Kanbanq : Open alpha - Project management. Simply done. For small teams & indies
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A fast, minimal project management tool for devs, designers and small teams. Built-in AI helps break down tasks, summarise sprints and organise your backlog – no clutter, no plugins, no fluff. Just clean, focused planning that works.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
We love tools like Linear, ClickUp and Notion (and others) – they’re powerful, but sometimes managing them feels like a full-time job. So we built Kanbanq – a fast, lightweight project tool for solo devs, creative teams and small studios who want agile structure without the bloat.
Kanbanq is built around a dual-board system: one for your sprint and one for your backlog, which is its own Kanban-style board. No more endless lists – now your backlog stays organised, focused and usable.
It’s also fully real-time and collaborative, with visible multiplayer cursors so you always know who’s working on what – perfect for async teams and remote collaboration.
We’ve baked in AI from day one. Nova, your built-in planning assistant, can break down tasks, suggest new ones, clean up your board, rename cards, or turn messy stand-up notes into structured action items. You can even give it a file like a Game Design Document or a Excel file and it will convert it all into tasks and categories for you. It’s like having a PM who never gets tired. However this feature is currently turned off, as it needs a little more work (it has a tendency to go rogue sometimes! lol), but it will be coming in the next month or so.
We’re not here to compete with the big platforms. Kanbanq is something different – simpler, friendlier, and genuinely more fun to use (we have lots of easter eggs hidden across the product).
Built by two people, bootstrapped and driven by love for clean interfaces, smart features and silly easter eggs.
We made it for our own projects – and now we’re excited to share it with yours.
We're starting small with an MVP, but we’re building fast and keeping things focused.
Please join our discord, to chat, chillout, share memes and give feedback. We're rewarding our active alpha testers with free annual subscriptions: https://discord.gg/8XKMp7366b
Would love your thoughts. Thanks for taking a look!
Sprint and tasks are the main features I look for in project management apps. You nailed it with a minimal and creative touch, very cool.
@iamrajanrk thank you Rajan! This is just the mvp! We have some awesome features coming! So stay tuned. Tasks will be getting a massive upgrade soon!
@chrispapa looking forward to it!
I'm genuinely impressed by this. I didn't realize I needed it until I used it.
It fills the gap between basic Kanban boards and more complex tools like Monday.com, Jira, and Asana.
I also appreciate the clean UI. Clearly, a lot of thought has gone into this.
@stefan_z_camilleri Thank you for the kind words!
Nice one!
@adir_ben_yehuda thank you! ❤️
Hey @chrispapa noticed we have similar products in the same vertical
We should connect
Omg, finally something built for small teams! Keeping project management simple is such a game-changer—my indie crew always gets lost in bloated tools. Can you import existing boards?
@joey_zhu_seopage_ai glad you like it! There will be ways to import from other services / boards. Although not yet, we’re still in alpha and not fully feature complete yet. But it’s totally in our backlog ;)
Built for makers who’d rather build than babysit their backlog. This tool strips away the clutter no plugins, no fluff just fast, focused planning powered by AI. From task breakdowns to sprint summaries, it’s productivity without the overhead.
@vivek_sharma_25 thank you! Much appreciated ❤️
@mahendra_rao some of the AI features like the sprint summaries are working (and reports). However the assistant still is not live (needs more work, as it can do some strange things sometimes, but it should be available soon!
KanbanQ makes idea-to-task feel instant. Smart, clean, and super fast.
@bhavyaaurora thank you!
The dual-board setup for sprint + backlog is genius—no more drowning in endless tasks, fr. You two nailed the “keep it simple” vibe, realy love it!