Roadmap
What's coming, out loud.
Four phases, in rough date order. Dates slip; quality doesn't. If we're going to miss a quarter we say so here before it happens.
v1.0 CoreQ2 2026
The launch release
- Prayer times engine — six calculation methods, Shafi'i/Hanafi Asr, high-latitude rules, ±15 min fine-tune
- Qibla indicator — great-circle bearing with compass visualisation, toolbar-integrated
- Hijri calendar — Umm al-Qura default, Maghrib rollover, key-date highlighting
- Tracker blocking — EasyPrivacy + EasyList + fingerprint resistance, on by default
- Quran quick-access — address-bar commands, bundled offline text + translations + reciters
- Thoughtful filtering — three sensitivity levels, configurable, off by default outside Ramadan
- Ayah of the day — curated rotation, Arabic + translation, opt-out in one click
- Import flow — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Arc, Opera bookmarks and settings
- Signed binaries for Windows, macOS (universal), Linux (AppImage, .deb, .rpm)
v1.1Q3 2026
The internationalisation wave
- Ramadan mode — one-toggle browser shift, automatic on/off at month boundaries
- Full right-to-left layout support across the entire browser chrome
- Native UI languages: Arabic, Urdu, Bahasa Indonesia, Turkish, Malay
- Font quality pass for Arabic/Urdu — Naskh, Nastaleeq alternatives
- Per-profile calculation settings (separate prayer-time defaults for different profiles)
- Performance pass on tracker list evaluation (memory and startup)
v1.2Q4 2026
The quiet-web release
- Bookmark sync — end-to-end encrypted, self-hosted server option (run it yourself, or use a trusted mosque/institution deployment)
- Reader mode with Islamic-friendly typographic defaults (justified Arabic, proper Nastaleeq line-height)
- Madinah-script Quran rendering option
- Custom new-tab pages per profile (work profile, study profile, Ramadan profile)
- Expanded Hadith quick-reference command (
h bukhari 1style)
Future2027 and beyond
Where we think this goes
- Mobile companion — bookmark handoff, sync bridge; not a full mobile browser at this stage
- Scholarship citation helper — one-click verify a hadith or Quranic reference against canonical sources
- Expanded language UI — Hausa, Swahili, Pashto, Farsi, Bengali
- Institutional distribution — signed deployments for schools, mosques, universities
- Accessibility deep pass — screen-reader first-class support, high-contrast themes
These aren't commitments. They're directions we'd like to take Noorani if v1.0–1.2 land well. We'll revisit this list every quarter and move things up, down, or out.
How we decide
Three filters apply to every feature that's considered for a future version:
- Does it serve the core promise? A browser built around how Muslims live online. If a feature doesn't make that clearer, it doesn't belong.
- Can it be built without sending user data home? If a feature requires server infrastructure that handles personal data, we don't build it. Full stop.
- Does it survive the "year three" test? Would we still be proud of this feature in three years when Noorani has matured? If it's a trend chase, no.
Have a feature request? Drop a line — we read every one.