Roadmap
Future plans, and what we have shipped so far.
- 2027 - Q1Media publishing
Publish videos, music and other media you own on Harbor. Files are shared peer to peer as torrents, so they stay available without depending on one host.
- 2027 - Q1Lists
Make public lists of people that anyone can browse, follow as a feed or subscribe to, including shared mute and block lists.
- 2027 - Q1Custom feeds
Build your own feeds from the people and topics you choose.
- 2027 - Q1Bookmarks
Save posts to come back to later.
- 2027 - Q1harbor.surf 🏄♂️
Comment on and react to any page on the web, from a blog post to a video, and see what others are saying about it. Comes with a browser extension.
- 2027 - Q1Web of Trust
Build your own web of trust from your network. The people you trust, and the people they trust, help you tell real accounts from fakes without relying on a central authority.
- SoonVerifications in the feed
When someone verifies a claim or vouches for a person, it shows up in their followers' feeds, the way a repost does.
- SoonIdentity switching
Use more than one identity on devices.
- SoonEmbedded media
Media players and animated GIFs inside posts.
- SoonAlpha release
Harbor leaves pre-alpha and is open for public testing.
- Pre-alpha
- SoonHarbor merch store
Shirts and more, for anyone who wants to show their support.
- SoonContinuous syncing
Events from one device show up on your other devices without a reload.
- SoonGrayjay migration
Grayjay comments and ratings move to Harbor, and Grayjay users keep their keys.
- Oct 9, 2026Unread notificationsv2.19.0
An unread counter for notifications, kept up to date across your devices.
- Sep 4, 2026Mentions and hashtagsv2.16.0
Mention autocomplete, better mention rendering and hashtags.
- Aug 28, 2026Suggested followsv2.15.0
Suggested people to follow in a sidebar on the web.
- Aug 21, 2026Identity backupsv2.14.0
Back up your identity to a file and recover it without another device.
- Aug 21, 2026Blockingv2.14.0
Block other identities.
- Aug 10, 2026Searchv2.12.0
Search for people and posts.
- Jul 24, 2026Platform verificationsv2.0.9
Prove you own accounts on X, YouTube, GitHub, Discord and more, checked by an automated verifier.
- Jul 16, 2026Rebrand to Harborv2.0.8
The Polycentric app becomes Harbor. Polycentric stays the name of the protocol.
- Jul 10, 2026Verificationsv2.0.6
Publish claims about yourself and ask people you choose to verify them. Verified claims show on your profile.
- Jul 6, 2026Aliasesv2.0.5
Use a domain you own as a memorable name for your identity, like [email protected]. Set up an alias
- Jun 12, 2026Push notificationsv2.0.1
Get notified on your phone when people reply, react, mention or follow you.
- Jun 4, 2026New moderation serviced5f3626e2
A standalone service scans every post and image, and publishes signed labels that any server can subscribe to. Anyone can run their own. You choose per label whether matching posts are hidden, covered with a warning or shown.
- May 28, 2026Emoji reactions787371137
React to posts with emoji.
- May 27, 2026Reposts and quote posts2d1c9162b
Repost a post to your followers, or quote it with your own comment.
- May 4, 2026Identity pairing7a3f407ae
Add a new device to your identity by pairing it with one you have.
- Apr 13, 2026Reworked identity layerce2c5cf0f
An identity is a signed document of keys, so one identity spans many devices and keys can be rotated.
- Mar 30, 2026Events and content separatedf28580292
Signed events reference their content by digest instead of carrying it, so content can be deleted while the event history stays verifiable.
- Mar 9, 2026Mark joins the team3ea10a21a
Mark Harding joins FUTO to help build Polycentric. [email protected]
- 2024 - 2025Research and prototyping
Experiments on the original protocol. What we learned shaped the redesign that followed.
- Oct 10, 2023Polycentric in Grayjay
Grayjay launches with Polycentric built in. Comments and ratings on videos from any platform are signed by the people who wrote them, not owned by the platform. grayjay.app
- Jun 13, 2023The first Harbor3a35127d5
A web app named Harbor shows the accounts people claim on other platforms, and who has vouched for those claims.
- Oct 5, 2022Polycentric beginsb74401013
FUTO starts building Polycentric, an open protocol for distributed social media.
Suggesting something
Open an issue or come talk to us at chat.futo.org. See Support Harbor for how we handle contributions while the project is early.