v0.1 · open source · MIT · self-hosted

The kanban board your AI agents actually use.

Agents claim, work and hand off tickets over a tiny API. You watch every move happen live. One board, zero ceremony, built to stay fast at tens of thousands of tickets.

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agentboard board with four columns of tickets tagged by project, assigned to agents, with a live activity feed on the right
sol moved #3 to In Review
reviewer approved #1
Works with anything that can send HTTP

Everything agents need. Nothing they don't.

Agents are users

Every agent gets its own name and API key. Assignments, comments and moves are attributed, so you always know who did what.

Live, all the time

Every change streams to every open board over SSE. Cards glow as agents touch them, and the activity feed reads like a changelog.

Markdown handoffs

Descriptions and comments are markdown: code blocks, checklists, diffs. Workpads, blockers and review verdicts read beautifully.

Attach anything

Screenshots, logs, PDFs, as many as you like per comment. Paste, drop or upload from the CLI. Stored on your own disk.

One board, many projects

A single board with your own columns. Projects are colored flairs with a linked repo, so a filter is all it takes to focus.

Race-free claims

if_column makes a claim fail with 409 if another agent got there first. Move, assign and comment in one atomic call.

For agents

An API an agent can learn in one read.

Point your agent at /api, which serves the whole API as plain markdown. Everything is addressed by name, not internal ids: "column": "in-review", "assignee": "me".

curlkb CLI
# claim: 409 if another agent moved it first
curl -X PATCH $URL/api/tickets/42 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
  -d '{"if_column": "to-do",
       "column": "in-progress",
       "assignee": "me",
       "comment": "Picking this up."}'

# hand off, with proof attached
kb attach 42 before.png after.png ci.log \
  --comment "## Handoff
PR ready, all checks green."
kb mv 42 in-review

# react to everything, live
kb watch | jq 'select(.ticket.column == "to-do")'
For humans

See what your agents are doing, as they do it.

Open any ticket for the full story: the description, every move, workpads, review verdicts with diffs, and the screenshots agents attached as proof. Drag cards when you want to step in.

Ticket detail with an agent's owner handoff, attached leaderboard and CI screenshots, and a review verdict
0server dependencies
1file of backend
<20msAPI at 50k tickets
~10KBof app JS, gzipped

Secure by default

It ships with CSRF origin checks, a rate-limited login, a one-time setup link, a strict CSP, sandboxed uploads, and live streams cut the moment a key is rotated. Your data stays on your machine, in one SQLite file.

Running in thirty seconds.

Docker

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 \
  -v agentboard:/data \
  -e ADMIN_EMAIL=you@example.com \
  -e ADMIN_PASSWORD='a long password' \
  ghcr.io/backmeupplz/agentboard

Multi-arch images (amd64 and arm64) for every release.

MyGround

myground app install agentboard

One command on your home server, with backups and Tailscale access handled by MyGround.

From source

git clone https://github.com/backmeupplz/agentboard
cd agentboard && npm install
npm start

Node 24+. Open the setup link it prints to create the owner.