Roadmap

Planned features and improvements for Macroforge. This roadmap reflects our current priorities but may change based on community feedback.

IDE Extensions

Bring Macroforge support directly into your favorite editors with native extensions.

Extension	Status	Description
VS Code / Cursor	Planned	Native extension with macro expansion preview, error highlighting, and completions
Zed	Available	Full support via vtsls-macroforge and svelte-macroforge extensions
Neovim	Considering	LSP integration for Neovim users
JetBrains (WebStorm)	Considering	Plugin for WebStorm and other JetBrains IDEs

Framework Support

Expanding Macroforge to work seamlessly with popular frontend frameworks.

Framework	Status	Description
Svelte / SvelteKit	Available	Full support via svelte-language-server and Vite plugin
React	Planned	React-specific macros and integration with React tooling
Vue	Planned	Vue SFC support and Vue-specific derive macros
Angular	Planned	Angular decorator integration and CLI support
Solid	Planned	SolidJS integration

Pure TypeScript Macro Creation

While Rust provides the best performance and type safety, we recognize that not everyone wants to write Rust. We're exploring options for writing macros in pure TypeScript.

Feature	Status	Description
TypeScript Macro API	Planned	Define macros using TypeScript with a simple API
Template Strings	Planned	Generate code using tagged template literals
AST Helpers	Planned	TypeScript utilities for working with the AST

Built-in Macros

Expanding the library of built-in derive macros.

Macro	Status	Description
Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Ord, Hash	Available	Core derive macros
Serialize, Deserialize	Available	JSON serialization with validation
Builder	Planned	Generate builder pattern for classes
Immutable	Considering	Generate immutable update methods (with, set)

Distribution & Packaging

Making it easier to publish and share custom macros.

Feature	Status	Description
Native Node Binaries	Available	Platform-specific binaries for maximum performance
WASM Binary Generation	Planned	Cross-platform WebAssembly binaries for easier macro distribution
Macro Registry	Considering	Central registry for discovering and sharing community macros

Tooling & DX

Improvements to the developer experience.

Feature	Status	Description
CLI Expansion	Available	Expand macros from the command line
Macro Playground	Planned	Web-based playground to test macros
create-macroforge	Planned	Scaffolding tool for new macro projects
Macro Debugging	Considering	Step-through debugging for macro expansion

Contributing

Interested in helping? We welcome contributions of all kinds:

• Feature requests and feedback on GitHub Issues
• Pull requests for new macros or improvements
• Documentation improvements
• Framework integrations