Ulwazi roadmap

Ulwazi is under active development. This roadmap shows the current direction of travel and the major milestones we want to reach over the next by end of year 2026.

This is a living document for the internal team and all contributors. Priorities may shift as we learn from adoption and feedback.

Now (26.04)

These are the goals we are working on in this cycle:

• The theme is published as a Python package

• Developer documentation for contributors is available

• The theme is validated with code tests

• The theme is stable enough for wide internal adoption

• The theme is ready to be used with Starter Pack

• User documentation for early adopters is available

• Plan for switching to Ulwazi as the default theme for the Starter Pack

• The theme repository is public and ready for external contributions

• Initial public-theme experience (brand-neutral usage) is supported

Next (26.10)

These are the goals we plan to work on in the next cycle:

• The theme is widely used for Canonical’s own documentation

• The theme has a comprehensive test suite

• There is an established feedback process and technical support/maintenance

• Design system consistency and visual refinement are improved

• The theme has accessibility checks

• The theme supports all recommended Sphinx extensions

• Full public-theme experience (brand-neutral usage) support

Later (post-26.10)

These are the topics we hope to cover later (after the next cycle):

• Additional extensibility and customization

• Performance and UX polish

• Release process maturity and compatibility policy

• Community growth