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Fleet — Releases

The Naftiko Fleet is the Community Edition bundle for Spec-Driven Integration. Each Fleet release ships a coordinated set of components — the Ikanos engine, Polychro linter, Crafter VS Code extension, Warden Backstage plugin, Skipper Kubernetes operator, and the Shipyard documentation site — each with its own changelog.

This page lists the Fleet-level releases: the umbrella tags that pin a known-good combination of component versions. For component-specific changes, see the per-component Releases pages.

Version Codename Released Status GitHub release
1.0.0-alpha3 Trimaran 🚢 2026-05-26 Pre-release v1.0.0-alpha3
1.0.0-alpha2 Catamaran 🚢 2026-04-30 Pre-release v1.0.0-alpha2
1.0.0-alpha1 Sloop ⛵ 2026-04-03 Pre-release v1.0.0-alpha1

Support policy

  • Alpha releases are supported until the next alpha (≈ 3-week window).
  • Beta releases will be supported for one quarter.
  • GA releases will be supported for one year (LTS branch policy TBD).

v1.0.0-alpha3 — Trimaran 🚢

Released 2026-05-26 — Pre-release

🚀 The third Alpha completes the renaming of the Fleet components and adds the first cut of the Kubernetes Operator. The VS Code extension becomes Crafter, the Backstage plugin becomes Warden, and the new Skipper operator + Helm chart joins the lineup.

✨ Highlights

Ikanos engine v1.0.0-alpha3

Continued hardening of the engine, with richer Polychro integration and Spectral rule coverage. See the full Ikanos release notes.

Crafter — VS Code extension (renamed from Naftiko Extension for VS Code)

  • Published to the VS Code Marketplace as naftiko.crafter — code --install-extension naftiko.crafter now works without sideloading
  • Compatible with Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, Antigravity and Trae
  • Automatic migration from the previous extension ID — settings keys are aliased for backwards compatibility

Warden — Backstage plugin (renamed from Naftiko Templates for Backstage)

  • Published to npm as @naftiko/plugin-warden and @naftiko/plugin-warden-backend
  • TechDocs integration for Naftiko capabilities
  • Kubernetes plugin integration — shows live capability status from Skipper

Skipper — Kubernetes Operator + Helm chart (new component)

  • First public release of the naftiko.io/v1alpha1 Capability CRD
  • Helm chart published to helm.naftiko.io — helm install skipper naftiko/skipper --version 1.0.0-alpha3
  • Kustomize overlays and an Argo CD application example
  • Operator reconciles Capability resources into Ikanos workloads

Polychro

Independent versioning continues — see the Polychro release feed.

Shipyard — documentation site

  • New consolidated docs site at https://docs.naftiko.io covering all Fleet components in one place
  • Imported Ikanos wiki content
  • Tutorial tracks for context engineering, API reusability, agent orchestration and platform operations

⚠️ Known limitations

  • Skipper operator is alpha — APIs may break in alpha-4
  • Warden Kubernetes plugin currently requires a Skipper-managed cluster
  • GA timeline for the Fleet is targeted at the Beta 1 milestone

v1.0.0-alpha2 — Catamaran 🚢

Released 2026-04-30 — Pre-release

🚀 The second Alpha brought a richer VS Code extension, an enhanced Backstage scaffolder, CI/CD automation, and a major Ikanos feature wave.

✨ Highlights

Naftiko Framework v1.0.0-alpha2 (now Ikanos)

The open-source foundation received its biggest update yet — see the full Ikanos release notes.

Naftiko Extension for VS Code (now Crafter)

  • Filename modeline support — the extension detects Naftiko capabilities via a YAML modeline in the file header, no longer limited to *.naftiko.yml filenames
  • Marketplace publishing preparation — minimum VS Code version lowered for broader IDE compatibility, VSIX packaging ready
  • Compatibility with AI IDEs — confirmed with Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, Antigravity and Trae
  • Automatic schema & rules sync — CI keeps the bundled JSON Schema and Spectral rules in sync with the engine
  • Spectral validation — inline linting with custom rule functions (aggregate semantics, control port, script defaults, unique namespaces)

Naftiko Templates for Backstage (now Warden)

  • Custom template action — the scaffolder now consumes the Backstage Catalog API to link consumed APIs to the generated component automatically
  • Modeline in generated files — scaffolded capability files include a YAML modeline header for VS Code detection
  • Updated capability template — skeleton aligned with the latest Naftiko Specification

CI/CD automation

  • Backstage assets publishing — consolidated template updates and plugin publishing into a single workflow
  • VS Code extension publishing — improved workflow with updated secrets and release update logic (fixes duplicate release creation)
  • Automated template sync — GitHub Action keeps Backstage templates in sync across repositories

Documentation

  • README refresh — updated to reflect the full Fleet product vision: engine, VS Code Extension, Backstage Templates, and the upcoming Kubernetes Operator

⚠️ Known limitations

  • VS Code extension — not yet published to the VS Code Marketplace (#49, #52)
  • Backstage integration — TechDocs not yet available (#60); Kubernetes plugin integration planned (#59)
  • Kubernetes Operator — CRD, Operator, Kustomize overlays, and Argo CD deployment planned but not yet implemented (#29–#34)
  • Security rules — not yet defined for the Fleet repository (#45)

🔢 By the numbers

  • ~264 commits merged across all Fleet repositories since v1.0.0-alpha1
  • 4 contributors

🙏 Contributors

Full changelog: v1.0.0-alpha1…v1.0.0-alpha2

v1.0.0-alpha1 — Sloop ⛵

Released 2026-04-03 — Pre-release

🚀 The first Alpha shipped the minimum set of tools to understand and develop a fleet of Naftiko capabilities.

✨ Highlights

Wiki

A starting point to discover the Fleet universe — since superseded by this documentation site.

Naftiko Framework (now Ikanos)

The open-source foundation, including the Naftiko Specification and Engine to create and run capabilities. See the Ikanos release notes.

Backstage integration (now Warden)

A simple Backstage template, useful to understand how to scaffold the implementation of capabilities and ensure their compliance.

VS Code integration (now Crafter)

A manually-installable extension for VS Code-compatible IDEs to help developers design capability YAML files, with IntelliSense and dynamic linting.

⚠️ Known limitations

  • Backstage integration — proof of concept of Backstage templates for Naftiko capabilities, provided as a Docker container
  • VS Code extension — only applied to files with the *.naftiko.yml/ *.naftiko.yaml extension

Component release feeds

For component-level changelogs, see each component's release feed:

The umbrella Fleet releases on this page are published from naftiko/fleet.