, page sizes, and defaults across machines (JSON file)
• Windows/Linux title bar fix — the macOS overlay drag strip (h-7 in App.tsx) is now gated to macOS; Windows/Linux use the native title bar for dragging
• SQLite table editor (Create/Edit Table) — the visual Create Table / Edit Table flow extended to SQLite: SQLite-aware type mapping (INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT instead of serial, TEXT/REAL/BLOB) and ALTER TABLE limits respected (ADD COLUMN can't add PK/UNIQUE, DROP COLUMN needs SQLite ≥3.35)
• Version bump 0.7.7 → 0.7.8.

✅ Shipped (0.7.7)

Admin follow-up

• PostgreSQL users/roles + grants management — create/edit/drop roles with attributes; a per-role privilege explorer grouped by object class (tables, sequences, routines, schemas, databases) with collapsible sections (5-entry preview + fade, expand to show all) and GRANT/REVOKE staging through the changes queue (DB Pro has this at 0% on their roadmap — a differentiator to hold)
• Maintenance actions — right-click table → VACUUM / ANALYZE / REINDEX

Table & relationship management

• Create table — a "Create Table…" tab in the workspace using the same Visual ⇄ SQL flow as object create/edit: a columns grid (name / type / nullable / default / PK per row, type dropdowns with shorthand PG types, drag-to-reorder, add/remove rows) with a live Monaco SQL preview; multi-column PRIMARY KEY on create
• Edit table (robust column diff) — open an existing table's columns in the same grid; on Stage, diff old vs new columns and emit the right statements, one per queue item: ADD COLUMN, DROP COLUMN, RENAME COLUMN, ALTER COLUMN … TYPE, ALTER COLUMN … SET|DROP DEFAULT, SET|DROP NOT NULL
• FK management — multi-column FK composer (local column → referenced column pairs, referenced PKs first, type-match preview) with cross-schema references and ON DELETE / ON UPDATE actions; inlined into CREATE TABLE in create mode, separate ALTER staging in edit mode; FK rows in the form with Edit/Remove
• Related niceties — column reordering via atomic table rebuild (single transaction, preserves constraints/indexes/FKs/grants/sequences, fail-closed for triggers/RLS/inheritance/partitioning), table options (tablespace, row-level security), changes queue auto-refreshes the object tree after schema-modifying commits
• Version bump 0.7.6 → 0.7.7.

✅ Shipped (0.7.6)

• Full Object Management (PostgreSQL) — create/edit/drop for every PostgreSQL object type (enums, functions, procedures, triggers, sequences, extensions, views, materialized views, indexes, constraints), staged through the changes queue with generated-SQL previews.
• Enable Keychain toggle — wired end-to-end (default ON, opt-out): OFF = don't persist the DB password (session-only, re-prompt on connect) + purge the existing keychain entry; SSH secrets stay keychain-only.
• Objects view tabbed workspace — object details open as tabs in the shared tabbed workspace (per-type icons), with an inline manual query tab and the changes queue reachable from the tab bar.
• ⌘K object-search fixes — clicking a result now switches to the Objects view / opens the table tab; arrow-key navigation + Enter to pick.
• Version bump 0.7.5 → 0.7.6.

✅ Shipped (0.7.5)

• Bundled PG client tools — static pg_dump/pg_restore/psql ship with the app (system-first, bundled fallback) so backup/restore/sync work with no separate install.
• Schema CRUD — create/rename/drop schemas from the object tree; CASCADE drop with typed-name confirm + dependency warning.
• Global object search — Cmd+K palette in the DB viewer, current-schema scope, all object types; results open a table tab or jump to the Objects view.
• Copy as DDL for any object — CREATE DDL for every browsable type (tables via pg_dump; pg_get_*def passthrough; sequences/enums/extensions/views synthesized).
• Object dependencies — pg_depend "what depends on this?" view, shown before destructive drops (table drop, schema drop).
• Version bump 0.7.0 → 0.7.5.

✅ Shipped (0.7.0)

• New Connection screen revamp — a single progressive flow: connection-string input + 2-column provider tab grid → expands into the full configuration form (label, tags/env/folder, General + SSH·SSL tabs). Removes the simple/detailed toggle.
• Full MySQL DB viewer support — connect (incl. SSL + SSH), browse databases/tables/columns/FKs, run queries, paginate, inline cell editing + changes queue (insert/update/delete/bulk/empty/drop), DDL copy (SHOW CREATE TABLE), CSV/JSON import.
• DB viewer capability gating — pure dbCapabilities.ts matrix per DB type; unsupported views show a clean "not supported" state instead of broken UI. Redis browsing explicitly gated off.
• Supabase & NeonDB managed-PG presets — provider cards with in-app setup instructions; persist as postgresql with an SSL hint.
• SQLite file-path mode — URI field becomes a file-path input with Browse….
• Tag overflow scroll — connection cards show ≤3 tags, then scroll horizontally.
• Input styling sweep — rounded-full → rounded-lg on all form controls.
• Version bump 0.6.0 → 0.7.0.

Deferred from 0.7.0: Redis key browsing and MySQL Objects/ERD views (still in the queue); SSH key management and onboarding tour (planned). Since shipped elsewhere: backup/restore/sync for MySQL & SQLite and settings import/export (0.7.8); multiple result sets (slated for 0.8.0).

✅ Shipped — earlier releases (pre-0.7.0)

• Tauri 2.0 + React 19 + TypeScript 5.8 project shell
• Connection management with URI parser, SSH tunnels, TLS, OS keychain
• PostgreSQL and SQLite browse/query support
• Workspace tree, folders, tags, favorites, recents
• Multi-tab DB viewer with virtualized grid, server-side filtering/sorting
• FK preview, JSON popover, inline cell editing, changes queue
• Query editor with Monaco, autocomplete, destructive-query guard
• Query history, saved queries, and Queries view
• Full PostgreSQL object explorer + schema visualizer
• Backup, restore, and DB-to-DB sync tools
• Settings redesign with theme, accent color, editor options
• Built-in Gridline Demo (SQLite) database