Conflicts resolved per file (both sides kept unless noted):
crates/engine/src/atomic.rs | 1 | main's: `write_file` removed (main routes command writes through `crate::io::write_file`); its one caller in file.rs now uses `crate::io::write_file`
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/fill.rs | 1 | next's `Graphic` literal (has `clip` and `wrap`, which next's `Graphic` carries)
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/mod.rs | 1 | main's `read_path_capped` (crate::io metadata/read_capped, roots checked); next's capped read is the same behaviour
crates/engine/src/cmd/datamerge/parse.rs | 1 | main's (`crate::io::metadata`, `crate::io::Metadata`)
crates/engine/src/cmd/edit.rs | 1 | next's `spread_param(p, "edit.paste")` (the second argument is the command id on both sides)
crates/engine/src/cmd/export.rs | 3 | main's: EPUB params doc, `toc_title` once (main's position; next's duplicate dropped)
crates/engine/src/cmd/file.rs | 7 | place doc: next's (lists page/rect/autoflow params #803 checks); next's recent-file functions + main's `foreign_document`; next's open (load_bytes, warnings, non-DesignCraft refusal) with main's checked `crate::io::read_file` for the bytes; main's `check_write` be
crates/engine/src/cmd/find.rs | 7 | main's Find scope (FindContext, scope/selection/story, continuation, UTF-8 repair) on next's `designcraft_compose::grep::Grep` (dialect GREP): find uses `find_all` capped at MAX_MATCHES, change uses `replacements`/`find_all` (literal change text not expanded), fin
crates/engine/src/cmd/fonts.rs | 1 | next's (`has_style`, resolved/replacement face); `has_style` already compares styles ignoring spacing and case, which is main's `same_style` fix; main's test kept
crates/engine/src/cmd/interchange.rs | 1 | next's `import_idml_report_with_previews` (previews for unreadable links)
crates/engine/src/cmd/layout.rs | 8 | pages.insert: main's overflow-safe `after` + next's checked `parent_ref`; main's duplicateSpread doc; layout.section: next's `SectionEdit` (already keeps unnamed settings, #717) with main's `d.repaginate()` moved into `SectionEdit::apply` (remove and set paths),
crates/engine/src/cmd/links.rs | 5 | next's links.list (no doc clone); main's `text_status` via crate::io; `use std::io::Read` dropped (unused after main's read_capped); test literals main's. `link_missing` (next) uses `crate::io::exists` for the file-guard scan
crates/engine/src/cmd/object.rs | 4 | object.fill/stroke tint-alone: main's (23e1680e7; out-of-range tint is an error, which main's test asserts); object.fit doc: next's (lists `axis`)
crates/engine/src/cmd/paths.rs | 1 | next's (shatai transform on outlines)
crates/engine/src/cmd/place_text.rs | 1 | next's `add_flow_frame` (used by autoflow)
crates/engine/src/cmd/preflight.rs | 2 | next's overset/unplacedStory issue (its `overset_location` already applies the parent transform main's #738 fix adds); next's two test modules kept with main's
crates/engine/src/cmd/scripts.rs | 1 | combined: next's `in_undo_step = false` (#406) + main's full rollback of a failed script (#709)
crates/engine/src/cmd/style.rs | 14 | param docs next's (gradient swatch.create, swatch stops, model colours); create_para next's; rename_style main's structure (rename entry, then `redirect_style_refs`), redirect has next's full reference set (cells, defaults, notes, TOC) + main's never-based-on-it
crates/engine/src/cmd/text.rs | 10 | main's selectSentence/Paragraph/Story + select_around; next's selectionAttrs (mixed) + main's openTypeFeatures/type.feature; main's comments; tracked typing: next's `reserve_command_text` + main's `insert_format_at`; empty-paragraph mark formatting main's (with `
crates/engine/src/cmd/thread.rs | 1 | next's `spread_param(p, "text.thread")`
crates/engine/src/dtd.rs | 1 | next's linear, depth-bounded `expand_parameter_entities` with main's budget (input + 1 MiB, `MAX_EXPANDED_BYTES`) and message ("expand the DTD beyond"); 16 MiB constant removed; both sides' tests pass on message
