--- title: Roadmap | Shopware Community Hub description: Community Hub Roadmap canonical_url: 'https://hub.shopware.com/file/roadmap' --- # Roadmap # Community Hub Roadmap Community is about transparency. This is why we want to share our current focus with you and explicitly invite you to give us feedback! For both **Community Hub** as a platform and **Academy** content, we provide an overview of *current focus*, what's *coming next* and a *future outlook & ideas*. ## 🚀 Community Hub This is our focus regarding the Community Hub as a platform, including its functionality. ### Current Focus We are introducing further Profile Enhancements to provide more ways for members to personalize their profiles and engage with the community. These updates will allow users to highlight their skills, achievements, and interests, offering a more comprehensive view of their expertise including certification.
We will also leverage full control for members to state means to connect (Discord, GitHub, LinkedIn, and more) and introduce direct means of connection.

Key features:

💬 Direct messages: Send and receive private messages to connect with other community members, emphasizing the openness and approachability of the community.
👍 Interactive engagement ideas: Poke other members, send kudos, and interact in fun ways that build stronger community connections.
📌 Public pin wall: Showcase your appreciation on a public pin wall.
🔔 User mentions: Get notified when you're mentioned by other members, even on GitHub or Discord, fostering active community participation and recognition.

These profile enhancements create a more engaging and interactive community experience, making it easier to connect, recognize contributions, and build meaningful relationships within the Shopware ecosystem. We're developing a personalized "Your Update" feature to ensure you never miss the most important community news and developments. Based on community feedback, this may become the new home page, providing immediate value and keeping everything Shopware at your fingertips.

Key features:

🎯 News summary: Get a curated overview of the most relevant updates since your last login, the last 30 days or any specific month, including new Shopware releases, events, resources, learning paths, and more.
👥 Social updates: Discover activity from people you follow, including their contributions and achievements within the community.
🔥 Streak integration: Keep your streak alive by regularly checking your updates - the more consistently you check in, the more value you gain.
📊 Intelligent content curation: Automatically surface the most important threads from Discord, GitHub, and Forum discussions based on community engagement and relevance.

"Your Update" ensures you're always up-to-date with the latest Shopware news and community happenings when you return, providing a compelling reason to check back regularly. We will continuously enhance this module as we believe it's a major part of making sure we provide the value of everything Shopware at your fingertips. ### Coming Next We're developing enhanced views of threads in Discord, GitHub, and Forum to provide deeper insights into community discussions and identify the most important conversations.

Key features:

🔗 Cross-platform integration: View and understand threads from Discord, GitHub, and Forum in a unified, enhanced interface.
🎯 Intelligent curation: Automatically identify and highlight the most important threads for inclusion in "Your Update".
💡 Deeper insights: Get context about thread participants, discussion history, and related content to better understand community conversations.

This enhancement enables us to analyze the importance of community threads and ensure the most valuable discussions are prominently featured in "Your Update", helping you stay informed about what matters most. We're adding a Community Map feature to showcase the global reach of the Shopware community while helping members connect with others in their local areas.

Key features:

🌍 Global community visualization: Explore the worldwide distribution of Shopware community members, demonstrating the global nature of our ecosystem.
📍 Flexible location sharing: Choose your comfort level - share anonymously, with your name, or simply browse without sharing your location.
🏢 Privacy-conscious options: Share your company location or a general area rather than your exact home address for enhanced privacy.
🤝 Local community discovery: Identify and connect with other Shopware enthusiasts in your region, fostering local networking opportunities.

This feature celebrates both the global scale and local character of the Shopware community, helping new members understand the worldwide reach while enabling meaningful local connections and networking opportunities. We are developing a Progressive Web App (PWA) to make the Community Hub more accessible and convenient for mobile users.

Key features:

📲 Native app experience: Enjoy the Community Hub with app-like functionality on your mobile device, including offline capabilities and push notifications.
🚀 Enhanced accessibility: Access all community features, content, and interactions seamlessly from your smartphone or tablet.
⚡ Optimized performance: Faster loading times and improved user experience specifically designed for mobile devices.
🔄 Live content access: Stay connected to the community's live content and real-time interactions wherever you are.

This PWA will transform how you interact with the Community Hub on mobile devices, providing a more accessible and interactive experience for accessing community content and staying connected with fellow Shopware enthusiasts. We are developing Community Projects, a dedicated space within the Shopware Community Hub to highlight member contributions and encourage collaboration.
Key features:

🎨 Project showcase: Members will be able to present their projects and explore contributions from others.
📊 Centralized project overview: Find inspiration through our curated collection of community projects.
🤝 Collaboration & knowledge sharing: Team up with other members to collaborate on projects that contribute to the growth and development of Shopware.

By participating in Community Projects, members will have the opportunity to expand their skills while contributing to the broader community. ### Future Outlook & Ideas We're working to make the Community Hub more open and accessible by removing the login burden while providing compelling reasons to register.

