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Roadmap di Sviluppo

La roadmap di SearchMuse è organizzata in milestone versionate che progressivamente aggiungono funzionalità, migliorano qualità, e espandono capability. Questa roadmap riflette priorità della comunità e feedback utenti.


Metodologia di Versioning

SearchMuse segue Semantic Versioning: - MAJOR (X.0.0): Breaking changes, rearchitecture - MINOR (0.X.0): Nuove features, backward compatible - PATCH (0.0.X): Bug fixes, performance improvements


v0.1.0 - MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

Timeline: Febbraio-Marzo 2026 Status: In Development

Obiettivi Principali

Rilasciare un prodotto funzionante che supporta il caso d'uso principale: ricerca iterativa con citazioni verificabili.

Featuree

Core Search: - ✓ Query parsing e concetto extraction - ✓ Single-round ricerca DuckDuckGo - ✓ HTML scraping (trafilatura) - ✓ Content extraction e cleaning - ✓ Basic LLM relevance scoring (Mistral)

Iteration Support: - ✓ Query refinement basato su coverage analysis - ✓ Max 3 iterazioni (hardcoded) - ✓ Coverage e relevance scoring - ✓ Convergence detection

Citation & Output: - ✓ Citazione automatica (URL, titolo, author, date) - ✓ Markdown output (default) - ✓ Plain text output - ✓ JSON output (structured)

CLI Interface: - ✓ Simple string input: searchmuse "query" - ✓ JSON config input - ✓ Output to file - ✓ Basic logging

Documentation: - ✓ README e quick start - ✓ Vision e goals - ✓ Use cases - ✓ Architecture overview

Deliverables

  • Repositorio GitHub public
  • Docker image per easy setup
  • Ollama integration (Mistral default)
  • 50+ pagine documentazione

Success Criteria

  • ✓ Ricerca basic funziona < 2 minuti
  • ✓ Coverage >= 75% per query semplici
  • ✓ Citazioni sono 95% accurate
  • ✓ Zero dati inviati a servizi cloud

v0.2.0 - Iterative Refinement

Timeline: Marzo-Maggio 2026 Status: Planned

Obiettivi Principali

Migliorare drasticamente la qualità iterativa, supportare più modelli LLM, aggiungere API.

Features Nuove

Iterazione Avanzata: - [ ] Dynamic max_iterations (basato su query complexity) - [ ] Multi-strategy query generation (non solo LLM) - [ ] Aspect-driven iteration (enfatizza aspetti missing) - [ ] Early termination se coverage converge rapidamente

Modelli LLM: - [ ] Support per Llama3, Phi3, Neural Chat - [ ] Model auto-selection basato su hardware - [ ] Fallback chain (model failure) - [ ] Quantization support (4-bit, 8-bit)

Scraping Avanzato: - [ ] JavaScript rendering (Playwright) - [ ] Wayback Machine integration - [ ] Cookie handling - [ ] User-Agent rotation

API HTTP: - [ ] REST API (FastAPI) - [ ] Streaming SSE (progress events) - [ ] Batch query processing - [ ] Rate limiting

Output Formats: - [ ] HTML output - [ ] APA/MLA citation formats - [ ] PDF export - [ ] Markdown with table of contents

Configurazione: - [ ] YAML config file support - [ ] Environment variable override - [ ] Persistent settings (home dir) - [ ] Model caching management

Quality Improvements

  • [ ] Reduce hallucinations (temperature tuning)
  • [ ] Better source authority scoring
  • [ ] Duplicate detection (fuzzy matching)
  • [ ] Content confidence scoring

Documentation

  • [ ] API documentation (OpenAPI)
  • [ ] Deployment guides (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • [ ] Troubleshooting guide
  • [ ] Video tutorials

Success Criteria

  • [ ] Coverage >= 80% per 80% di query
  • [ ] API latency < 200ms (per request)
  • [ ] Memory usage < 8GB (Mistral)
  • [ ] Support 4+ modelli LLM

v0.3.0 - Polish & Optimization

Timeline: Maggio-Giugno 2026 Status: Planned

Obiettivi Principali

Ottimizzare performance, migliorare UX, aggiungere avanzate features, production-ready stability.

Features Nuove

Performance: - [ ] Request parallelization (async) - [ ] Caching strategy (Redis-compatible) - [ ] Embedding-based result re-ranking - [ ] Batch processing optimization

Ricerca Avanzata: - [ ] Source-specific search operators - [ ] Temporal filtering (data range) - [ ] Language-specific search - [ ] Domain whitelisting/blacklisting

Feature Specializzate: - [ ] Comparison mode (template-based) - [ ] Trend detection mode - [ ] Literature review mode (bibliography) - [ ] FAQ generation mode

User Experience: - [ ] CLI color output, progress bars - [ ] Interactive mode (refine iteratively) - [ ] Syntax highlighting per language - [ ] Better error messages

Extensibility: - [ ] Plugin system per custom LLM models - [ ] Custom scraper registration - [ ] Hook-based customization - [ ] Python SDK package

Monitoring: - [ ] Quality metrics dashboard - [ ] Performance benchmarking - [ ] Error tracking e logging - [ ] Usage analytics (local)

Security & Privacy

  • [ ] Input sanitization (injection prevention)
  • [ ] Output escaping (XSS prevention)
  • [ ] Rate limiting per source
  • [ ] Offline-first mode verification

Quality Assurance

  • [ ] Automated test suite (80%+ coverage)
  • [ ] Integration tests
  • [ ] E2E test suite
  • [ ] Performance regression tests

Documentation

  • [ ] Advanced user guide
  • [ ] Architecture deep-dive
  • [ ] Plugin development guide
  • [ ] Performance tuning guide

Success Criteria

  • [ ] Quality score >= 85 per ricerca
  • [ ] P95 latency < 3 minuti
  • [ ] 99.5% uptime (self-hosted)
  • [ ] Zero known security issues

v1.0.0 - Production Release

Timeline: Giugno-Luglio 2026 Status: Planned

Obiettivi Principali

Rilascio stabile, enterprise-ready, con community support robusto.

