Roadmap - Instagram Unfollow Tracker

Current Status (v1.0) ✅

Core Functionality

• ✅ Unfollow tracking — Find who unfollowed you and who you don’t follow back
• ✅ Smart badges — Following, Followers, Mutuals, Not following back, Not followed back, Pending, Restricted, Close friends, Unfollowed, Dismissed
• ✅ Real-time search — Debounced search (300ms) with Map-based indexing for O(1) performance
• ✅ Advanced filtering — Multiple filters with Select All/Clear All functionality
• ✅ Direct profile links — Click to open Instagram profiles in new tabs

User Experience

• ✅ Professional UI/UX — Modern design with Mantine UI components
• ✅ Drag & drop upload — Easy ZIP file upload with visual feedback
• ✅ Responsive design — Works on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• ✅ Dark theme support — Automatic theme detection
• ✅ Accessibility — ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, screen reader support

Performance & Quality

• ✅ IndexedDB v2 — Columnar storage with 40x space reduction (1M accounts: ~5 MB vs ~200 MB)
• ✅ FastBitSet.js — 75x faster filtering (3 badges: ~2ms vs ~150ms)
• ✅ Lazy loading — TanStack Virtual with on-demand data fetching
• ✅ Search indexes — Trigram/prefix for O(1) lookups (100x faster search)
• ✅ High test coverage — 98% coverage with 151 tests passing
• ✅ TypeScript strict mode — Full type safety and error prevention
• ✅ Production ready — GitHub Pages deployment with CI/CD

Privacy & Security

• ✅ 100% local processing — No data leaves your device
• ✅ No tracking — No analytics, cookies, or data collection
• ✅ Open source — Full transparency and community auditability

v1.1 (Next Priority) 🔄

Data Export

• 🔄 CSV export — Save filtered results to CSV file for external analysis
• 🔄 Export customization — Choose which columns to include in export
• 🔄 Batch export — Export multiple filtered views at once

Enhanced Data Parsing

• 🔄 Blocked users support — Parse and display blocked accounts
• 🔄 Favorites support — Parse and display favorited accounts
• 🔄 Improved error handling — Better error messages for malformed data

UI Improvements

• 🔄 Export progress indicator — Show progress for large exports
• 🔄 Keyboard shortcuts — Quick actions for power users
• 🔄 Improved mobile experience — Better touch interactions

v1.2 (Medium Priority) 🔄

Advanced UI Features

• 🔄 Grouping and sorting — Group accounts by various criteria
• 🔄 Advanced counters — Detailed statistics by filter type
• 🔄 Custom filters — User-defined filter combinations
• 🔄 Saved views — Save and restore filter combinations

Data Analysis

• 🔄 Connection insights — Analyze follow patterns and trends
• 🔄 Account categorization — Auto-categorize accounts by type
• 🔄 Follow ratio analysis — Calculate and display follow ratios

v1.3 (Long-term) 🔄

Progressive Web App (PWA)

• 🔄 Offline installation — Install as mobile app on iOS/Android
• 🔄 Service worker — Full offline functionality
• 🔄 App manifest — Native app-like experience

Internationalization

• 🔄 Multi-language support — English and Russian UI
• 🔄 Localized instructions — Translated data download guides
• 🔄 RTL support — Right-to-left language support

Advanced Features

• 🔄 Multiple data imports — Compare data from different time periods
• 🔄 Historical tracking — Track changes over time
• 🔄 Data validation — Verify data integrity and completeness

Future Considerations (v1.4+)

Advanced Analytics

• 📊 Connection patterns — Analyze follow/unfollow patterns
• 📊 Engagement insights — Correlate with post engagement data
• 📊 Growth tracking — Track follower growth over time
• 📊 Audience analysis — Analyze follower demographics

Bulk Operations

• ⚡ Batch actions — Perform actions on multiple accounts
• ⚡ Smart suggestions — AI-powered unfollow suggestions
• ⚡ Automated workflows — Set up automated analysis routines

Integration Features

• 🔗 Calendar integration — Schedule analysis sessions
• 🔗 Backup and sync — Cloud backup of analysis results
• 🔗 API access — Programmatic access to analysis data

Never (Privacy Principles) ❌

Authentication & Live Data

• ❌ Instagram login/authentication — No direct Instagram API access
• ❌ Live data fetching — No real-time Instagram data requests
• ❌ Active follow/unfollow actions — No automated account actions

Data Collection & Tracking

• ❌ Server-side processing — All processing remains client-side
• ❌ Data collection or tracking — No user behavior tracking
• ❌ Analytics or cookies — No tracking technologies
• ❌ Third-party data sharing — No data sharing with external services

Commercial Features

• ❌ Premium subscriptions — App remains completely free
• ❌ Advertising — No ads or sponsored content
• ❌ Data monetization — No selling or monetizing user data

Development Timeline

Q1 2025 ✅ COMPLETED

• v1.0 Release — IndexedDB v2 with columnar storage and lazy loading
• Performance optimization — 75x faster filtering, 40x smaller storage
• Search indexes — Trigram/prefix for instant search

Q2 2025

• v1.1 Release — CSV export and enhanced data parsing
• Community feedback — Gather user feedback and feature requests

Q3 2025

• v1.2 Release — Advanced UI features and data analysis
• Further optimization — GZIP compression, SharedArrayBuffer

Q4 2025

• v1.3 Release — PWA support and internationalization
• Mobile app stores — Submit to app stores for native installation

2026+

• v1.4+ Planning — Advanced analytics and integration features
• Community growth — Expand contributor base and documentation

Contributing

Want to help with development? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

Priority Areas for Contributors

1. CSV export functionality — High impact, well-defined scope
2. Enhanced data parsing — Support for additional Instagram data types (blocked, favorites)
3. UI improvements — Better mobile experience and accessibility
4. Performance optimization — GZIP compression, WebAssembly bitsets
5. Documentation — Improve guides and add more examples
6. Testing — IndexedDB integration tests, performance benchmarks

Completed Milestones (v1.0) 🎉

IndexedDB v2 Architecture

• ✅ Columnar storage — 40x space reduction (1M accounts: ~5 MB)
• ✅ FastBitSet.js — 75x faster filtering operations
• ✅ Search indexes — Trigram/prefix for 100x faster search
• ✅ Lazy loading — TanStack Virtual + LRU caching
• ✅ Web Workers — Background parsing with progress tracking
• ✅ Chunked ingestion — 10k accounts per chunk

Performance Achievements

• ✅ Filter (1M accounts) — 2ms (vs 150ms)
• ✅ Search (indexed) — 1ms (vs 3000ms)
• ✅ Storage — 5 MB (vs 200 MB)
• ✅ Memory — 5 MB (vs 100 MB)

Documentation

• ✅ INDEXEDDB_ARCHITECTURE.md — Complete technical documentation
• ✅ FILTER_OPTIMIZATION.md — Performance optimization guide
• ✅ Updated README — Reflects v1.0 capabilities

This roadmap is a living document. Priorities may shift based on community feedback and technical requirements. All features maintain our core privacy principles.