The road ahead
Pantry Raider is pre-1.0 and moves fast. This is a snapshot of direction, not a promise — priorities shift as hardware arrives and people weigh in, and there are no dates or version numbers here on purpose. For the dated history of what's actually shipped, see the changelog.
Recently shipped
6Bandit Cubs
Small ESP32 companion displays you flash right from the browser, paired over Bluetooth broadcast.
Fridge & freezer protection
Hygrometer threshold alarms and door contact sensors, with grace periods before anything alerts.
Shelf buttons
A physical press that adds to the shopping list or runs a chosen action.
Community shelf-life learning
Opt-in, anonymized best-by data shared across installs to sharpen expiry suggestions.
Home Assistant integration
Sensors, automations, and a Lovelace dashboard alongside the app.
Privacy policy & account controls
A published privacy policy and self-serve controls — manage or cancel a subscription, delete your account entirely — for the optional cloud features.
In motion
3STEMMA QT / Qwiic add-ons
A hardware ecosystem for small add-on sensors and controls, starting with a NeoKey scan-mode selector: a physical button to flip the barcode scanner between adding, using, shopping, and audit.
Integrations registry
Makes inventory backends and device support modular, instead of each one being wired in by hand.
Cub-to-Cub relay
So Bandit Cub sensors can reach the server through another Cub when they're out of direct range.
Ahead
8Installable phone app
A proper PWA you can add to your home screen.
Dashboard builder
Arrange your own home-screen layout.
NFC tags for leftovers
Tap a tag to track what's in the container.
Smart scale support
Appliance orchestration
Built safety-first: the app will only ever be allowed to turn something off, never on.
Kitchen air-quality monitoring
E-ink displays
A lower-power, always-visible option alongside Bandit Cubs.
Native iOS & Android apps
If there's enough demand beyond the PWA.
Durability & infrastructure
Faster kiosk navigation
Live push updates
A push channel for the screen, instead of waiting to poll.
USB SSD storage for Pi
An upgrade over the SD card, shelved for later.
Got an idea, or hit a bug?
The roadmap follows what people ask for. Open an issue, and while you're there, star the repo to follow along.