# Vibe Kanban

> A kanban board to plan, run, and review work across many coding agents

- Category: AI Coding / AI SDLC Automation
- Language: Rust
- Licence: Apache-2.0
- Repository: https://github.com/BloopAI/vibe-kanban
- Website: https://www.vibekanban.com/
- Canonical page: https://ai-tldr.dev/tools/vibe-kanban/

## In short

Vibe Kanban is an open-source tool for managing the work that AI coding agents do. It sits in the AI SDLC Automation category of the AI Coding tools and is open-source, written in Rust and licensed Apache-2.0. To get started: authenticate your coding agent.

## Overview

Vibe Kanban is an open-source tool for managing the work that AI coding agents do. You plan tasks as cards on a kanban board, then hand each task to a coding agent that runs in its own workspace with a branch, a terminal, and a dev server. The idea is that engineers now spend most of their time planning and reviewing agent output, so the fastest way to ship more is to make planning and review smoother.

Each workspace keeps an agent's work isolated, so you can review the resulting code diff, leave inline comments, and send feedback to the agent without leaving the UI. A built-in browser with devtools lets you preview the running app. When the work looks good, you can open a pull request with an AI-generated description and merge it. Vibe Kanban works with more than ten coding agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode, Droid, CCR, and Qwen Code.

Note: the project maintainers have announced that Vibe Kanban is sunsetting.

## What it does

- Plan and prioritise work as issues on a kanban board, privately or with a team
- Run coding agents in isolated workspaces, each with its own branch, terminal, and dev server
- Review code diffs and leave inline comments that go straight back to the agent
- Preview the running app in a built-in browser with devtools, inspect mode, and device emulation
- Switch between 10+ coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Amp, and Cursor
- Open pull requests with AI-generated descriptions, review on GitHub, and merge

## Getting started

Vibe Kanban runs from a single command. First authenticate with the coding agent you want to use, then start the app and plan your first task.

1. Authenticate your coding agent

   Make sure you have logged in to your preferred coding agent (for example Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI). The docs list every supported agent and how to set each one up.

2. Launch Vibe Kanban

   Run the app straight from npm with a single command. It starts the board in your browser so you can create your first issue.

```bash
npx vibe-kanban
```

3. Plan, run, and review

   Create issues on the kanban board, open a workspace to let an agent execute the task on its own branch, then review the diff, leave inline comments, and open a pull request when it is ready.

## When to use it

- Planning a backlog of issues and assigning each one to an AI coding agent to implement
- Running several coding agents in parallel, each in its own isolated workspace and branch
- Reviewing agent-generated diffs with inline comments before opening a pull request
- Previewing a running app in a built-in browser to test agent changes before merging