brainy/docs/vfs/ROADMAP.md

# VFS Roadmap - Planned Features

**Status:** These features are planned but not yet implemented.
**Current Version:** See main [VFS README](./README.md) for implemented features.

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## v1.1 (Next Release)

### Enhanced Streaming Support
Improve VFS streaming to support true chunk-by-chunk reads for large files without loading entire content into memory.

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 3-4 weeks

### VFS Security Integration
Integrate Brainy's SecurityAPI with VFS file operations.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.encrypt('/sensitive-data.json', { algorithm: 'AES-256' })
await vfs.setACL('/project', { user: 'alice', permissions: 'rw-' })
const auditLog = await vfs.getAuditLog('/project', { since: lastWeek })
```

**Status:** Planned
**Note:** SecurityAPI exists (`src/api/SecurityAPI.ts`) but not integrated with VFS operations.

### Atomic Operations Layer
Add transaction support for compound VFS operations.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.transaction(async (tx) => {
  await tx.move('/src/file.txt', '/dest/file.txt')
  await tx.writeFile('/dest/metadata.json', metadata)
  // Both succeed or both fail
})
```

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 1-2 weeks

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## v1.2

### Version History
Track file versions with history and restoration capabilities.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.enableVersioning('/important-doc.md')
const versions = await vfs.getVersions('/important-doc.md')
await vfs.restoreVersion('/important-doc.md', versions[2].id)
const diff = await vfs.diffVersions('/important-doc.md', v1, v2)
```

**Features:**
- Automatic versioning on file changes
- Version history with metadata
- Point-in-time restoration
- Version comparison/diff

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 4-5 weeks

### Distributed Filesystem
Mount remote Brainy instances for federated file access.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.mount('/remote-team', {
  type: 'brainy-remote',
  url: 'https://team-brainy.example.com',
  credentials: {...}
})

// Federated search across mounted instances
const results = await vfs.search('project docs', { includeMounted: true })

// Sync directories
await vfs.sync('/local/docs', '/remote-team/docs')
```

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 6-8 weeks

### Backup & Recovery API
Built-in backup and recovery operations.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
const changes = await vfs.getChangesSince(lastBackupTime)
await vfs.createSnapshot('/backup-snapshot-2024')
await vfs.restoreToTime('/project', timestamp)
await vfs.verifyIntegrity('/project')
const issues = await vfs.repair('/project')
```

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 3-4 weeks

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## v2.0

### AI-Powered Auto-Organization
Intelligent file organization based on content and usage patterns.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.autoOrganize('/downloads', {
  strategy: 'by-content-type',
  createFolders: true
})

const duplicates = await vfs.detectDuplicates('/photos')
await vfs.deduplicateFiles(duplicates, { keep: 'highest-quality' })

await vfs.optimizeStorage('/project', {
  compress: ['*.log', '*.txt'],
  archive: { olderThan: '90d' }
})
```

**Features:**
- Content-based organization
- Smart deduplication
- Content-aware compression
- Automatic archival

**Status:** Planned - Research phase
**Effort:** 8-10 weeks

### Smart Collections / Virtual Directories
Persistent query-based virtual directories that auto-update.

```typescript
// Planned API (not yet implemented)
await vfs.createVirtualDirectory('/auth-related', {
  query: { concepts: { contains: 'authentication' }},
  autoUpdate: true
})

// Directory automatically updates as matching files are added/modified
```

**Note:** Current VFS supports query-based *access* (e.g., `/by-concept/auth`) but not persistent virtual directories.

**Status:** Planned
**Effort:** 4-5 weeks

### FUSE Driver
Mount VFS as a native filesystem on Linux/Mac/Windows.

```typescript
// Planned (research phase)
import { mountVFS } from '@soulcraft/brainy/vfs/fuse'

await mountVFS(vfs, {
  mountPoint: '/mnt/brainy',
  options: { allowOther: true }
})
```

**Challenges:**
- FUSE requires synchronous operations (VFS is async-first)
- Kernel-level integration complexity
- Cross-platform support (FUSE/Dokan/WinFsp)

**Status:** Research phase
**Effort:** 10-12 weeks + significant testing

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## Community Contributions Wanted

These features would benefit from community contributions. If you're interested in building any of these, please open an issue!

### Express.js Static Middleware
```typescript
// Wanted: Community contribution
import { createStaticMiddleware } from '@soulcraft/brainy/vfs/express'

app.use('/files', createStaticMiddleware(vfs, {
  index: ['index.html', 'index.md'],
  etag: true,
  cacheControl: 'max-age=3600'
}))
```

### VSCode Extension
```typescript
// Wanted: Community contribution
import { VFSProvider } from '@soulcraft/brainy/vfs/vscode'

const provider = new VFSProvider(vfs)
vscode.workspace.registerFileSystemProvider('brainy', provider)
```

**Features:**
- Browse VFS in VSCode explorer
- Semantic search from command palette
- Concept highlighting
- Relationship visualization

### Webpack Plugin
Semantic-aware webpack builds with dependency graph from VFS relationships.

### Vite Plugin
Vite integration with VFS for semantic module resolution.

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## Far Future (v5.0+)

### Automatic Node Discovery
Zero-config multi-node setup with automatic discovery via UDP broadcast, Kubernetes DNS, or cloud provider APIs.

### Automatic Failover
Health monitoring and automatic failover in distributed deployments.

### Cloud Provider Auto-Detection
```typescript
// Far future concept
const brain = new Brainy({
  storage: 'cloud://brainy-data' // Auto-detects AWS/GCP/Azure
})
```

### Hot/Cold Storage Tiering
Automatic data movement between hot (SSD/local) and cold (S3/archive) storage based on access patterns.

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## How to Track Progress

- **GitHub Issues:** Track feature development
- **Discussions:** Discuss feature design and requirements
- **Pull Requests:** Submit contributions

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## Contributing

Interested in implementing a planned feature? Here's how to get started:

1. **Open an issue** discussing the feature you want to implement
2. **Review the design** - we'll help with architecture decisions
3. **Submit a PR** with implementation + tests
4. **Celebrate!** Your contribution helps everyone 🎉

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**Last Updated:** 2025-10-29
**VFS Version:** 4.9.0