Roadmap

This document outlines the development roadmap for OpenViking.

Completed Features

Core Infrastructure

Three-layer information model (L0/L1/L2)
Viking URI addressing system
Dual-layer storage (AGFS + Vector Index)
Async/Sync client support
QueueFS with SQLite backend

Resource Management

Text resource management (Markdown, HTML, PDF)
Automatic L0/L1 generation
Semantic search with vector indexing
Resource relations and linking
Content write API
Agent namespace management

Image OCR and parsing
Audio transcription (Whisper ASR)
Video parsing
PDF with bookmark extraction
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPub, ZIP parsers
Code file parsing
Feishu/Lark document parser

Retrieval

Basic semantic search (find)
Context-aware search with intent analysis (search)
Session-based query expansion
Reranking pipeline with multiple providers (OpenAI, LiteLLM, Cohere, Volcengine)

Session & Memory

Conversation state tracking
Context and skill usage tracking
Automatic memory extraction
Memory deduplication with LLM
Session archiving and compression
Working Memory V2 with cold-storage archival

Skills

Skill definition and storage
MCP tool auto-conversion
Skill search and retrieval

Multi-tenant & Security

Multi-tenant support with account isolation
File and document encryption
User-level privacy configs API
API Key authentication

Configuration & Providers

Pluggable embedding providers (OpenAI, Gemini, Volcengine, MiniMax, LiteLLM, Jina, Cohere, DashScope, Voyage, local)
Pluggable LLM providers
Pluggable rerank providers
YAML-based configuration
Setup wizard (openviking-server init)

Server & Client Architecture

HTTP Server (FastAPI)
Native MCP endpoint built into openviking-server
Python HTTP Client
Client abstraction layer (LocalClient / HTTPClient)
Web Console

CLI

Rust CLI (ov command)
TUI filesystem navigator
Privacy, search, session, resource, and admin commands

Bot Integration

VikingBot framework
Feishu/Lark channel
Telegram channel

Ecosystem & Plugins

OpenClaw plugin (context engine for coding agents)
Claude Code memory plugin
Codex memory plugin

Observability

Prometheus metrics
OpenTelemetry tracing
HTTP observability middleware

Deployment

Docker image and Docker Compose
Helm Chart for Kubernetes
Cloud VikingDB support

Future Plans

Context Management

Propagation updates when context is modified
Version management and rollback for context (git-like)

Distributed Storage

Distributed storage backend

Ecosystem

Additional Agent framework adapters

We welcome suggestions and feedback in issues.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to help achieve these goals. See Contributing for guidelines.