Roadmap

Incarnative.js is built in phases, Vue 3 support first and end-to-end, before the surface broadens to more styling, tooling, platforms, and a second frontend framework. This page summarizes where each phase stands.

1. Phase 1

   Rust host & FFI bridge core

   Shipped

   The QuickJS runtime, the retained render tree, and the GPUI rendering pipeline underneath every app.

2. Phase 2

   JS core bridge & Vue 3 custom renderer

   Shipped

   incajs and incajs/vue, a custom Vue 3 renderer.

3. Phase 3.1–3.3

   Developer tooling & packaging

   Shipped

   inca dev, inca build, and inca package, with per-platform prebuilt host binaries. This is the v0.0.1 release milestone. The current bundler adapter is Vite; a future adapter/rspack would sit alongside it as a sibling module.

4. Phase 3.4

   HMR

   In progress

   Functional behind an opt-in flag (--experimental-hmr / INCA_EXPERIMENTAL_HMR). Plain inca dev still does a full reload.

   HMR guide
5. Phase 4

   Input & text editing

   In progress

   Pointer and keyboard input are done. Scrolling is done. Text editing (selection, caret, IME composition) is not built yet.

   Elements & Styles
6. Phase 5

   Accessibility

   Not started

   A semantics layer, platform accessibility APIs, and keyboard reachability. Waits on the input/focus model above being stable.

7. Phase 6

   Runtime standard library

   Not started

   Timers, fetch/WebSocket, filesystem access, and engine resource limits.

8. Phase 7

   Majority style & Tailwind coverage

   Not started

   Most layout, spacing, and typography utilities, mapped directly onto native styles.

9. Phase 8

   Developer tools

   Not started

   The real Vue DevTools running against an app.

10. Phase 9

    Application shell & platform integration

    Not started

    Multiple windows, native menus beyond the current Quit item, dialogs, clipboard, notifications.

11. Phase 10

    React custom renderer

    Not started

    incajs/react alongside incajs/vue.

12. Phase 11

    Cross-platform support

    Not started

    Confirmed Linux rendering and a Windows backend.

13. Phase 12

    100% style & Tailwind parity

    Not started

    State variants, responsive breakpoints, dark mode, and the remaining CSS surface.

14. Phase 13

    App-owned Rust extensions

    Not started

    Apps linking their own Rust code into the host binary.