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Scarab Terminal Emulator - Strategic Roadmap

Vision: A next-generation, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with split-process architecture, hybrid F# plugin system, and game-engine-driven UI

Last Updated: 2025-11-23 Current Version: 0.1.0-alpha Current Phase: Phase 5 (Integration & Polish)

📍 Executive Summary

Scarab has completed 4 major development phases and is progressing through Phase 5. The core architecture is production-ready, and we have successfully implemented the foundational plugin ecosystem, including a remote UI protocol that allows daemon-side plugins to control the client interface.

Completion Status: ~80% of MVP features complete

✅ Completed Phases (Phases 1-4)

Phase 1: Core Terminal Emulation ✅ COMPLETE

  • VTE Parser, Text Rendering (cosmic-text + Bevy), IPC (Shared Memory)

Phase 2: Plugin System & Extensibility ✅ COMPLETE

  • Plugin API, Fusabi Adapter Layer
  • New: Remote UI capabilities (on_remote_command, get_commands)

Phase 3: Advanced Features ✅ COMPLETE

  • Session Management, Configuration System
  • New Plugins:
    • scarab-nav: Link hints and keyboard navigation
    • scarab-palette: Command palette with fuzzy search and dynamic command aggregation
    • scarab-session: Session management commands

Phase 4: Production Hardening ✅ COMPLETE

  • Performance optimization, testing, platform support

🚧 Current Phase: Phase 5 - Integration & Polish

Duration: Weeks 13-15 (Current) Status: 🔄 In Progress Priority: HIGH

Objectives

  1. Core Plugin Ecosystem: Implement standard plugins (layout pending).
  2. E2E Testing: Verify daemon-client interaction with plugins.
  3. UI Polish: Refine overlays and animations.

Workstream 5A: Core Plugins (In Progress)

  • ✅ scarab-nav: Link hints implemented.
  • ✅ scarab-palette: Command aggregation implemented.
  • ✅ scarab-session: Basic session commands implemented.
  • 🔄 scarab-layout: Tiling engine (Deferred to Phase 7 due to multi-pane dependency).

Workstream 5B: End-to-End Integration Testing (In Progress)

  • Basic workflow tests implemented.
  • Plugin interaction tests passing.

🔮 Near-Term Roadmap (Phases 6-7)

Phase 6: Fusabi Runtime Integration

  • Integration with fusabi-vm and fusabi-frontend crates once released.

Phase 7: Feature Completeness & UX Polish

  • Mouse support, Scrollback UI, Copy/Paste enhancements.
  • Multi-Pane Support & Layouts: Server-side composition of multiple PTYs.

📝 Changelog

2025-11-23 (Update 2)

  • ✅ Implemented scarab-nav, scarab-palette, and scarab-session plugins.
  • ✅ Upgraded Protocol with RemoteCommand (DrawOverlay, ShowModal).
  • ✅ Added ClientRegistry for daemon-to-client messaging.
  • ✅ Updated Plugin API with get_commands and on_remote_command.

2025-11-23 (Update 1)

  • ✅ Completed Phase 1-4
  • ✅ Resolved GitHub Issues #1, #2, #3, #4

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