Product Progress & Roadmap

We're building Abode Studio in the open. This page will soon include milestones, upcoming features, and changelogs. For now, here's a quick peek while we get everything ready.

Our mission is to give your ideas room to breathe. We're focusing on the foundations first: fast, intuitive workflows for collecting, approving, and sharing creative work. Expect frequent updates here as we ship.

If you're part of the Test Pilot group, your feedback directly shapes what we build next. Thank you for being early—more to come very soon.

Milestones

Shipped

  1. Stage 6: Test pilots join in

    First test pilots providing key feedback. Photopop core function tweaking continues.

  2. Stage 5: Test Pilot System Built

    Secure access for test pilots and feedback system live.

  3. Stage 4: Photo Editing Core Complete

    PhotoPop reaches professional stability.

  4. Stage 3: Expanding PhotoPop

    Brushes, FREETONE colours, Curves, autosave added.

  5. Stage 2: The Core Comes Alive

    Documents, layers, selections, adjustments, export, and undo working. Demo video shared with backers.

  6. Stage 1: The Restart

    ABODE rebuilt from scratch with a new codebase and vision.

Next up

  • Stage 7: PhotoPop Polish · Oct–Nov 2025 (ETA)

    Fine tuning tools and workflow using community feedback.

  • Stage 8: Illustrator Core Build · Nov 2025 (ETA)

    Vector engine first pass: shapes, paths, strokes, precision.

  • Stage 9: Refine Illustrator Core · Nov–Dec 2025 (ETA)

    Refine Illustrator Core with community feedback.

  • Stage 10: Publishing Core · Jan 2026 (ETA)

    Build starts on core desktop publishing features.