Roadmap

This roadmap is a living document outlining the major technical improvements which we would like to see in minikube during 2021, divided by how they apply to our guiding principles

Please send a PR to suggest any improvements to it.

2021

(#1) Inclusive and community-driven

• Maintainers from 4 countries, 4 companies
• Enhancements approved by a community-driven process
• Installation documentation in 5+ written languages

(#2) User-friendly

• Automatic installation of hypervisor dependencies
• Graphical User Interface
• Built-in 3rd Party ecosystem with 50+ entries

(#3) Support all Kubernetes features

• Multi-node
• IPv6
• Usage documentation for 3 leading CNI providers
• Automatically publish conformance test results after a release

(#4) Cross-platform

• VM-free deployment to containers (Docker, Podman)
• Windows as a first-class citizen
• WSL2 support (no additional VM required)
• Firecracker VM support
• Generic (SSH) driver support

(#5) Reliable

• Resource alerts
• Time synchronization on HyperKit
• Prototype post-libmachine implementation of minikube

(#6) High Performance

• Startup latency under 30s
• Pause support
• <25% CPU overhead on a single core
• Kernel-assisted mounts (CIFS, NFS) by default

(#7) Developer Focused

• Container build integration
• Documented workflow for Kubernetes development