Roadmap

Kiln is an actively developed Obsidian-to-website generator with frequent releases. This roadmap outlines planned features, upcoming improvements, and long-term goals. For a full list of what has already shipped, see the Changelog.

Recently Completed

These features were on the roadmap and have since been shipped:

• Custom 404 Pages: User-defined 404.md pages are now supported out of the box.
• Themes & Fonts: A full collection of [themes](./Features/User Interface/Themes.md) and [fonts](./Features/User Interface/Fonts.md) is available, including Catppuccin, Nord, Dracula, and more.
• Comments: Giscus-powered [comment sections](./Features/User Interface/Comments.md) can be added to any page.
• SEO Essentials: Automatic [sitemap.xml](./Features/SEO/Sitemap xml.md), [robots.txt](./Features/SEO/Robots txt.md), canonical tags, and [meta tags](./Features/SEO/Meta Tags.md) generation.

Core Features

Major functionality upgrades planned for upcoming releases.

• Configuration File: Support for kiln.yaml to save preferences (flags) persistently, so you don't need to pass CLI flags on every generate run.
• Incremental Builds: File watcher with dependency-aware change detection for the dev command.
• Image Optimization: Automatic WebP conversion and responsive image sizing to improve page load speed.
• Localization: i18n support for translating the UI into multiple languages.
• Structured Data: Automatically generate JSON-LD schema markup for articles and breadcrumbs to improve search engine visibility.
• Support for other kinds of links, not only wikilinks

UI & UX Improvements

Enhancing the reading and navigation experience.

• Page Transitions: Smooth View Transitions API support to complement the existing [client-side navigation](./Features/Navigation/Client Side Navigation.md).
• Link Previews: Obsidian-style hover previews when mousing over wikilinks.
• Full-Text Search: Fuzzy finder with content search to go beyond the current name-based search.
• Navigation Enhancements: "Back to Top" buttons and improved breadcrumb trails.
• Animations: Subtle CSS animations for interactive elements.
• Canvas Colors: Custom color support for [Canvas](./Features/Rendering/Obsidian Canvas.md) nodes.

Content Management

Tools to help you manage and publish your digital garden.

• Reading Metadata: Display "Last Updated" and "Time to Read" indicators on every page.
• Backlinks Panel: A dedicated sidebar section showing all incoming links to the current page.
• RSS Feeds: Automatic RSS/Atom feed generation for blog-style vaults, making it easy for readers to subscribe.
• Draft Support: Exclude work-in-progress pages from the build using frontmatter flags. For now, you can use [hidden files and folders](./Features/Rendering/Hidden files folders.md) to keep content out of the generated site.
• Privacy Controls: Hide specific pages or folders from the published site via frontmatter.

Advanced Configuration

Power-user features for fine-grained control over the generated site.

• Permalinks: Custom URL slugs defined in frontmatter for complete control over your site's URL structure.
• Social Cards: Auto-generated Open Graph images for rich social media previews when sharing links.

How to Stay Updated

New features and fixes ship regularly. Check the Changelog for the latest releases, or watch the GitHub repository for updates. To get started with Kiln today, see the Installation guide.