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Roadmap

ReShiki 0.6 includes native offline chemistry, direct drawing tools, selection-aware properties, reaction roles, templates, and an asynchronous assistant with editable previews and visual review. This roadmap describes remaining work, not release commitments. See feature status for supported workflows and limitations.

JACS / ACS remains the default. Preserve physical drawing sizes, complete molecular graphs, and editable originals when adding features.

  1. Drawing quality: improve exact label metrics and collision handling, rich-text caret layout, complex attachments, and orientation controls. Assistant corrections should be able to satisfy upright functional-group requests while preserving conventional bond angles.
  2. Document workflows: improve native filename handling, recent files, OS open-document events, multiple documents, accessibility, and keyboard-only operation. Expand interchange checks across applications and Office versions.
  3. Reaction composition: extend outward branches into general reaction networks, improve caption and condition placement, and add richer mapping, quantities, balancing and yield workflows. Keep reaction semantics separate from arrow appearance.
  4. Advanced chemistry: add supported query atoms/bonds, R-group logic, polymer repeat units, enhanced stereo, multicenter attachments and wider aromatic cases only with independent fixtures and validation.
  5. Publication and analysis: add reusable page/object stationery, calibrated actual-size view, broader printing controls and dedicated naming or spectra engines. Validate scientific correctness and licensing before exposing predictions.
  6. Native engine coverage: extend Rust chemistry and the bundled official InChI kernel with independent differential comparisons. Python and uv remain development tools; installed applications must continue to work without them.

Acceptance includes real desktop workflows, saved and reopened drawings, Undo/Redo, and appropriate export checks. Follow the issues from the 0.6 release walkthrough for concrete UI, UX and performance findings.