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## Big Changes are Coming!
Equalify has officially transitioned to a project of the [University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Technology Solutions](https://it.uic.edu/about/technology-solutions/ "University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Technology Solutions") department! This marks a new chapter for Equalify, but we remain focused on our goal: bringing top-in-class acessibility scanning and reporting tools to the widest possible audience.
We built Equalify as a multi-tenant, SaaS platform, but after 3 years and tens of thousands of scans, we believe users want something different - something simple, robust, and easy-to-use, and that can be deployed by users themselves, *without* a dedicated DevOps team. That means we'll be moving in a new direction for Equalify, with the goal of a streamlined application, with straightforward deployment. We aim to make Equalify as easy to install as any popular open source project. Here's what this means:
### What to Expect:
- **Ease of Deployment**
Our priority will be to make it as simple and painless as possible for users to spin up their own instances of Equalify
- **Unified Codebase**
A consolidated codebase, to make it simpler for developers to contribute and act as a single entry point for end users and developers
- **Customization**
Prioritize extensibility, and make it as straightforward as possible for users to add their own scans, modify the user interface, etc
- **Better Documentation**
Simplify adoption by unifying and expanding existing documentation
- **Always Open Source**
Continued Open Source development under the AGPL.
- **Best Accessible User Experience**
Fixing accessibility bugs is mission-critical to Equalify.
### Beta Roadmap (Q1 2026)
- **Technology that Promotes our Open Source Community**
- Deployment in 30 minutes or less
- Handles 100 pages/minute without breaking a sweat
- Costs less than $1000/month for typical usage
- No critical bugs
- Documentation that doesn't suck
### Stay in Touch!
Subscribe to our newsletter: [it.uic.edu/accessibility/engineering](http://it.uic.edu/accessibility/engineering "it.uic.edu/accessibility/engineering")
Star or contribute on GitHub: [github.com/equalifyEverything/equalify](http://github.com/equalifyEverything/equalify "github.com/equalifyEverything/equalify")
We welcome your questions, feedback, and continued participation.
**Together, we can equalify the internet.**
All the best,
**Digital Accessibility Engineering
UIC Technology Solutions**