Open Source Kanban Board Template App
A fast local-first Kanban board with Today View, Board Doctor, and AI customization prompts.
A clean, installable Kanban board template for projects, personal work, content calendars, software boards, CRM pipelines, household tasks, and startup operating boards.
This is the real app, not a mockup. Whatever you enter in the demo stays in your browser and belongs to nobody.
What you get
One zip. Everything to own it.
Kanban Board Template App is a Foundation Base project-management foundation that starts useful and stays editable. It includes board, list, and today views; mobile-friendly drag and drop; a lightweight card drawer; WIP warnings; search, filters, grouping, templates, Board Doctor, Plan My Work, local JSON backup, PWA install support, and clear instructions for handing the project to an AI coding agent.
- Board, List, and Today views
- Mobile-friendly card drag and column movement
- Card drawer with checklist, notes, links, attachments, labels, due dates, estimate, assignee, and blocked state
- Search, filters, simple Group By, WIP warning limits, and built-in templates
- Board Doctor and Plan My Work rule-based helpers
- PWA install support, offline fallback, export/import, and agent customization prompts
kanban-board/├── app/the running Next.js app├── agent/START_HERE, PROJECT_MAP, RULES, RECIPES, TESTS, DEPLOY├── CLAUDE.mdread automatically by Claude Code├── AGENTS.mdread automatically by Codex├── .cursor/rules/loaded automatically by Cursor└── README.mdrun it, then make it yours
Inside the app

Customize with AI
Your agent already knows this codebase.
Includes README, QUICKSTART, CUSTOMIZE, DEPLOY, AGENTS, DATA, ROADMAP, centralized Kanban types/helpers, and copyable agent prompts.
Prompts written against this app
Run it
5 min to your own copy.
- 01Create your editable app copy and unzip it.
- 02Run npm install.
- 03Run npm run dev and open http://localhost:3000.
- 04Read README.md, DATA.md, CUSTOMIZE.md, and AGENTS.md before customizing.
- 05Deploy your own URL and install that URL after customization.
Board data stays in this browser by default.
Export/import JSON is included for backups and portability.
The downloaded project includes DATA.md with storage and deployment notes.
The demo can be installed as a PWA from the Foundation Base URL.
After customization, deploy your own copy and install your own URL.
Questions people ask
No. It uses a familiar Kanban board, but adds local-first storage, Today View, Board Doctor, Plan My Work, source-package docs, PWA install support, and AI customization prompts for owned workflows.
No. The AI features are copyable prompts and agent handoff docs. Board Doctor and Plan My Work are local rule-based utilities.
Board data is stored in browser local storage by default and can be exported or imported as JSON.
If this isn’t quite right
Take Kanban Board Template App and make it yours.
Free, MIT, 5 min to running. The demo above is exactly what lands in your folder.