vibe-kanban-local: A Self-Contained Kanban for AI Coding Agents

Summary

vibe-kanban-local is a robust, local-only fork of the original BloopAI/vibe-kanban project, maintained after its upstream sunset. It provides a self-contained, single-user kanban board, allowing developers to integrate over ten different AI coding agents directly into their workflow without any cloud dependencies or logins. This tool is ideal for enhancing productivity with AI assistance in a private, offline environment.

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Introduction

vibe-kanban-local is a dedicated, local-only fork of the popular BloopAI/vibe-kanban project. Created at the pre-sunset cutover of the original cloud-enabled service, this repository ensures the continued availability of a powerful kanban tool. All cloud-dependent features, such as authentication, organizations, and real-time sync, have been removed, resulting in a self-contained, single-user application that operates entirely against a local SQLite database. It's the perfect solution for those who wish to continue using vibe-kanban locally after the upstream hosted service has shut down.

Why Use It and Key Benefits

This fork retains all the core functionality that made vibe-kanban so valuable, now in a privacy-focused, offline-first package. Key benefits include:

Single-user local kanban: Enjoy a fully functional kanban board with a synthetic identity auto-seeded on first launch, requiring no signup or login.
Comprehensive features: Access workspaces, sessions, kanban boards, and settings, all operating seamlessly against a local SQLite database.
Extensive coding agent integrations: Configure and utilize over 10 coding agents directly from the UI, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode, Droid, CCR, and Qwen Code.
AI-powered Pull Request creation: Generate pull request descriptions with AI assistance, streamlining your development workflow.
MCP server: Programmatic access is available via the vibe-kanban-mcp server for advanced agent integrations.

Installation

Getting started with vibe-kanban-local is straightforward.

From a release (recommended)

Download the latest binaries from the releases page. Make them executable and run:

chmod +x server vibe-kanban-mcp
./server                          # starts the UI
./vibe-kanban-mcp --mode global   # optional: stdio MCP for agent integrations

The server will print the URL it bound to and write the chosen port to $TMPDIR/vibe-kanban/vibe-kanban.port. Currently, only macos-arm64 is published. For other platforms, you will need to build from source.

From source

If you need to build from source, follow these steps:

git clone git@github.com:kcarwileklaviyo/vibe-kanban-local.git
cd vibe-kanban-local
pnpm i
pnpm run build
cargo build --release --bin server --bin vibe-kanban-mcp
./target/release/server

Examples

vibe-kanban-local provides an intuitive and efficient user interface for managing your tasks and interacting with AI coding agents. The application allows you to organize your work into workspaces and sessions, visualize progress on kanban boards, and seamlessly integrate various AI tools to assist with coding tasks and pull request creation. This visual approach helps streamline development workflows in a private, local environment.