crates/engine/src/guard.rs | 2 | main's whole-transaction snapshot (docs, active, journal; #742) + next's `in_undo_step` restore; tests both
crates/engine/src/lib.rs | 5 | LoadedGraphic doc next's; next's `new_document_preview`; execute: main's `discard_stale_find_scope()` before next's nested-undo run; modules both (tests_autosize, tests_file_guard, tests_params, tests_roots)
crates/engine/src/recovery.rs | 1 | next's test (superset of main's assertion)
crates/engine/src/tests.rs | 4 | moved tests deduplicated (identical on both sides); next's preflight and direct-selection/kerning tests + main's style-delete, locked-frame and baseline-fit tests
crates/engine/src/tests_idml.rs | 3 | main's order (drop cap and margins tests identical on both sides, once each)
crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs | 3 | next's screen_options/DisplayKey block and tests kept; two tests that auto-merge had added twice (parent_guides_on_a_page_are_not_picked_there, baseline_grid_lines_are_the_ones_on_the_page) kept once; main's `typing`/`screen_at`/`click` helpers and its tests clicks
crates/ui-egui/src/control.rs | 3 | main's `count` check and pending budget (control queue + synthetic queue); exact-budget test runs both sides' cases (click 255 on 9,492 pending; drag 9492×255)
crates/ui-egui/src/cursors.rs | 1 | main's (same Pen cursor set)
crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs | 14 | dialog body (newDocument … alert match) is next's text, with main's Find/Change scope reset (`set_field`, `reset_find_scope`, `find_change_params`) and main's Create Guides / Margins and Columns arms ported in; `Dialog::new` ruby section (next) + main's `set_fi
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs | 7 | ka and pl modules, languages, statics and lookups both; `category_first` covers uk, ru, pl, ka and `count_label` keeps next's Czech plurals; shared TABLE union; next's duplicate rows for Auto, Number:, Gutter:, Top:, Bottom:, Inside:, Outside:, Left:, Right: dropped
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ar.rs | 2 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/it.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/ja.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/pt_br.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.rs | 1 | union of rows, no duplicate keys
crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs | 2 | both tests (main's typography icon, next's distribute icons)
crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs | 11 | UiState: next's tabs_panel + main's last_color/last_gradient; `cursors` field once; next's SVG paste and paste-on-spread-in-view; next's extensionless document open; opens_as_document next's comment; tests both (next's control bar / key-name tests, main's rich black
crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs | 15 | app.language doc next's text with pl and ka; UI_COMMANDS both (next's Tabs, Toggle Presentation, Apply None text; main's panel commands, Apply Color, Apply Gradient); Edit › Interface Language stays out (next moved it to Preferences); Type menu main's order with
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/glyphs.rs | 1 | next's (already has main's scroll-bar fix); the scroll-bar test module auto-merge had added twice kept once
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers.rs | 3 | next's drag-and-drop `object_rows`, with main's features ported into it: selection reveal (layer opens, row scrolls into view once), selected rows highlighted (also a group whose member is selected), double-click rename in place (`object.rename` queued like
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mod.rs | 6 | tabs + typography modules and color_panel_tests; SelInfo has wrap_side/wrap_contour and wrap_offsets (offsets from the graphic's own wrap when it is selected); next's swatch_picker returning the chip response; next's content_selection_tests
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/pages.rs | 1 | next's (parents dragged by id)
