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Family Hub - Project Roadmap & Development Tracker
Project Start Date: December 18, 2025
Last Updated: December 18, 2025
🎯 Project Vision
A comprehensive home management system that centralizes:
- Calendar Management (Google Calendar integration)
- Chore Tracking (Daily/Weekly/Fortnightly/Ad-hoc tasks)
- Menu Planning (Mealie integration)
- Shopping Lists (Auto-generated from meal plans + manual)
- Home Assistant Integration (Push notifications & dashboards)
Family Members: Lou, Jess, William, Xander, Bella
Pets: Chips (Cat), Harper (Dog)
📋 Development Phases
✅ Phase 1: Foundation & Core Setup
Status: 🚧 IN PROGRESS
Started: December 18, 2025
- Create Git repository
- Initial README documentation
- Project roadmap document (this file)
- Backend scaffolding
- FastAPI project structure
- SQLite database setup
- User authentication system
- Basic API endpoints
- Frontend scaffolding
- React project with Vite
- Tailwind CSS configuration
- Basic routing (React Router)
- Authentication UI
- Database Schema
- Users table
- Chores table
- Chore assignments table
- Initial seed data (init_db.py)
- Docker configuration
- Environment configuration files
Definition of Done: ✅ Can create users, login, and see empty dashboard - COMPLETE!
🔜 Phase 2: Chores System (Priority Module)
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: Next session
2.1 Database & Models ✅
- Chore categories (Bedroom, Bathroom, Kitchen, etc.)
- Chore frequency types (Daily, Weekly, Fortnightly, Ad-hoc)
- Assignment logic (Individual, Shared, Rotating)
- Location-based chores
2.2 Backend API
- Complete CRUD endpoints for chores
- Assignment endpoints
- Recurring schedule engine
- Completion tracking
- History & analytics
2.3 Frontend UI
- Chore creation form
- Daily task dashboard (per user)
- Weekly calendar view
- Quick complete/skip buttons
- Overdue indicators
- Chore assignment interface
Key Chore Locations:
- Bedrooms: Lou, Jess (Ensuite), William, Xander, Bella (5 total)
- Bathrooms: Shared bathroom + Ensuite
- Kitchen: Dishwasher, hand washing, bins
- Laundry: Washing machine, dryer
- Living Areas: Dining room
- Pet Care: Feeding (Chips, Harper), watering, kitty litter
- Waste: Bins (Wednesday AM), Recycling (fortnightly), Greens (fortnightly)
Definition of Done: All family members can be assigned chores, complete them, and view their schedules
🔜 Phase 3: Calendar Integration
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: TBD
- Google OAuth2 setup
- Read calendar events
- Display events in dashboard
- Create/edit events from interface
- Optional: Sync chores as calendar events
- Multi-calendar view (filter by user)
Definition of Done: Can view and modify Google Calendar from Family Hub
🔜 Phase 4: Menu Planning & Shopping
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: TBD
4.1 Mealie Integration
- API connection setup
- Fetch recipes
- Weekly meal planner UI
- Sync recipes to shopping lists
4.2 Shopping Lists
- Manual item add/edit
- Import from Mealie
- Category organization
- Check-off functionality
- Mobile-optimized view
Definition of Done: Can plan weekly meals and generate shopping lists
🔜 Phase 5: Dashboard & Home View
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: TBD
- Unified dashboard layout
- Widget system (draggable priority)
- Today's chores widget
- Upcoming events widget
- This week's meals widget
- Quick stats display
- User switching
Definition of Done: Beautiful, functional home screen showing all modules
🔜 Phase 6: Home Assistant Integration
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: TBD
- REST API endpoints for HA
- Webhook notifications
- Push notification setup:
- Overdue chores
- Bin day reminder (Tuesday night)
- Pet care reminders
- Meal prep reminders
- Custom HA dashboard card
- Sensor entities for HA
Definition of Done: Can view Family Hub data in Home Assistant and receive notifications
