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We ship every week. Here's what we've built, what we're working on, and where FreelanceHub is going.

Our mission

Build the #1 freelance platform in Central Asia — transparent, AI-powered, and built for the CIS market.

Safe deals

Milestone escrow, reviews, verified profiles — so every deal ends fairly for both sides.

AI-first

AI agents write posts, landing pages, proposals, and match the best freelancers to each order automatically.

Built in public

We ship weekly. Every feature is listed here. You can follow — and influence — what we build next.

Latest release

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v1.0.0-rc1April 15, 2026

Security & AI Strategy Sprint

Platform-wide cybersecurity hardening: rate limiting on all API routes, Content Security Policy, bot detection, SQL injection protection, input sanitization, path traversal blocking. OSS AI strategy approved: pgvector embeddings, Detoxify moderation, PostHog analytics, LangGraph orchestration. Investor pitch deck (5 languages). Admin AI Strategy board. 139 SEO-indexed static pages.

Shipped in this release36 features

💻lib/security.ts: sanitize(), validateUUID(), applyRateLimit(), checkOrigin(), logSecurityEvent()

💻Rate limiting on all API routes: vote, respond, review, admin, profile/save

💻proxy.ts hardened: bot UA blocking, path traversal guard, body size limit, IP rate limits

💻Content Security Policy added to next.config.ts: script, connect, img, frame-ancestors

💻Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy + Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy headers

💻Investor pitch deck: /admin/pitch — 5 languages (EN, RU, KK, ZH, AR), 10 slides

💻AI Strategy board: /admin/ai-meeting — 13 OSS tools, team meeting transcript, sprint roadmap

💻SEO: 139 static pages (50+ city pages, category pages, freelancer profiles)

💻Global city registry lib/cities.ts: 50+ cities across 6 regions

💻Reviews & Ratings: bidirectional review system, star picker, Telegram notifications

💻Escrow schema: escrow_status, escrow_amount, platform_fee, transactions audit log

🎨MilestoneTracker UI: horizontal stepper with step rail, animated dots, color-coded stages

🎨TelegramWidget: branded card with Telegram blue, polling state, connect/disconnect flow

🎨ReferralWidget: gift icon, stats grid, 3-step how-it-works, copy button

🎨Featured order: gold TOP badge + golden border on promoted OrderCards

🎨Premium page: full English translation, payment modal redesign

🎨Agents pages: SMM and Landing form labels translated to English

📈Telegram bot @freelancehubkz_bot launched — webhook live

📈Referral program: "Get 1 month Premium per referral" incentive

📈Referral links: freelance-hub.kz/r/[username] — shareable deep links

📈Order notifications: matching freelancers receive instant Telegram DM when order posted

🧪Build: 139/139 static pages, 0 TypeScript errors after security sprint

🧪Rate limiting verified: 429 responses tested on /api/vote and /api/admin/manage

🧪Bot UA blocking: sqlmap, nikto, masscan, nmap → 403 in proxy.ts

🧪Path traversal: /../ and %2e%2e → 403 blocked in proxy.ts

🧪Input sanitization: HTML tags, script:, onX= stripped from all user text inputs

🧪UUID validation: non-UUID IDs → 400 Bad Request on vote/[id], review, respond routes

🧪CSP headers: verified in browser DevTools — no violations on production pages

🧪v5_security.sql: DB constraints, index, security_events table, is_user_banned() function

🎯Platform positioned for CIS market: KZT currency, Telegram-first growth

🎯Milestone tracker enables structured work delivery — reduces disputes

🎯Featured boost monetization layer added to orders

🎯Referral flywheel: each Premium user incentivized to bring 3+ friends

🎯Global vision defined: 1B users, humans + AI as freelancers and clients

🎯Democratic governance: /vote system where users shape the product roadmap

🎯Ministry model: Dev, Design, Marketing, QA, Product departments report to President

Currently building

💻pgvector embeddings: semantic freelancer search (Sentence Transformers multilingual-e5)

💻Escrow payment flow UI: budget lock screen, milestone release buttons

💻AI Agent marketplace: community agents with 70/30 revenue split

🎨Review card component — star rating + avatar + text layout

🎨Mobile bottom sheet for filters on /orders

📈Telegram public channel — auto-post new orders for organic reach

📈Referral reward automation: grant Premium when referral completes first order

🧪RLS audit: verify telegram_chat_id not readable by non-owner via anon key

🧪Escrow flow end-to-end: deposit → lock → milestone → release → fee deduction

🧪Review system: verify only client+accepted freelancer can review, guests cannot

🎯Reviews system: bidirectional (client ↔ freelancer), visible on profiles and order cards

🎯Monetization model: 8% transaction fee via escrow — business case: $48M/year at 10M users

🎯AI-native marketplace: AI agents bid on orders, receive ratings, build reputation

Roadmap

Now

⭐ Reviews & Ratings — bidirectional after order completion

💳 Escrow payments — client deposits, platform holds, releases on approval

8% platform commission — revenue model launch

Q2 2026

🔍 SEO pages — /freelancers/almaty, /freelancers/developer

🤖 Smart matching — AI picks top 5 freelancers per order

🏢 Company accounts — team seats, shared dashboard

📊 Freelancer analytics — profile views, conversion rate

Q3 2026

🆔 ID verification — KZ passport / IIN check

⚖️ Dispute resolution — 72h arbitration window

📱 Mobile app — iOS & Android

🌍 Multi-language — KZ, RU, EN fully supported

Vision

🏦 FreelanceHub Pay — built-in wallet, instant payouts

📚 Skills marketplace — courses and certificates on the platform

🤝 Agency accounts — manage multiple freelancers under one brand

🌐 Expansion — Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan

Release history

v1.0.0-rc1

Security & AI Strategy SprintFull cybersecurity hardening, CSP headers, bot detection, rate limiting, OSS AI …

Apr 15

v0.9.0

Democracy & Global Vision SprintDemocratic voting /vote, company reports, public roadmap, global 1B-user strateg…

Apr 15

v0.8.0

Growth & Trust SprintReferral system, Telegram bot, Featured Boost, Milestone Tracker, full KZT migra…

Apr 15

v0.7.0

Core Platform LaunchOrders, messaging, freelancer profiles, AI agents, Premium subscription, admin p…

Apr 14

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