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/properties.rs | 4 | next's swatch popup (Apply To, Tint); main's four wrap offsets then next's Wrap To / Contour Type; test fixtures main's (`..Default::default()`, no unused builder)
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/swatches.rs | 3 | main's Delete Swatch button + next's New Swatch comment; next's draggable rows; click: main's PICKED + fill/stroke in front, with next's no-apply on double-click
crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs | 2 | main's Apply Color / Gradient / None wells and functions; next's apply_none doc line
crates/compose/src/lib.rs | 5 | next's line loop kept (mark_leading + last_line_mark, wrap segments/carry, grid gyoudori); main's mark-chars base_leading block (auto-merged) stays beside it. `fits`: next's #106 rule (baseline fit for horizontal frames, full descent for paths, vertical text, footnote
crates/compose/src/tests.rs | 5 | next's tests (tombstone set, sliver/one-sided/contour/clipping wrap tests, borders, lists, kenten, grid, anchored wrap, balance, shaped frames) plus main's an_empty_last_paragraph_isnt_overset; main's wrap_object_beside_one_narrow_column_leaves_the_other_alone re-ad
crates/doc/src/assets.rs | 1 | main's doc comment (same meaning)
crates/doc/src/build.rs | 3 | parent_page_for: next's parent_page_for_side (RTL-aware); single_sided_page_shows_first_parent_page test kept once, at main's position
crates/doc/src/item.rs | 1 | next's rotated_group_bounds_follow_the_children_outlines test kept
crates/doc/src/lib.rs | 1 | next's kerning_increment field kept; main's "Bulleted & Numbered" wording
crates/doc/src/page.rs | 1 | next's outer_page_indices + parent_page_for_side (integration of parent-margins with rtl-master-sides); main's parent_page_index dropped, its only caller (build.rs) uses parent_page_for_side
crates/doc/src/slice.rs | 5 | extract: next's `marked()` (get-based, fix_notes/fix_endnotes/fix_marks; main's version indexed slices and could panic); insert_story: main's take() limit on endnote/editorial payload copies with next's id comment, redundant `let ne`/`let nn` dropped; main's excess_note
crates/geom/src/corners.rs | 1 | next's box_outline_rounds_only_closed_corners test kept
crates/render/src/damage.rs | 1 | next's wrapping-anchored-object damage test kept
crates/render/src/fx.rs | 2 | feather: next's choke/corners sigma+join inside main's structure (body and clip at device resolution, with_filters(.., None)); inner glow centre: next's blend `mix` with main's clip argument (bp, xf)
crates/render/src/lib.rs | 3 | next's layer comment; next's front baseline grid draw after items; gradient match on g.kind (main's tuple scrutinee did not match the single-pattern arms)
crates/render/src/text.rs | 5 | paint_glyphs: main's paint_stroke closure structure with next's stroke overprint (overprinting helper, stroke `(TextPaint, bool)`); callers pass next's overprint_fill/overprint_stroke
crates/render/tests/placed_pdf.rs | 1 | main's `near` helper version
crates/tools/src/lib.rs | 1 | main's (PenConvert already declared below, avoids a duplicate variant)
crates/tools/src/pen.rs | 1 | main's module doc
crates/tools/src/select.rs | 1 | next's Drag::Corner variant (live corners) kept
crates/tools/src/tests.rs | 4 | next's tests (content drag, live corners, table border drag, eyedropper matchFrom, fitting handles, pen cursors once); eyedropper_ignores_inactive keeps next's samples_image check (main's exact-JSON compare lacks matchFrom) with main's `..Default::default()` Asset lit
crates/tools/src/text.rs | 2 | next's table border drag (BorderDrag, border_at) kept, then main's comment on locked text frames
crates/tools/src/xform.rs | 2 | main's explicit `Vec<&Item>` for shown children; next's eyedropper matchFrom (integration 796e9d713)
Cargo.toml | 2 | main's craft-pdf workspace dep added (craft-print stays once, in next's craft-libs block); [patch.crates-io] keeps next's winit (rust-windowing #4694 backport) and adds main's krilla patch; main's skylartaylor winit left out (see UNSURE 1)