Key features:

🚪 Reduced barriers: Access more content and features without requiring immediate registration, making the Community Hub more welcoming to newcomers.
💎 Value-driven registration: Discover clear benefits and personalized experiences that make registration worthwhile, balancing openness with personalization.
🔓 Open content access: Browse learning paths, community discussions, and resources with minimal restrictions, encouraging exploration before commitment.
🎯 Progressive engagement: Gradually introduce registration benefits as users explore deeper, creating natural conversion points without friction.

We want to be more open here, while balancing this with a personal experience that rewards active community participation and engagement. We're discussing an AI-powered bot that helps members navigate Shopware resources efficiently, providing instant access to documentation, learning paths, and code insights.

Key features:

📚 Resource navigation: Get help finding relevant information from user and developer documentation, learning paths, and open-source code.
💡 Intelligent assistance: Ask questions and receive contextual answers based on Shopware's extensive knowledge base and community resources.
🔍 Code insights: Understand Shopware's open-source codebase with AI-powered explanations and code examples.
🎓 Learning guidance: Get personalized recommendations for learning paths and resources based on your questions and skill level.

This AI bot serves as your intelligent guide through the Shopware ecosystem, making it easier to find answers, learn effectively, and contribute to the community. We're launching Snackables, a lightweight peer-learning platform that enables community members to share quick insights and learnings in an easily digestible format.

Key features:

📝 Simple content creation: Share your learnings through easy-to-write Markdown posts, with built-in preview and image upload capabilities for enhanced content.
🏆 Recognition system: Earn badges, XP, and kudos for contributing valuable Snackables, with your contributions prominently displayed on your profile.
🔍 Discoverable content: Browse the latest Snackables with tag-based organization and search functionality to find relevant insights quickly.
✅ Quality assurance: All Snackables go through an approval process, ensuring high-quality content that benefits the entire community.

Snackables bridge the gap between comprehensive learning paths and blog posts, providing a simple way for everyone to contribute to peer-learning while building recognition within the Shopware community. We're creating a gamified bounty system to incentivize and reward open-source contributions to the Shopware ecosystem.

Key features:

🎯 GitHub issue integration: Create or claim bounties directly linked to existing GitHub issues, ensuring meaningful contributions to the Shopware project.
🪙 Bounty coins system: Earn and spend exclusive "Bounty coins" through completing tasks, or from kudos from the community.
🤝 Community collaboration: Contribute coins to bounties you want to see completed, or claim tasks you're passionate about solving.
🎁 Exclusive rewards: Spend your bounty coins on exclusive Shopware merchandise, e.g. "Bounty Hunter" T-shirts and coffee mugs.

This system celebrates the open-source enthusiasts who power Shopware's success, providing a fun and rewarding way to contribute while building a stronger community around our shared mission. This new feature will allow members to better showcase their Shopware-related projects directly within the Community Hub. Members can already link their public GitHub repositories to their community profiles, making it easier for others to explore and collaborate.

Key highlights:

🏆 Celebrate your contributions: Display your contributions to our open-source ecosystem.
📦 Centralized repository collection: Find a shared collection of community repositories for learning and collaboration.

By integrating your repositories, you're not just sharing code; you're enriching the community's knowledge base and inspiring others to contribute. Let's continue to build, share, and innovate together. ## 🎓 Academy We're happy to share transparently which learning content we are focusing on and how we're working to support you in learning about Shopware. ### Current Focus Learn DevOps practices for Shopware 6 projects, from infrastructure as code to automated CI/CD pipelines and cloud operations. This comprehensive learning path equips DevOps engineers, system administrators, and developers with essential skills to deploy, scale, and maintain Shopware 6 applications efficiently in production environments. Learn how to activate, configure, and operate Shopware B2B Components — from company accounts, employees, and roles to order approval, quotes, quick order, shopping lists, budgets, and individual pricing. Learn what Shopware Nexus is, how its visual workflows automate store processes, and how to build, publish, and monitor your first workflow end to end. We are localizing our User & Administration Essentials learning path to make Shopware training more accessible across regions. The German version will be ready in the coming weeks, with Dutch and Italian versions following. ### Coming Next Learn the art of search engine optimization for your Shopware online store with this comprehensive learning path. Designed for ambitious merchants and developers, this training focuses on on-page SEO techniques to improve your shop's visibility and organic search rankings.
### Future Outlook & Ideas Within these two learning paths, we will equip learners who are already skilled and experienced in Shopware development with the skills to excel. This learning path focuses on the QA for Shopware projects. A learning path for developers who work across Shopware's backend and frontend — connecting server-side extension, APIs, and storefront customization in end-to-end project scenarios. ## 💡 What's your Idea? You are the Shopware community. You know best what you need - Community Hub thrives from your input! Join us on Discord at #feedback-community-hub or at #learning-paths to get in contact and share ideas or visit feedback.shopware.com.
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