Roadmap

ZeroPing is actively evolving with a focus on stability first, then ecosystem growth.

v1.0.0 ✅ Released

The initial stable release that established the foundation:

  • Expressive routing system with static/dynamic routes, groups, prefixes, and named routes
  • Active Record ORM with relationships, accessors, mutators, and pagination
  • Lightweight service container with auto-resolution and singleton binding
  • Middleware pipeline for authentication, CSRF, rate limiting, and custom logic
  • Blade-style templating engine
  • Zero CLI tool for scaffolding and management
  • Database migrations with up/down methods and fresh/rollback commands
  • Session-based authentication with password hashing and guards
  • CSRF protection and security layer
  • Session management
  • Form request validation
  • Caching system

v1.5.0 ✅ Released

Expanded the framework with relationships, queues, and developer tools:

  • Eloquent-style relationships (has-one, has-many, belongs-to, many-to-many)
  • Fluent query builder with chainable methods
  • Queue and job dispatching with sync and database drivers
  • Mail facade with pluggable drivers and mailable classes
  • Built-in testing suite with feature and unit testing tools
  • Debug bar and profiler for development
  • Rate limiting middleware
  • API resource transformers

v2.0.0 ✅ Released

Stability and ecosystem enhancements:

  • Real-time broadcasting with WebSocket support
  • Localization and i18n framework
  • Sliding window rate limiter for improved throttling
  • Health check and metrics endpoint
  • First-party admin starter kit
  • Plugin architecture for extensibility

v2.0.1 ✅ Current Stable

Polish and quality improvements:

  • Documentation website with premium design and responsive layout
  • Code block styling with green terminal theme
  • Expanded documentation coverage (16+ pages)
  • Composer package name standardized to rith-1437/zeroping
  • Version tracking system

v2.1 🔧 In Progress

Next feature release under active development:

  • GraphQL support
  • Serverless deployment adapter
  • Built-in admin panel generator
  • Enhanced async I/O capabilities

v3.0 🚀 Planned

Long-term vision for advanced features:

  • Async and parallel request handling
  • Plugin and extension marketplace
  • Distributed tracing
  • Edge runtime support