Cargo.lock | 1 | union: next's craft-atomic and craft-cms entries plus main's craft-pdf entry; needs `cargo` normalisation
README.md | 1 | Open bullet combines INDD import via indd-utils (next) and editable PowerPoint export (main); main's paragraph break kept
contributors/people.toml | 1 | both people kept (switch87 from next, Nmarello from main)
apps/designcraft-cli/src/main.rs | 4 | next's `Export` enum dispatch kept; main's .pptx export added as `Export::Pptx` (run prints slides and warnings, script runs file.exportPptx); main's `--pdf-options` null-as-{} parse; usage lines list .pptx
apps/designcraft/src/main.rs | 3 | `startup.leave()` right after `app.ui` (main #380) and next's macOS `sync_movable` kept after the IME discard; next's Apple Events install kept; main's macOS Dock Quit `with_close_requested_on_terminate` block left out (needs the skylartaylor winit; UNSURE 1)
crates/fonts/src/fontdb.rs | 9 | FONT6 aliases (next) combined with #911 WWS names (main): ScannedFace and both CatalogEntry constructors carry `wws` and `aliases`; `canonical_family` falls back to WWS family names; `exact_style_traits` canonicalises then tries typographic, then WWS names (`named_st
crates/format/src/lib.rs | 1 | tests: both sides kept (next's r7a nullable-default tests; main's oversized ZIP entry/asset/entry-count tests)
crates/idml/src/import.rs | 11 | main's bounded `Package` reader under next's `import_idml_report_with_previews` (metadata read through `pkg.part`); next's `tab_list_repaired` kept; ruler origin: next's `settings.ruler_origin`, and main's guide import reads it (main's private `RulerOrigin` enum and
crates/idml/src/tests.rs | 6 | item-level union: all next tests plus main's new ones (ruler guides, package limits, CJK leading model, liquid page rules module, mojikumi); no test dropped
crates/mcp/src/backend.rs | 1 | test comment merged from both
crates/pdf/src/tests.rs | 1 | tests: both sides kept
crates/pdf/src/text.rs | 4 | next's (skew `tan`, cluster `start`, ruby overprint warning); main had no change here beyond base
crates/textimport/src/docx.rs | 5 | next's (ListCounter integration for list levels, page-break test position); main's side was the older form of the same code
crates/epub/src/lib.rs | 30 | non-test code is next's (StoryWriter holds img_src/images/no_alt/heading_ids; covers main's #787/#791/#782 fixes, plus #314 group transforms, anchored images in images_without_alt, endnote story skipped in the TOC); tests: next's set plus main's extra css_weight_style a
docs/control-protocol.md | 2 | next's rows (ui.paste, count 1–255, documentGrid) and wording
docs/file-format-parity.md | 1 | rows combined (next's ICC notes, main's TIFF indexed colour)
docs/gaps.md | 2 | status change notes unioned; Flex Layout removed from missing (main implemented it), next's Parent Options sentence kept
docs/localization-parity.md | 4 | Polish and Georgian rows; 5 languages beyond the twelve; file list includes cs and ka; both history rows
docs/roadmap.md | 1 | M1 next's (#186 fixed on next), M2 main's IME wording
docs/target-app-parity.md | 6 | next's status line; File formats row next's, UI/UX row main's (IME no longer failing); UI line next's plus main's Swatches detail; one Page tool line (main's fuller one); Load styles and main's fuller Pathfinder line both kept, main's duplicate short Pathfinder line r
docs/ui-parity.md | 1 | IME row main's, Font menu row next's
i18n/fr.rs: five rows dropped that main's shared table now has (Row, Open Path, Flex Layout, Current Page Number, Rulers).
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DesignCraft roadmap (detail)
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-13 · Change: minor (.indd and .indt open through indd-utils; text threads by hand; the gate waits on the Primary Text Frame page fixes) · Target: Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
Forward-looking plan. The one-page summary is ROADMAP.md; numbers are in target-app-parity.md; the work list is gaps.md. Hours are Opus 5.5 agent-hours (calibration in target-app-parity.md). Driving the app from agents: agents.md.
