Roadmap

Emoteer is developed in the open. This page reflects the current plan for the next few releases. Dates are intentionally absent — milestones land when they're ready.

Shipped

Everything below is released, documented and stable.

• @emoteer/core — data, search, shortcodes and state machines
• @emoteer/react — headless compound primitives with prebuilt, Tailwind-optional defaults
• @emoteer/svelte — the same compound primitives for Svelte 5 (runes)
• EmoteList — searchable, virtualized picker with tabs and preview
• EmoteAutocomplete — inline shortcode suggestions
• EmoteInput & EmoteTextArea — :shortcode: → unicode conversion
• ReactionButton — stickers, quick bar and picker popover
• ReactionCounter — stateful reaction chips with counts
• ReactionSlider — emoji intensity slider (0–100)
• Full Unicode emoji dataset
• 8 bundled locales (en, es, fr, de, pt, it, ja, zh)
• Custom emoji and cloud dataset support
• WCAG AA contrast on the default theme, prefers-reduced-motion across all animations

In progress

Active work. PRs and design threads are on GitHub.

• Skin-tone selector — long-press on an emoji opens the tone picker, state stored per-provider.
• Recently used — per-user MRU list persisted via a pluggable storage adapter.
• Expanded recipes — comment threads, feedback widgets, live-chat composers.

Next

Planned but not yet started.

• @emoteer/vue — Vue 3 binding with the same primitive surface.
• Custom emoji cloud sync — tenant-scoped emoji packs fetched via CloudConfig.
• Animated emoji support — APNG / WebP / Lottie-backed custom emojis.
• Picker themes — bundled presets (slack-like, discord-like, compact).
• i18n for every string — localize category names and screen reader labels.

Considering

Ideas on the table. Feedback welcome in GitHub discussions.

• @emoteer/solid — Solid binding.
• Mobile gesture refinements — swipe between tabs, haptics on reaction burst.
• Emoji usage analytics — opt-in hook for tracking which emojis users pick.
• Keyboard-only variant — zero-mouse navigation for power users.
• Server components adapter — RSC-friendly wrappers that hydrate progressively.

Anti-goals

Things we've deliberately chosen not to build.

• Animated GIF library — Emoteer focuses on emojis; GIFs are a different product.
• Messaging layer — no chat/thread state management, only UI primitives.
• Authentication / user profiles — user state lives in your app, not here.

Contribute

Found a bug, want a feature, or have a framework request? Open an issue or start a discussion — both channels are linked from the GitHub repo.