Features Nuove

Enterprise Features: - [ ] Multi-user support - [ ] Role-based access control (RBAC) - [ ] Audit logging - [ ] Data retention policies

Integration: - [ ] Zapier integration - [ ] Slack bot integration - [ ] VS Code extension - [ ] Browser extension

Advanced LLM: - [ ] Fine-tuning support (domain-specific) - [ ] Embedding-based search enhancement - [ ] Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) - [ ] Multi-model ensemble

Accessibility: - [ ] Mobile-responsive web UI - [ ] Voice input support - [ ] Screen reader optimization - [ ] Multiple language UI

Community: - [ ] Model sharing registry - [ ] Scraper sharing registry - [ ] Plugin marketplace - [ ] Community forum

Product Stability

  • [ ] Long-term support (LTS) commitment
  • [ ] Backwards compatibility guarantee
  • [ ] Migration guides per version
  • [ ] Deprecation policy

Documentation

  • [ ] Complete API reference
  • [ ] Complete user manual
  • [ ] Complete admin manual
  • [ ] Enterprise deployment guide

Success Criteria

  • [ ] 1000+ GitHub stars
  • [ ] 50+ community extensions
  • [ ] 95%+ citation accuracy
  • [ ] Production deployments (known)

Futuro (Post v1.0.0)

v1.1.0 - Advanced Search Modes

  • Real-time search (live web monitoring)
  • Deep web search (academic databases)
  • Image search support
  • Video transcript search

v1.2.0 - Multi-Language Support

  • Native support 10+ lingue
  • Translation of results
  • Multilingual source mixing
  • Language-specific LLM models

v2.0.0 - Knowledge Graph Integration

  • Entity extraction e linking
  • Knowledge graph construction
  • Semantic search capabilities
  • Fact verification against KG

v2.1.0 - AI-Assisted Research

  • Research paper recommendation
  • Study guide generation
  • Question generation da topics
  • Concept map visualization

v3.0.0 - Proprietary Model Integration

  • Fine-tuned model per domain (science, tech, news)
  • Domain-specific evaluation metrics
  • Transfer learning capabilities
  • Model marketplace integration

Community Roadmap Input

SearchMuse roadmap è driven da community. Se hai feature request:

  1. Verifica existing issues: Potrebbe già essere planned
  2. Apri GitHub discussion: Describe use case, motivation
  3. Vota existing features: Upvote reactions su popular issues
  4. Contribuisci: Se puoi, implementa e proponi PR

Most Requested Features (From Community)

Basato su GitHub issues e discussions:

1. [POPULAR] Browser extension (50 upvotes)
   Timeline: Potentially v1.0.0 if developer available

2. [POPULAR] Slack bot (48 upvotes)
   Timeline: v1.0.0

3. [REQUESTED] Support per siti specifici (30 upvotes)
   Timeline: Continuous (v0.2.0+)

4. [REQUESTED] Comparison mode template (25 upvotes)
   Timeline: v0.3.0

5. [REQUESTED] Citation import in Zotero (20 upvotes)
   Timeline: v1.1.0

6. [REQUESTED] Fine-tune model per dominio (15 upvotes)
   Timeline: v2.0.0

Fattori che Potrebbero Impattare Roadmap

Fattori Positivi (Accelerare)

  • Significante community contribution
  • Sponsored development (grants, donations)
  • Strategic partnership (con Ollama, HuggingFace)
  • Critical security discovery (forcing accelerated release)

Fattori Negativi (Ritardare)

  • Breaking changes in dependencies (Ollama API)
  • Scarsa community adoption
  • Impossibilità di risolvere technical debt
  • Burnout di maintainer

Wildcard Fattori

  • Availability di nuovi modelli LLM (potrebbero cambiare priorities)
  • Changes in web scraping landscape (legal, technical)
  • Regulatory changes (privacy, data protection)
  • Nuovo competitor (forcing feature acceleration)

Version Support Matrix

Version Release Support End Status
0.1.x Mar 2026 Sep 2026 Early
0.2.x May 2026 Nov 2026 Beta
0.3.x Jun 2026 Dec 2026 Beta
1.0.x Jul 2026 Jul 2027 LTS
1.1.x Sep 2026 Mar 2027 Current

LTS Versions: Ricevono security fixes fino a expiry date


Migration Paths

Da v0.1.x a v0.2.x

  • Backward compatible
  • Semplice: pip install searchmuse==0.2.0
  • Config file optional

Da v0.x a v1.0.0

  • Potenziali breaking changes
  • Migration guide provided
  • Deprecation warnings in v0.3.x

Da v1.x a v2.0.0

  • Garantita migration path
  • Deprecation periode (6 months)
  • Automated migration tools se possibile

Come Stare Aggiornato

  1. Watch GitHub Repository: Get notified di releases
  2. Subscribe Newsletter: Monthly updates
  3. Join Discord Community: Real-time development discussion
  4. Follow Twitter: Latest announcements

Versione Roadmap: 1.0 Ultimo aggiornamento: 2026-02-28 Prossimo Review: 2026-04-30