Reposilite 4.x

[dzikoysk]

As announced at the beginning of this year, we're getting closer to the Reposilite 4.x. After gathering some feedback from the community in the previous ticket:

• Reposilite 4.x wishlist  #2005

It's time to summarize what we have and what we'd like to try to get in 4.x.

General goals

Goal	Result
Include long overdue improvements that couldn't be addressed in 3.x	Improve the offer
Remove tech debt and reduce the complexity of frontend implementation	Easier to maintain
Prioritize simplicity	Keep the core advantage over alternatives

Goals

• Core changes

Priority	Domain	Short description	Status
P1	Users	Introduce user accounts and let them generate access tokens on their own	✔️
P1	Auth	Support OAuth authentication methods	✔️
P1	UI	Rework UI with HTMX & JTE	✔️
P1	Repositories	Provide official support for non-Maven repositories	✔️
P1	Licensing	Relicense sources as FSL Apache 2.0 - open to everyone except free-riding SaaS companies	❔
P2	Security	In-app alerting system to notify users in case of diagnosed security related issues (like CVEs)	✔️
P2	SSL	Remove confusing & heavy built-in SSL support (will be replaced with standalone plugin)	✔️
P3	Database layer	Exposed should be replaced with Sqiffy	✔️
P3	Sources	Simplify the codebase & reduce unnecessary noise to improve maintenance	✔️

• Following-up enhancements - changes that might be introduced later, based on the new foundation

Priority	Domain	Short description	Status
P1	Docker	Support Docker images	✔️
P2	Checksum	Checksum plugin will be merged into the core module	✔️
P2	Prometheus	Prometheus plugin will be merged into the core module	❔
P3	Targets	Split distribution across Linux, Windows and macOS to reduce JAR size	❔

Priority: P1 - high, P2 - medium, P3 - low
Status: ✔️ - approved, ❔ - requires extra input

Roadmap

High level estimation of a roadmap for Reposilite 4.x 💕

Date	Description
Q3 2024	Refine ideas, prepare project
Q4 2024 - Q1 2025	Development phase
Q1/Q2 2025	Release 4.x

Project

• Reposilite 4.x

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Thanks to all sponsors that decided to support me this year! We wouldn't be here without you 💛

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Locking to avoid noise within this thread - feel free to comment in the 4.x wishlist issue 📢