AKIOS Roadmap: 2026 and Beyond

This roadmap outlines the future direction for AKIOS Open Runtime (free, GPL-3.0-only). Timelines and priorities may evolve based on community feedback.

Where We Are Today

AKIOS v1.0 shipped in January 2026 with a minimal, trustworthy security cage. The foundation is solid:

• Kernel-hard sandbox (cgroups + seccomp-bpf)
• Real-time PII redaction (50+ patterns)
• Cryptographic Merkle tamper-evident audit
• Enforced cost & loop kill-switches
• Four core agents (filesystem, HTTP, LLM, tool executor)
• Polished CLI with templates

But v1.0 is just the beginning. Here's where we're going:

Roadmap Timeline

gantt
    title AKIOS Open Runtime Roadmap
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM
    axisFormat  %b %Y

    section V1.0 (Shipped)
    Security Cage              :done, v10, 2026-01, 2026-01

    section V1.1 (Usability)
    Full CLI Suite             :active, v11a, 2026-04, 2026-06
    Basic REST API             :v11b, 2026-04, 2026-06
    Structured Logging         :v11c, 2026-05, 2026-06

    section V1.2-1.3 (Orchestration)
    Parallel Execution         :v12a, 2026-07, 2026-09
    Loop + Retry Patterns      :v12b, 2026-07, 2026-09
    Database Connectors        :v13a, 2026-10, 2026-12
    GitHub Agent + Webhooks    :v13b, 2026-10, 2026-12

    section V2.0 (Ecosystem)
    Plugin System              :v20a, 2027-01, 2027-06
    Multi-Tenant Isolation     :v20b, 2027-01, 2027-06
    Community Marketplace      :v20c, 2027-07, 2027-12
    Observability (Prometheus) :v20d, 2027-07, 2027-12

Feature Roadmap

V1.1 — Usability (Q2 2026)

The v1.1 release focuses on making AKIOS easier to use day-to-day:

Full CLI Suite

Expanding from the current 12 commands to 15–23:

# Current v1.0 commands
akios init | setup | run | files | audit | logs
akios status | templates | doctor | clean | compliance | output

# Coming in v1.1
akios policy sign       # Sign policies for production
akios policy verify     # Verify signed policies
akios config validate   # Validate configuration files
akios agent list        # List available agents
akios agent inspect     # Inspect agent capabilities
akios workflow lint     # Lint workflow files
akios version           # Version and build info

Basic REST API

A local-only REST API for integration with other tools:

# akios-api.yml (coming in v1.1)
api:
  enabled: true
  host: "127.0.0.1"    # local only — never exposed
  port: 8080
  auth: "bearer-token"
  endpoints:
    - /api/v1/run       # trigger workflows
    - /api/v1/status    # check execution status
    - /api/v1/audit     # retrieve audit logs

V1.2–V1.3 — Orchestration (Q3–Q4 2026)

Parallel Execution

Currently, AKIOS runs workflows sequentially. V1.2 adds parallel execution with policy gates between parallel branches:

# Parallel workflow (coming in v1.2)
steps:
  - name: "extract"
    agent: "filesystem"
    parallel:
      - file: "report-q1.pdf"
      - file: "report-q2.pdf"
      - file: "report-q3.pdf"
    max_parallel: 3
    policy: "per-branch"  # each branch gets its own cage

Database Connectors

Secure database access with query-level policy enforcement:

# Database connector (coming in v1.3)
database:
  type: "postgresql"
  connection: "$DB_URL"  # from vault
  allow:
    - query_type: "SELECT"
      tables: ["invoices", "payments"]
    - query_type: "INSERT"
      tables: ["audit_log"]
  deny:
    - query_type: "DROP"
    - query_type: "DELETE"
  pii_redaction: true

V2.0 — Ecosystem (2027)

Plugin System

Community agents with sandboxed plugin architecture:

# Plugin manifest (coming in v2.0)
plugin:
  name: "slack-agent"
  version: "1.0.0"
  author: "community"
  sandbox: strict       # plugins are sandboxed too
  capabilities:
    - "http:hooks.slack.com"
    - "pii_redaction"
  audit: required        # all plugin actions are audited

Community Marketplace

A curated registry of verified templates, agents, and policies — all signed, all auditable.

How We Decide What Ships

Every feature must pass the security bar:

1. Does it maintain the deny-by-default posture? If a feature requires opening a new attack surface, it needs explicit policy controls.
2. Is it auditable? Every new capability must produce Merkle-logged audit entries.
3. Can it be sandboxed? If it can't run in the security cage, it doesn't ship.
4. Is PII redaction integrated? Any feature that touches data must pass through the redaction engine.

Get Involved

AKIOS is open-source (GPL-3.0). The roadmap is shaped by community feedback:

• Feature requests: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• Contribute: See CONTRIBUTING.md

Try It Yourself

pip install akios
akios init my-project
akios run templates/hello-workflow.yml

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