Alpha gate
InDesign's core workflows: what a layout professional does with it every day. DesignCraft is alpha only when every one works end to end on macOS (its main platform) and the work saves and reopens. Gate result (2026-10-10): fails, so the stage is pre-alpha. Rows marked "no" are the alpha checklist; the partial rows don't block the workflow on macOS (there is a working path) but are next in line.
| Core workflow | Works end to end? | Evidence | Hours to pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set up a document (size, margins, columns, parent pages, page numbers, sections); save and reopen | yes | New Document, Document Setup, parent pages and overrides, Numbering & Section Options; .designcraft round-trip tests; recovery |
0 |
| Flow a long story across frames and pages: thread, unthread, autoflow | no | threading by hand works (ports, loaded text cursor, text.thread/text.unthread/text.removeFromThread); Primary Text Frame autoflow adds pages users can't delete (#165) |
5–7 |
| Format text with paragraph and character styles | partial (not blocking) | Paragraph/Character Style Options, Quick Apply, based-on, nested/GREP styles work; style edit/delete from the panel reported (#169); formatting set at a caret is discarded (#289) | 6–12 |
| Place, crop and fit images; wrap text around them | yes | place gun, frame fitting and Fitting Options, content grabber, text wrap, Links panel | 0 |
| Arrange and edit objects: select, move, transform, duplicate, copy/paste, align, layers | partial (not blocking on macOS) | all present and working on macOS; Paste in Place lands on page 1 (#348); right-click menus fail for some macOS users (#160, #238); copy/paste and context menus fail on Windows/Linux (#351, #185, #164) | 10–20 |
| Export a print-ready PDF (bleed, marks, CMYK and spot, PDF/X-4) | yes | krilla export with subset fonts, Separations, marks and bleed, PDF/X-4 with validator; 53 PDF tests | 0 |
Exchanging files with InDesign users (open INDD, round-trip IDML) is a beta requirement, not part of the alpha gate: IDML works both ways today, INDD opens through indd-utils, and measuring both on real files is gaps 2 and 3.
Distance to alpha: ~5–7 h (the threading row: Primary Text Frame page fixes). Ready for real work (~47%) is already above the ~40% alpha bar.
Current focus
In order. Each closes a beta blocker from gaps.md.
- Alpha gate: Primary Text Frame page fixes (gap 0): autoflow adds pages users can't delete (#165). 5–7 h.
- Basic editing works on every platform (gap 1): object copy/paste, Paste in Place, context menus, caret formatting, reproduced and pinned with control-channel tests on macOS, Windows and Linux. 30–50 h.
- CI on pull requests (gap 7):
cargo xtask cion every PR, at least macOS and Linux; Windows smoke start. 4–8 h. Needs the owner to make it a required check. - INDD real-file corpus (gap 2):
.inddand.indtopen through storytold/indd-utils (INDD → IDML in memory → existing importer, warnings in the open result); a pinned corpus and a metric show what survives. 10–30 h. - IDML real-file corpus (gap 3): a pinned corpus, a survival metric, and fixes for #193, #338, #339, #340. 60–100 h.
- Composition oracle (gap 4): synthetic stories set in InDesign 2026 vs DesignCraft; optical kerning; the overset rule. 80–140 h.
- Start on any GPU; find every installed font (gaps 5, 6). 25–50 h.
