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A production-grade, zero-server shared clipboard and peer-to-peer file transfer engine. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.

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Product Roadmap

Deskdrop is built on a simple thesis: make the product highly dependable first, then expansive. Here is a transparent look at what is fully verified, what is currently in active development, and our plans for future expansion.

Execution Phases

Our phased approach to building a reliable, zero-cloud continuity mesh.

Selected Phase

Phase 1: Reliability Foundation

Stabilizing core pipelines, removing contract drift, and ensuring users can diagnose and recover from network state anomalies effortlessly.

Target Outcome KPI100% predictable core syncing

Deliverable Checklist (5 / 5 complete)

Windows IPC CoreVerified

Aligning backend commands and fixing the trust approval flows with device-scoped IDs.

System Health TelemetryVerified

End-to-end SystemHealthState telemetry reporting across macOS, Android, and Windows.

Transfer CorrectnessVerified

Re-engineering progress math, ACK block sizing, and adaptive latency checks.

Client Parity IntegrationsVerified

macOS clipboard-image IPC stability fix and Android destination path handling.

Adaptive Link TelemetryVerified

Wired real-time bandwidth and signal quality metrics into active socket paths to prevent mid-stream pipe breaks.

Feature Area Breakdown

Detailed breakdown of planned engineering deliverables by component.

Connectivity

Ensuring durable links under real-world conditions like Wi-Fi channel shifts and sleeping daemons.

Active Reconnect Telemetry Connectivity History log Reconnect circuit breakers

Trust & Security

Cryptographic trust scoped explicitly to device hardware keys instead of network addresses.

Unified PIN pairing flows Canonical OS Identity Cards Trusted peer-group scoping

Clipboard Experience

Sandboxed, non-invasive copy/paste sync that puts control of the operating system pasteboard in your hands.

Detailed delivery & applied states Per-device auto-apply toggles Template snippet bookmarking

File Transfer

Production-grade P2P streaming utilizing robust local chunk encryption pipelines.

Accurate progress & chunk size math Rich UI progress details (ETA, speed) Direct folder-transfer support

Diagnostics

Active troubleshooting overlays that offer guided, clickable fixes instead of passive status reports.

Proactive repair-first daemons Guided network-check checklists Exportable diagnostic bundles

Platform Parity

Bringing Windows and Linux CLI targets to absolute parity with the reference macOS and Android builds.

Windows contract alignment Windows timeline management parity Desktop Linux GUI decision
Verified & Implemented

Production-Grade Foundations

Deskdrop's underlying architectural core is fully operational and has passed strict safety/leak audits.

mDNS Zero-Cloud Discovery

Multicast DNS finds nearby peers locally and instantly without remote cloud accounts.

ChaCha20 E2EE Tunneling

Full end-to-end data encryption for all text copies and streamed files.

Resumable File Chunking

Chunks are capped at 256KB to allow perfect resumes without memory allocation exhaustion.

Activity Feed Sandboxing

Incoming sync items are isolated to a sandboxed feed. You decide when to apply to pasteboard.

macOS App Nap Prevention

Natively registers with App Nap APIs to prevent background sync disconnects on Apple Silicon.

Android Background JNI

Native C bindings communicating via highly optimized JNI callbacks on Android.

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