Product Progress & Roadmap
We're building Niva Studio in the open. This page will soon include milestones, upcoming features, and changelogs. For now, here's a quick peek while we get everything ready.
Our mission is to give your ideas room to breathe. We're focusing on the foundations first: fast, intuitive workflows for collecting, approving, and sharing creative work. Expect frequent updates here as we ship.
If you're part of the Test Pilot group, your feedback directly shapes what we build next. Thank you for being early—more to come very soon.
Milestones
Shipped
Suite rebranded as NIVA
ABODE Studio officially becomes Niva Studio across all platforms.
Stage 7: Photo Polish
Fine tuning tools and workflow using community feedback.
Stage 6: Test pilots join in
First test pilots providing key feedback. Photo core function tweaking continues.
Stage 5: Test Pilot System Built
Secure access for test pilots and feedback system live.
Stage 4: Photo Editing Core Complete
Photo reaches professional stability.
Stage 3: Expanding Photo
Brushes, FREETONE colours, Curves, autosave added.
Stage 2: The Core Comes Alive
Documents, layers, selections, adjustments, export, and undo working. Demo video shared with backers.
Stage 1: The Restart
NIVA rebuilt from scratch with a new codebase and vision.
Next up
Stage 8: Illustration Core Build · Jan - Feb 2026 (ETA)
Vector engine first pass: shapes, paths, strokes, precision.
Stage 9: Refine Illustration Core · Feb - March 2026 (ETA)
Refining the illustration engine with community feedback and performance tuning.
Stage 10: Packaging stand alone desktop download application · March - April 2026 (ETA)
Transitioning from web-only to a dedicated desktop experience for power users.
Stage 11: Downloadable beta version distributed to all supporters · May - June 2026 (ETA)
Supporters get first access to the standalone desktop beta.
Stage 12: Version 1.0 public release · July - Aug 2026 (ETA)
Official stable release for the general public.