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Kanban

Offline-first, native macOS personal project management & customizable Kanban workspace with first-class Model Context Protocol (MCP) agent integration.


What is Kanban?

Kanban is a private, lightweight engineering workspace built natively for macOS.

Most modern project management tools have evolved into heavy cloud web applications burdened by mandatory subscription lock-in, sluggish multi-second page transitions, tracking telemetry, and opaque cloud databases.

Kanban was built with a different philosophy:

  • Zero Cloud Lock-in: All tickets, epics, notes, and projects reside locally on your Mac in SQLite (Write-Ahead Logging).
  • Sub-100ms Performance: Instant card dragging, live visual query compilation across 5,000+ tickets, and keyboard-first navigation (Cmd + K, Cmd + N, Cmd + </kbd>).
  • First-Class AI Agent Co-Working: Native Model Context Protocol (MCP) stdio server allows Claude Desktop, Cursor, and autonomous coding agents to inspect your backlog, plan sprints, and update tickets in real time.
  • Deep Relational Tracking: Full `Account β†’ Workspace β†’ Project β†’ Epic…