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bloopai/vibe-kanban

26,331RustAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5ActiveLicenseSetup · hard

TLDR

A kanban board and workspace for developers using AI coding agents. Plan tasks, let AI write code in isolated branches, review changes, and preview results, all in one interface.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Kanban board
      AI agent workspace
      Code review interface
      Browser preview
    Key features
      Task planning
      Isolated code branches
      Multi-agent support
      Inline comments
    Use cases
      AI pair programming
      Workflow automation
      Code review process
    Tech stack
      Rust backend
      Web interface
      Git integration
    Audience
      AI-assisted developers
      Coding agent users

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Manage AI coding agent tasks on a kanban board while the agent writes code in an isolated branch.

USE CASE 2

Review code changes made by AI agents with inline comments and send feedback back for revisions.

USE CASE 3

Preview your app in a built-in browser while reviewing AI-generated code changes.

USE CASE 4

Consolidate task management, code execution, and review into one interface instead of switching between multiple tools.

Tech stack

RustGitWeb UI

Getting it running

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Requires building Rust backend, setting up Git integration, running Web UI, and configuring AI agent connectivity, multiple moving parts.

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In plain English

Vibe Kanban is a task management and workflow tool designed specifically for developers who use AI coding agents, tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and others, to write code. It gives you a kanban board (the column-and-card style task organization made popular by Trello) combined with a workspace where AI agents can actually execute the work. The core idea is that working with AI coding agents involves three distinct phases: planning what to build, letting the agent do the coding, and reviewing what it produced. Vibe Kanban streamlines all three in one interface: create tasks on a board, launch an AI agent in a workspace where it gets its own code branch and running server, then review the code changes it made with inline comments you can send back to the agent for revisions. There's also a built-in browser preview so you can see what the app looks like while reviewing. This is aimed at developers, particularly those already using AI pair programming tools heavily, who find themselves context-switching between many different apps (task managers, terminals, code review tools, browsers) while working with AI agents. Supporting over ten different coding agents, it aims to be a unified command center for AI-assisted development. Installation is a single command: npx vibe-kanban. No complex setup required. Important note: the repository's README states that Vibe Kanban is sunsetting, the team has announced a shutdown. The code is open source and can be self-hosted, but the commercial product is winding down. The repository remains valuable as an example of this category of AI agent management tooling.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I set up Vibe Kanban to manage tasks for my Claude Code agent? Walk me through the workflow from task creation to code review.
Prompt 2
Show me how to use Vibe Kanban's inline comments to send revision requests back to an AI coding agent.
Prompt 3
I want to self-host Vibe Kanban since the commercial product is sunsetting. What are the steps to build and deploy it?
Prompt 4
How does Vibe Kanban isolate code branches for each AI agent task, and how do I merge changes back to my main branch?
Prompt 5
Can you explain how Vibe Kanban's browser preview works while I'm reviewing AI-generated code?
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