---
title: Roadmap
category: overview
description: Explore the PocketHost's roadmap and delve into the planned
  enhancements for our cloud-based hosting and deployment platform. From
  handling project instances and account management to CLI and backup features,
  and even paid tier objectives - we are constantly working to improve your
  experience with pockethost.io.
---

# The new way: Feature Hub

Come join the [Feature Hub](https://discord.gg/FUVakVzknS) on our Discord server. There, you can see and discuss all kinds of features and ideas.

# The old way

Here is a HISTORICAL reference of previous ideas.

- [Turn instances on and off](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/discussions/204)
- Allow instance to be placed into maintenance mode
- Allow instance to be shut down and restarted
- Disallow sqlite downloads if not in maintenance mode
- [Delete an account](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/172)
- Permanently delete an instance
- [Documentation](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/174)
  - daily usage
  - FTP
  - backups
  - usage limits and metering
  - environment variables and secrets
- [Disallow instance creation before email verification](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/163)
- [Change email address](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/162)

- CLI

  - [CLI: download db backup, restore from local](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/127)
  - [Upload/download backups to local](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/120)
  - [React TS template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/71)
  - [Svelte TS template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/70)
  - [Python template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/69)
  - [Dart template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/68)
  - [TS template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/67)
  - [JS template](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/66)
  - [Init project](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/64)
  - [login](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/63)
  - [Deploy/select/rollback static assets](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/28)
  -

- [DB restore](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/98)
- [DB download](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/100)
- [Frontend: db backup](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/95)
- [Clone instance, copy instance data, restore backup to new instance](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/88)
- [Scheduled backups and rotation](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/84)
- [Upload size limits](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/117)
- [Update readme with dev instructions](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/184)

- Cloud functions
  - [add fetch() polyfill](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/80)
- [Make some instance settings read-only](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/79)
- [Preserve auth tokens across migrations](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/78)
- Video tutorials

  - [Creating a TS console app](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/75)
  - [Creating a React app](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/74)
  - [Creating a Svelte app](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/73)
  - [TS/JS cloud function integration](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/60)
  -

- [Cron jobs](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/47)
- [move to pnpm](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/46)

- Paid tiers

  - [Stripe integration](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/65)
    - Project donors instead?
  - [Free and paid tiers](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/44)

- [Max instances per account](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/43)
- [Redo subdomain naming strategy](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/42)
- [Disabled accounts](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/41)
- [Deleting an Instance](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/35)
- [show Dart and REST samples on details page](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/33)
- [Webmail](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/29)

- Repo
  - [Is it possible to turn the Github announcements feed into a blog](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/62)
- [S3 instance partitioning](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/22)
- [Litestream to S3 bucket](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/23)
- [SMTP proxy or secure mail API credentials so instances can send email](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/24)
- [Custom domain names](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/25)
- [Auto-create "machine" admin user for instances](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/26)
- ['Restore defaults' for mail and storage API settings](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/19)
- [Improve backend dev experience by programatically creating first admin user](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/7)
- [fly.io support](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/20)
- [new logo](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/39)
- [when daemon boots, all instance statuses should be set to Idle](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/issues/61)
- [Showcase page](https://github.com/benallfree/pockethost/discussions/180)
- [One-click PocketApps](https://github.com/benallfree/awesome-pocketbase/pull/20#issuecomment-1582052953)
- SSH access instead of FTP
- CPU, I/O, and disk limits per user (per project)
- Show ping status