Roadmap

What we’re working on, what’s queued, and what’s parked. No quarter promises — Specter is a tiny operation and we’d rather ship the right thing than the right thing on a guessed date. See the changelog for what’s already shipped.

If something on this list is the reason you haven’t bought yet, email me — knowing what matters most to real users is how I decide what jumps ahead.

Now

What’s actively in progress.

• Shopify support. The biggest thing on this list. Specter started as a Ghost tool, but the workflow — pull a site’s content to local markdown, run AI over it, push back — works beyond Ghost. Shopify articles are next. The core connection path is underway; what’s left is the user-facing settings flow and a real store connection test.
• Public launch. Final purchase test, clean-machine install test, and first launch posts. The thing every solo founder under-rates.
• Stale-id fix. If a local file’s saved Ghost ID points to a post that no longer exists, the push currently treats it as already-synced instead of creating it fresh. Fixing.

Next

What’s queued for the next few releases.

• Windows + Linux builds. The desktop apps are close: packaging is working, and the remaining work is making installs and updates feel trustworthy on each platform. Universal Mac + macOS 13 already shipped in v0.4.0.
• Image upload support. Right now Specter references image URLs but doesn’t upload local images alongside markdown. This is the #1 friction point for “draft offline, publish online” workflows.
• Rename-as-retitle. Renaming a local file currently creates a duplicate post on Ghost because the saved ID follows the new file. Should retitle the existing post instead — with a confirm prompt.
• Per-post sync history. A tiny stats screen showing when each file last changed locally vs. on the CMS. Useful for AI workflows — “did my pass actually land?”.
• Stronger license checks. Making activation more reliable and harder to misuse, without adding friction for paying users.

Later

Bigger bets and parking-lot ideas. Real interest from users moves these up the list.

• WordPress support. Follows Shopify in the sequence. WordPress has a more complex editor format, so the hard part is preserving content cleanly while still giving you useful markdown locally.
• Multi-blog support. Sync one folder against multiple Ghost instances. Mostly useful for SEO agencies and operators running portfolios of sites.
• Better Linux updates. Easier in-place updates for packaged Linux installs.
• Publish-mode command. One-click “take this local draft to published” without leaving the editor.
• Mac App Store distribution. Easier discovery and installation for new users, with some tradeoffs for the more flexible local-file workflows power users rely on.

Why this list is short

I’m a one-person shop running this alongside revenue-generating Ghost sites of my own. That means I ruthlessly avoid features I wouldn’t use myself, and I won’t add the eighth toggle to a settings panel just because someone might want it. The roadmap stays short on purpose.

If you’ve got something specific you want — or you’re stuck on something Specter could solve but doesn’t yet — tell me. Real use cases beat speculative ones every time.