🔜 Phase 7: Polish & Deployment
Status: ⏳ PENDING
Target Start: TBD
- Mobile responsive design
- Progressive Web App (PWA) setup
- Offline capabilities
- Docker containerization improvements
- Deployment documentation
- Backup/restore functionality
- User onboarding flow
Definition of Done: Production-ready, deployable system
🛠️ Technology Stack
Backend
- Framework: FastAPI (Python 3.11+)
- Database: SQLite (development) → PostgreSQL (production ready)
- Authentication: JWT tokens with httponly cookies
- Integrations:
- Google Calendar API (OAuth2)
- Mealie API (self-hosted instance)
- Home Assistant REST API
Frontend
- Framework: React 18 with Vite
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- State Management: React Context API / Zustand
- Routing: React Router v6
- HTTP Client: Axios
- PWA: Vite PWA Plugin
Development Tools
- Version Control: Git (Gitea)
- Containerization: Docker & Docker Compose
- Testing: pytest (backend), Vitest (frontend)
📊 Current Sprint
Sprint Goal: ✅ Complete Phase 1 - Foundation & Core Setup
Completed Tasks:
- ✅ Repository setup
- ✅ Backend scaffolding
- ✅ Frontend scaffolding
- ✅ Database schema
- ✅ Basic authentication
- ✅ Docker configuration
- ✅ Project documentation
Next Sprint: Phase 2 - Chores System Implementation
Blockers: None
📝 Development Notes
Session 1 - December 18, 2025
- ✅ Created project repository
- ✅ Established development roadmap
- ✅ Defined all project phases and requirements
- ✅ Built complete backend scaffolding with FastAPI
- ✅ Created frontend structure with React + Vite + Tailwind
- ✅ Implemented user authentication system
- ✅ Designed database schema for users, chores, and meals
- ✅ Created Docker configuration for easy deployment
- ✅ Added comprehensive documentation
- Status: Phase 1 COMPLETE! Ready to move to Phase 2
- Next: Implement chore CRUD operations and frontend UI
🎨 Design Decisions
User Experience
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Dark mode support
- Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Fast page loads (<2s)
Data Architecture
- Local-first approach (fast, offline-capable)
- Sync to cloud for backup
- Privacy-focused (no third-party analytics)
Chore Assignment Philosophy
- Fair distribution among age-appropriate users
- Visual progress tracking
- Gamification elements (optional rewards/points)
- Flexible scheduling (swap/skip capabilities)
📚 Resources & References
- FastAPI Documentation
- React Documentation
- Mealie API Docs
- Google Calendar API
- Home Assistant REST API
🚀 Quick Commands
# Start development servers with Docker
docker-compose up -d
# Start backend only
cd backend && uvicorn app.main:app --reload
# Start frontend only
cd frontend && npm run dev
# Initialize database with family members
cd backend && python init_db.py
# Run tests
cd backend && pytest
cd frontend && npm test
# View API documentation
# Visit: http://localhost:8000/docs
📦 Project Files Overview
Backend Structure
backend/
├── app/
│ ├── api/ # API route handlers
│ │ ├── auth.py # JWT authentication
│ │ ├── users.py # User management
│ │ └── chores.py # Chore operations
│ ├── core/ # Core functionality
│ │ ├── config.py # Settings
│ │ ├── database.py # DB connection
│ │ └── security.py # Password hashing, tokens
│ ├── models/ # SQLAlchemy models
│ │ ├── user.py
│ │ ├── chore.py
│ │ └── meal.py
│ └── schemas/ # Pydantic validation schemas
├── init_db.py # Database initialization
└── requirements.txt # Python dependencies
Frontend Structure
frontend/
├── src/
│ ├── components/ # Reusable components (to be added)
│ ├── pages/ # Page components (to be added)
│ ├── App.tsx # Main application
│ └── main.tsx # Entry point
├── package.json
└── vite.config.ts
Legend:
- ✅ Completed
- 🚧 In Progress
- ⏳ Pending
- ❌ Blocked
- 📌 High Priority
🎉 Phase 1 Complete! The foundation is solid and ready for feature development.