THE WILDFERN ROADMAP / FIELD NOTES 001

Growing
in public.

Great things take time to grow. Follow the things we've made, the experiences we're shaping, and the ideas waiting just around the riverbend.

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/ THE JOURNEY

A little progress.
A lot of possibility.

Wildfern isn't built around endless features. It's built around making every day feel clearer. Here's the honest view of our progress—what's ready, what's on deck, and what's still just an idea.

No imaginary progress bars. Dates aren't promised until they're confirmed. Milestone statuses are updated manually as work changes.
02 / DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

What's taking shape.

From first release to future possibilities. Choose a stage to follow the flow.

Showing all 12 milestones

01 / 12Shipped
The experience

Freshwater Future website

A new public home for Wildfern, inspired by clear water, Northwest forests, and a calmer vision for productivity.

  • Freshwater visual identity
  • Interactive workspace preview
  • Responsive homepage
02 / 12Shipped
Open development

A public place to follow along

This roadmap brings shipped work, near-term priorities, and longer-term ideas together in one place. Progress updates will be published here.

  • Public roadmap
  • Milestone statuses
  • Development notes
03 / 12Spec complete
Product direction

The Workspace v2 blueprint

We've chosen a universal productivity experience, with Today as the default home and academic features remaining optional. The architecture and dashboard specification are defined.

  • Universal product direction
  • Today dashboard specification
  • Compatibility-first rollout
04 / 12Shipped
Engineering foundations

Verified foundation

Workspace v2 gained an isolated development branch and repeatable checks for scheduling, account flows, dashboard calculations, and rendering. A rollback copy of the previous production code was preserved.

  • Automated regression tests
  • Disposable database fixtures
  • Code rollback snapshot
05 / 12Shipped
Workspace v2

A fresh workspace foundation

New desktop and mobile navigation, visual foundations, and light and dark interface styling made their first release alongside Today v2.

  • Freshwater visual foundations
  • Desktop and mobile navigation
  • Light and dark themes
06 / 12Shipped
Workspace v2

Today, reimagined

A new Today dashboard with personalized greetings, actual due tasks, commitments, Next Up, daily timeline, priorities, and Wildfern AI access.

  • Personalized Today
  • Next Up and daily timeline
  • Account-driven priorities
07 / 12Up next
Planning tools

Tasks v2 refinement

Calendar v2 is live with Month, Week and Day views. Next we'll improve Tasks with clearer priority, organization and interactions while preserving existing task data.

  • Calendar v2 shipped
  • Task organization next
  • Mobile interaction polish
08 / 12Planned
Focus & intelligence

Focus and Wildfern AI polish

Give deep work a more immersive space and make planning conversations feel at home in the new Wildfern interface.

  • Focused timer experience
  • Branded AI conversation
  • Reviewable plan suggestions
09 / 12Planned
Getting started

Onboarding & settings refresh

A warmer introduction for all kinds of people, with clearer preferences and academic tools that don't get in everyone's way.

  • Simpler first-run experience
  • Organized settings
  • Optional academic tools
10 / 12Exploring
Future possibilities

Projects & bigger goals

Explore a dedicated way to group tasks into larger goals and initiatives, separate from the existing academic course model.

  • Project organization
  • Long-term planning
11 / 12Exploring
Future possibilities

A more connected day

Investigate reminders, calendar connections, and other integrations once the core experience is stable and dependable.

  • Reminders
  • Calendar integrations
  • More ways to connect
12 / 12Exploring
Release readiness

A wider Wildfern beta

A possible public testing phase after account flows, data reliability, accessibility, and mobile performance meet our release criteria.

  • Reliability checks
  • Accessibility review
  • User feedback
This is a living roadmap, not a fixed release schedule. Items may change as we learn and test.
03 / UP NEXT

Next, make
planning flow.

Today and Calendar v2 are live. We're improving the remaining workspace views one experience at a time, starting with Tasks and preserving existing account data.

See every milestone
WORKSPACE V2 / NEXT CHAPTERUP NEXT
01
Tasks v2

Organize what matters with clearer priorities, cleaner task editing, and better discovery.

02
Focus v2

A more immersive and reliable place for deep work, with the same trusted timers.

03
Wildfern AI v2

Make proposals, conversations and approvals feel coherent with the rest of the workspace.

One careful release at a time.
04 / FIELD NOTES

Notes from the journey.

Small but meaningful changes, recorded as they happen.

Calendar v2 is live

Wildfern now includes Month, Week and Day views, color-coded commitments and planned focus blocks, clearer time navigation, and confirmation before moving one-time events. The existing scheduler and account data were preserved.

RELEASE

Riverglass v4 — the nature-first redesign

Today receives a full photographic waterfall hero, a river-and-fern photo gallery, clearer liquid-glass panels, blue mineral accents, and updated Wildfern leaf icons. The planning backend and account data remain unchanged.

RELEASE

Freshwater Atmosphere 2.0

We refined Today with real forest-stream photography, dew-covered fern imagery, calmer glass materials, gentle mist, and smoother interactions. The underlying planning system is unchanged.

DESIGN

Today Dashboard v2 goes live

Today gains a more refreshing workspace, with real scheduling data, a redesigned daily overview, priorities, and freshwater optics.

RELEASE

The roadmap goes public

A transparent home for Wildfern's releases, decisions, and upcoming milestones.

WEBSITE

Workspace v2 direction defined

Universal productivity first, Today as the home screen, academic tools optional. The first dashboard release follows this blueprint.

PRODUCT

Freshwater Future, v4

A redesigned homepage with a new visual character and an interactive example workspace.

WEBSITE
THE STORY IS JUST BEGINNING

See what
grows next.

We're making room for a more refreshing kind of productivity. Thanks for being part of the journey.

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