vibe-kanban-local: Run a Local Kanban for Coding Agents

Overview

vibe-kanban-local is a single-user, local-only fork of BloopAI/vibe-kanban. It keeps the kanban board, workspaces, coding-agent sessions, and related tools while removing cloud-dependent features such as accounts, team collaboration, and real-time sync.

It suits developers who want to manage coding-agent work on their own machine after the upstream hosted service shut down. Its data is stored in a local SQLite database; it is not a replacement for the original cloud-enabled product when team or hosted features are required.

Key Features

• Local, single-user kanban with identity seeded automatically, without signup or login.
• Workspaces, sessions, board, and settings backed by SQLite.
• UI configuration for coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and OpenCode.
• Pull request creation with AI-generated descriptions.
• MCP server for programmatic access and agent integrations.
• Optional reverse-proxy support through configured allowed origins.

Use Cases

• An individual developer wants a local board to organize work across coding-agent sessions.
• A user of the former hosted Vibe Kanban service wants to continue using its local workflow.
• A developer wants to connect an MCP-compatible agent to kanban data and actions.
• Someone evaluating agent workflows needs a self-hosted alternative without team or cloud features.

Getting Started

For the recommended release install, download the binaries from the releases page, then run:

chmod +x server vibe-kanban-mcp
./server

The published release currently targets macOS ARM64. See the README for source builds, development setup, and configuration details.

Alternatives

• tmux-agent-sidebar: It tracks and manages coding-agent sessions and worktrees inside tmux rather than organizing work in a self-hosted kanban.
• Atlas: It centers on source control and linking commits to agent sessions, rather than local kanban-based task and workspace organization.

Considerations

• This is a fork that tracks a specific upstream commit, not a project that automatically receives future upstream changes.
• Cloud features, including authentication, organizations, and team collaboration, were removed. The project is designed for local single-user use.
• The README says published binaries are currently available only for macOS ARM64; other platforms require building from source.
• Source builds require Rust, Node.js 20 or later, and pnpm 8 or later.