Roadmap | Backdrop CMS

See the GitHub issue tracker for all 1.36 issues.
All Backdrop 1.x releases will include new features that do not require API breaks. A subset of proposed topics are listed below. Please note: our priorities may change based on the most urgent needs of the Backdrop community.
As of March 2026, there are no specific plans for a 2.0 branch of Backdrop CMS. We are currently able to do everything we want in the minor releases that come out 3 times per year.
Backdrop version 1 will continue to be supported until Backdrop version 3 is released.
Backdrop 2.0 will include the removal of deprecated functions, and will most likely include changes in HTML markup which may require updates to themes.
The upgrade from Backdrop 1 to Backdrop 2 (if it happens) will be easier than the upgrade between major Drupal versions.
See the GitHub issue tracker for more 2.x issues for a set of proposed changes that cannot happen during the 1.x cycle.
See the summary of discussions that took place in early 2024.
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