Roadmap

What’s done and what comes next. Every planned item has a GitHub issue where you can follow progress or share ideas.

Done

• RomM client with Client API Token auth, paginated listings and resumable downloads
• RomM → ES-DE folder mapping for every platform, with ES-DE, EmuDeck and RetroDECK profiles
• Safe downloads: resume, file locking, size checks, path-traversal guard, adoption of games already on disk
• CLI with --json output for scripts
• Controller-friendly TUI with Library and Downloads tabs, a Steam-style download bar and a help screen
• Keyboard or controller hints depending on how rommate was started
• Releases for Linux (x86-64, ARM64), macOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows, an install script and this website
• Local server address with automatic fallback and mDNS .local names on every system
• Direct controller input on Linux: works with Steam’s default gamepad layout, no key mapping needed
• Save sync for RetroArch, melonDS, Azahar, PPSSPP and the Eden family, with a Saves tab, conflict resolution and backups
• Decky plugin for Game Mode: browse and download, open the TUI as a Steam shortcut, sync saves when a game closes
• Search with /: every platform through RomM, or filter a platform’s games
• Settings tab that saves to config.toml
• Cover art for ES-DE

Next: browsing

• #2 Collections tab: download a whole RomM collection at once

Then: everything around the games

• #5 BIOS / firmware sync
• #6 Save sync: more emulators (Dolphin, DuckStation, Cemu, PS2 memory cards) and syncing when a game closes in the Decky plugin
• #11 Multi-file games: .cue/.bin checks and .m3u playlists
• #10 gamelist.xml: descriptions, ratings and more media for ES-DE

Later

• #7 Mod manager for emulators that support mods, linked by title ID
• #12 Other servers such as Retrom
• #13 Packages for nixpkgs, Flathub and the AUR