Roadmap

Status

Billy is in alpha. The core is working; we’re expanding features and stabilising.

✅ Done

• Interactive TUI (Bubble Tea)

• Local Ollama backend

• Conversation history (SQLite)

• Memory system (natural language)

• History session picker

• Model list, switch & pull

• Friendly error handling

• Slim + Full (bundled Ollama) builds

• Homebrew tap, Scoop bucket, .deb/.rpm packages

• Command picker (type / for dropdown)

• Agentic mode — Billy can propose & run shell commands

• Interactive agentic picker (arrow keys: Approve / Skip / Abort / Run all)

• Command output fed back to Billy as context for self-debugging

• Collapsible long command output (click or Ctrl+X to expand)

• Progress bars (spring-physics via harmonica)

• Mouse support (click to expand collapsed output)

• Consistent You > / Billy > / Command > label alignment

• Context compaction (/compact)

• Session checkpoints (/session)

• Groq / custom OpenAI-compatible backend

• License system — Free / Pro / Premium / Team / Enterprise (LemonSqueezy)

• Teaching mode (/mode teach) — Socratic AI, admin PIN controls

• /suggest, /explain, /cd, /ls, /git, /pwd shell tools

🔜 Coming soon

• Integration tests
• Billy.sh cloud SaaS backend (Billy relay)
• Voice mode (Whisper + Piper TTS)

🗓 Planned

• Voice mode (Whisper + Piper TTS)
• IDE plugins (VS Code, JetBrains)
• Standalone chat app
• iPhone companion app
• Billy relay service (local network sync)