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en	[[!meta title="Our plans for the coming years"]]

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en	As part of our ongoing donation campaign, we already explained you [[why we needed donations|why_we_need_donations]] and [[how we use these donations|what_we_do_with_your_money]]. Today we are sharing with you our plans for the next years:

en	**Easier adoption**

en	**Revamp Tails Greeter**: make it easier to configure Tails when starting ([[!tails_ticket 5464]])

en	**Rethink the installation and upgrade process**: take a step back and reflect on the future of Tails Installer, the installation on Windows and Mac, and automatic upgrades ([[!tails_ticket 11679]])

en	**Graphical installation method for macOS**: what would it take to document tools other than Tails Installer to do a graphical installation from macOS? ([[!tails_ticket 11682]])

en	**Explain better what Tails is** and what makes it so awesome ([[!tails_ticket 9814]])

en	**Security hardening**

en	**Reproducible build of the ISO image**: protect users and developers from a malicious build of our ISO image ([[!tails_ticket 5630]])

en	**Persistent Tor state**: have persistent entry guards ([[!tails_ticket 5462]])

en	**HTTPS mirrors**: serve our downloads over HTTPS only ([[!tails_ticket 9796]])

en	**Persistent seed for random number generator**: have better entropy and stronger crypto ([[!tails_ticket 7675]])

en	**Browser fingerprint**: compare and reevaluate the web fingerprint of Tor Browser inside and outside Tails ([[!tails_ticket 5362]])

en	**Community**

en	**Web platform for translators**: make it easier to translate our website ([[!tails_ticket 10034]])

en	**Social contract**: guiding principles that reflects the commitment to our ideals ([[!tails_ticket 11669]])

en	**Personas**: study and describe our user base to take better design decisions ([[!tails_ticket 11162]])

en	**Improvements to WhisperBack**: make it easier and faster to answer support requests ([[!tails_ticket 9799]], [[!tails_ticket 9800]])

en	**Sustainability**

en	**Tails based on Debian Stretch** (Tails 3.0)

en	**Better server infrastructure**: to handle our growing needs on continuous integration and have a backup server ([[!tails_ticket 11680]], [[!tails_ticket 6185]])

en	**Test Tails on ARM**: starting with a few Chromebooks supported by Debian ([[!tails_ticket 11677]])

en	**Tails on tablets**: specify what upstream projects (GNOME, Debian, etc.) should work on to help porting Tails to tablets and smartphones ([[!tails_ticket 10039]])

en	**Fundraising**

en	**Have more reliable and steady sources of income**

en	**Depend less on grants from governments**

en	**New applications and features**

en	**Graphical interface for the Additional Packages persistent feature**: allow users to customize which applications are available in their Tails ([[!tails_ticket 5996]] [[!tails_ticket 9059]])

en	**Backups**: provide a graphical tool to backup the persistent volume ([[!tails_ticket 5301]])

en	**Screen locker**: allow users to lock their session with a password ([[!tails_ticket 5684]])

en	**Tails Server**: run onion services from Tails (VoIP chat rooms, collaboration tools, web servers, messaging servers, etc.) ([[!tails_ticket 5688]])

en	**Tails Verifier**: allow verifying whether a Tails installation has been corrupted ([[!tails_ticket 7496]])

en	**TrueCrypt support in GNOME**: graphical utilities to mount TrueCrypt volumes ([[!tails_ticket 11684]], [[!tails_ticket 6337]])

en	These are all items that we find important and want to prioritize. But making them a reality will require lots of work, time, and money; on top of all the day-to-day work that we do to simply keep Tails alive.

en	If you want us to get there faster, please take one minute to make a donation.

en	If your organization is interested in funding one of these tasks in particular, please contact us.

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