Roadmap

Here’s what’s coming up for Riff.CC:

📅 2025

August 2025: Public beta

Initial public beta of Riff.CC

  • Music, movies, books and audiobooks available for streaming or download.
  • Self hosted lenses for users to create their own libraries.

September 2025: User uploads

Add support for direct user uploads

  • Enable users to upload their own content to Riff.CC directly
  • See the replication of your data across the network in real-time

October 2025: Artist & album pages

Artist pages and community features

  • Artist and album pages for better content discovery
  • Community features for sharing and curating content

November 2025: Hosted lenses

Hosted lenses and backup services for lenses

  • Launch hosted lenses for users who want to create libraries without self-hosting
  • Provide backup services for lenses who want to ensure continuity and availability of their content

December 2025: Full public launch

Full public launch of Riff.CC

  • Expanded content library with user-generated uploads
  • Enhanced discovery features for finding and sharing content

📅 2026

January 2026: User channels

Initial support for user channels and subscriptions

  • Create and run your own channel, which can show content from other channels or lenses
  • Support for subscriptions to channels, allowing users to follow and receive updates from their favorite channels

February 2026: Threshold funding

Expand Riff.CC to support threshold funding

  • Allow artists to setup threshold funding campaigns for their upcoming work
  • Allow users to support artists directly, and earn rewards for doing so
  • Artists automatically release their work under Creative Commons (non-commercial) once they’ve earned enough money from it