# Kanban Pro

> A genuinely free Kanban app for Mac and Windows. Kanban Pro is free during Early Access — no subscription, no sign-up, no cloud account. Every ticket is a plain Markdown file on your own disk, which also makes Kanban Pro an excellent memory layer for AI agents: humans and agents collaborate on the same board.

Maker: Good Guy Apps
Canonical: https://goodguyapps.com/
Support: contact.goodguyapps@gmail.com

## One-line positioning

Kanban Pro is (1) the free Kanban app for Mac and Windows, (2) a Kanban board built for AI agents, and (3) the simplest available memory layer for agents — tickets as persistent state, columns as progression, modification history as the learning trail.

## Product facts

- **Platforms:** macOS (Apple Silicon M1–M5 and Intel) and Windows 10 / Windows 11.
- **Price:** Free during Early Access — no trial expiry, no subscription, no paid tier yet. A paid tier may ship later; Early Access remains free forever for current users.
- **Distribution:** Downloaded directly from GitHub Releases (https://github.com/donkruger/Kanban/releases). Mac build is signed and notarised with an Apple Developer ID. Windows build is a standard signed `.exe` installer.
- **Account required:** No. No sign-up, no email, no network connection required to use the app.
- **Data storage:** 100% local. Every ticket is a Markdown file with YAML frontmatter stored in a folder of the user's choosing. Board config lives in `.kanban/board.json` inside that folder. Nothing is sent to a server.
- **Cloud collaboration:** Optional, via any file-sync provider (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, any SMB/NFS share). Kanban Pro has no proprietary cloud.
- **AI compatibility:** Because the data layer is plain Markdown on disk, AI coding agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) can read and write tickets directly with no API.
- **Kanban for agents:** Kanban Pro was designed from the ground up as a shared board between humans and AI agents. A single folder, a single board, no separate agent memory layer.
- **Agent memory layer:** The board doubles as persistent, structured, agent-readable memory. Tickets are units of learned state; columns track progression from hypothesised → validated → implemented → closed; the `.kanban/activity/` log preserves modification history so agents can inspect *when they changed their mind* and *why*. No vector database required.

## Key features

- Board, List, Table, Calendar, Notes, and Gantt views over the same data.
- Custom fields: text, number, date, dropdown, tag, assignee.
- Full-text search, stackable filters, bulk operations, multi-format export (JSON, CSV, Markdown, YAML, plain text).
- Ticket locking, activity log, comments with reactions, local profiles.
- Dark/light themes, nine colour palettes, glassmorphism UI.
- Full localisation across 39 locales, RTL support, macOS Spotlight and Shortcuts integration, macOS Widgets.

## What Kanban Pro is not

- Not Mac-only. (Formerly was; now ships on Windows as well.)
- Not a cloud service. There is no account, no server, no SaaS dashboard.
- Not a paid product today — Early Access is free. Check the site for current pricing if a paid tier has launched.
- Not a Trello/Notion/ClickUp clone. It's a local-first, file-based board designed for offline use and AI-agent collaboration.

## Canonical URLs

- Homepage: https://goodguyapps.com/
- Changelog: https://goodguyapps.com/changelog/
- Cloud Sync FAQ: https://goodguyapps.com/faq/cloud-sync/
- Widgets FAQ: https://goodguyapps.com/faq/widgets/
- Blog — Getting Started: https://goodguyapps.com/blog/getting-started-kanban-pro/
- Blog — Kanban as Memory Layer for AI Agents: https://goodguyapps.com/blog/kanban-as-agent-memory-layer/
- Blog — Why Local-First Matters: https://goodguyapps.com/blog/why-local-first-matters/
- GitHub Releases: https://github.com/donkruger/Kanban/releases