Milestones
States re-assessed 2026-10-10 against the code and the issue tracker. "Done" means the feature set exists; depth gaps are in gaps.md.
| # | Milestone | State |
|---|---|---|
| M0 | Skeleton + vertical slice | ✅ |
| M1 | Selection, transform, layers, pages, MCP | ✅ core; handle and snapping issues (#188, #337) |
| M2 | Type I (Type tool, threading, Character/Paragraph, composer) | partial: Type tool, composer and threading ✅; Primary Text Frame pages (#165, alpha blocker); caret formatting (#289); IME not checked by hand (#322) |
| M3 | Styles (nested/GREP, bullets, keeps, span columns) | ✅; style editing reliability (#169) |
| M4 | Color & effects | ✅ core; colour management depth |
| M5 | Graphics & links | ✅ core; EPS preview only |
| M6 | Files & export (native, IDML, PDF, PNG/JPEG) | IDML ✅, PDF ✅ (X-4, A-2b, tagged); INDD read ✅ (via indd-utils); PDF/X-1a/X-3 and presets ✗ |
| M7 | Long documents (sections, TOC, index, footnotes, books) | ✅ except Books (shallow) |
| M8 | Tables | ✅ core (table/cell styles, rotation); diagonal lines, anchored objects in cells (#163) |
| M9 | Performance (MT composition, tiles) | in progress: parallel compose 6.7×, damage regions; incremental composition next |
| M10 | Find/Change, spelling, Preflight | ✅ (spelling English only) |
| M11 | Layout power features (liquid/alternate layouts, data merge) | present, shallow; Flex Layout (new in InDesign 2026) ✗ |
| M12 | Interactive & digital (EPUB, HTML, interactive PDF) | present; HTML basic (#314), fixed-layout EPUB as images |
| M13 | Automation (scripts, batch) | ✅ own command scripts, CLI, MCP; ExtendScript/UXP compatibility ✗ |
| M14 | 1.0 polish & packaging | packaging ✅ (macOS, Windows x64/ARM64, Linux deb/AppImage/Flatpak, FreeBSD, web); polish not started |
| A1 | Alpha (core-workflow gate) | blocked by the Primary Text Frame page fixes (#165); see Alpha gate |
| B1 | Beta (ready ≥ 75%, INDD/IDML reliable) | not started as a milestone; see below |
To beta
Beta needs ~75% ready for real work and no blocking gap in the main file format. From ~47% today that is ~28 points and 420–750 h (~120–200 wall-clock hours with four to five agents):
| Work | Gap | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Basic editing on every platform | 1 | 30–50 |
| INDD real-file corpus | 2 | 10–30 |
| IDML real-file corpus and fixes | 3 | 60–100 |
| Composition oracle and fixes | 4, 13 | 80–140 |
| Start-up robustness, fonts | 5, 6 | 25–50 |
| CI, Windows/Linux runtime tests | 7, 14 | 35–70 |
| IME | 8 | 10–20 |
| PDF/X-1a/X-3, presets, physical print validation | 9, 10 | 65–110 |
| Styles, tables, missing menu items (the most-used half) | 11, 12, 16 | 60–100 |
| Long documents (Books) | 15 | 30–50 |
| Total | 420–750 |
After beta: to full parity
Remaining gaps 16–25: the rest of the menu long tail, HTML/EPUB depth, colour management, placed
graphics depth (PostScript), performance on large documents, localization to full in the
twelve languages, InDesign scripting compatibility (owner decision), AI features (owner decision),
accessibility. 730–1,200 h more; 1,150–1,950 h in total from today.
Superseded plan
The order the project followed until 2026-10-04 ("Next: books · New Window / split view · Ink Manager and Separations Preview · XML structure, tags and export · buttons and forms · PDF/X-4 output intent · EPS place") is done except Books depth and EPS (preview only).
Revision history
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | minor | INDD and INDT open through storytold/indd-utils; focus item 3 shrinks to a real-file corpus (10–30 h) |
| 2026-10-12 | minor | Threading row: threading by hand works; the gate waits on the Primary Text Frame page fixes (#165), 5–7 h |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Ready figure 42% → 47% (method aligned with the standard); beta distance 28 points |
| 2026-10-10 | minor | Alpha gate table added (6 core workflows); gate fails on manual threading, stage pre-alpha; A1 milestone and focus item 0 |
| 2026-10-10 | major | Created: milestones moved from ROADMAP.md and re-assessed; Current focus and the beta plan from the full re-measure |