Project Status & What's Coming Next¶

Alpha phase — an honest overview¶

locali is currently in an early alpha phase. This means:

Not yet production-ready. Features, APIs, and data structures may change without notice.
Not yet open source. The source code is not publicly available yet. Release is planned once the software reaches a stable state.
No support SLA. There are no availability guarantees and no formal support commitments.
Invite-based access. Access to the alpha is by invitation. If you're interested, get in touch.
GDPR compliance — the goal, not a guarantee. locali is designed with GDPR compliance in mind: data stays on your own infrastructure, and data subject rights should be upheld. As alpha software, gaps may still exist. If you find one, please report it — that kind of feedback is actively welcome.

The goal of this phase: test and stabilise the product together with the first real operators and communities.

Planned open source release¶

locali is planned for release as an open-source project — under a licence that explicitly allows self-hosted deployments.

The release is planned for a later stage of development, when:

core features are stable and well documented
a clean setup guide exists
the project is usable by external operators without direct support

Until then: operation is based on trust and direct contact.

What's coming next¶

These are areas actively under development or on the roadmap:

In development¶

Moderation tools — join requests, reports, member management per place
Improved onboarding — simpler setup experience for new operators
Sources & bulletin import — more formats and connector types; better recognition and processing of municipal bulletins and local announcements

Planned¶

Groups within places — thematic sub-groups (e.g. sports group, parents' circle) with their own feed and membership
Improved distribution algorithm — smarter routing of content to matching places; preview mode, dry run, rule testing
Volunteering & mutual aid — expanding existing participation features: help offers, help requests, volunteer positions easier to manage and more visible
Multi-hub management — cross-hub administration for operators running several hubs
Public API — read access to feeds and events for third-party applications
RSS feeds & iCal (user-based) — personal subscription feed and calendar export; content and events can be subscribed to directly in your own feed reader or phone calendar
Improved notifications — finer-grained control, digest mode

Longer term¶

Federated content — sharing content between hubs
RSS feeds & iCal (hub- and place-based) — hubs and places publish public feeds; can be embedded in other locali hubs or external services (hub-to-hub networking)
Extended analytics — reach and engagement for operators, without tracking

Feedback, ideas, and involvement¶

Are you running a municipality, club, or local initiative and want to use locali? Get in touch. Alpha operators actively shape how the product develops.

Ideas and feature requests are explicitly welcome. If something is missing, a feature you'd expect isn't there, or you have a specific requirement from your context — that's exactly the kind of feedback that's valuable at this stage.

Contact: Imprint