# Kanera

> Start with today in Home, manage work in Board and Table views, and see every project through My Cards, Team Cards, and Portfolio.

Kanera is project management software for organizing work in workspaces, boards, lists, and cards. It is available as a hosted service, with a self-hosted option for teams that want to run it themselves.

## Start Here

- [TL;DR](https://www.kanera.app/docs/tldr.md): Learn Kanera's workspace, board, list, and card model in a five-minute quick-start guide.
- [First-Time Setup](https://www.kanera.app/docs/getting-started.md): Complete Kanera onboarding after your first sign-in and create your first board or workspace.
- [Workspaces](https://www.kanera.app/docs/workspaces.md): Organize related Kanera boards around shared lists, labels, fields, templates, members, and reporting.
- [Boards](https://www.kanera.app/docs/boards.md): Create, organize, style, share, group, and manage standalone or workspace Kanera boards.
- [Features](https://www.kanera.app/features): Explore Kanera Home, Board and Table views, My Cards, Team Cards, Portfolio, board syncing, workspaces, reporting, notes, automation, and API access.
- [Pricing](https://www.kanera.app/pricing): Kanera Pro is $5 per user/month, or $49 per user/year with annual billing. Each guest gets one board free; a second or later board uses one purchased seat.
- [Integrations](https://www.kanera.app/integrations): Connect MCP-compatible AI clients to the Kanera boards you can access, or build integrations with the REST API, webhooks, and Trello import.

## Documentation

- [Kanera Help Center](https://www.kanera.app/docs/index.md): Find Kanera setup guides, everyday workflows, administration help, integrations, AI agent instructions, and self-hosting documentation.
- [Account Access and Sign-In](https://www.kanera.app/docs/account-access.md): Sign in, reset a password, accept a board invitation, and resolve common Kanera account-access problems.
- [Connect Kanera to your AI agent](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp.md): Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, and other AI agents to Kanera through MCP.
- [Set up ChatGPT](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-chatgpt.md): Connect ChatGPT to Kanera through MCP with OAuth and troubleshoot common setup problems.
- [Set up Claude](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-claude.md): Connect Claude Code or Claude Desktop to Kanera through MCP with OAuth or an API key.
- [Set up Codex](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-codex.md): Connect the Codex app, CLI, or IDE extension to Kanera MCP and install the Kanera agent skill.
- [Set up Cursor](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-cursor.md): Connect Cursor to Kanera MCP with OAuth or a protected API key configuration.
- [Examples of how to use](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-examples.md): Use practical prompts for Kanera triage, standups, planning, workload review, and card updates.
- [Set up Gemini CLI](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-gemini-cli.md): Connect Gemini CLI to Kanera MCP with OAuth or a static API key.
- [Set up GitHub Copilot](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-github-copilot.md): Connect GitHub Copilot in VS Code to Kanera MCP and authenticate with OAuth.
- [Connect an AI agent](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-oauth.md): Connect a compatible AI agent to Kanera with OAuth, review scopes, and manage access.
- [Set up OpenCode](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-opencode.md): Connect OpenCode to Kanera MCP using remote OAuth or an API key.
- [MCP technical reference](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-reference.md): Configure Kanera MCP endpoints, API keys, scopes, resources, tools, prompts, security boundaries, and troubleshooting.
- [MCP tool inventory](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-tools.md): Browse every tool and built-in prompt registered by the current Kanera MCP server.
- [API](https://www.kanera.app/docs/api.md): Create Kanera API keys, choose scopes, authenticate requests, and use the public API safely.
- [Archived Cards](https://www.kanera.app/docs/archived-cards.md): Archive, find, restore, and understand retention for archived Kanera cards.
- [Global Work](https://www.kanera.app/docs/assigned-work.md): Use My Cards, Team Cards, and Portfolio to review and manage work across every board you can access.
- [Add and Manage Attachments](https://www.kanera.app/docs/attachments.md): Upload, paste, preview, download, search, and remove attachments from Kanera cards and notes.
- [Automations](https://www.kanera.app/docs/automations.md): Build Kanera automations with triggers, conditions, actions, templates, and custom fields.
- [Board Syncing](https://www.kanera.app/docs/board-syncing.md): Link Kanera cards across boards and understand synchronized updates, permissions, and limitations.
- [Card Labels](https://www.kanera.app/docs/card-labels.md): Create and manage shared Kanera card labels for lightweight categorization and filtering.
- [Create and Manage Cards](https://www.kanera.app/docs/cards.md): Create, edit, move, complete, duplicate, copy, and archive cards in Kanera.
- [Checklist Templates](https://www.kanera.app/docs/checklist-templates.md): Create reusable checklist templates and apply consistent steps to Kanera cards.
- [Checklists](https://www.kanera.app/docs/checklists.md): Break Kanera cards into owned, dated, nested checklist items and track their completion.
- [Comments and Mentions](https://www.kanera.app/docs/comments.md): Discuss work on Kanera cards, mention teammates, and review card activity in context.
- [Completed Cards](https://www.kanera.app/docs/completed-cards.md): Complete, review, reopen, and filter finished Kanera cards without cluttering active boards.
- [Custom Fields](https://www.kanera.app/docs/custom-fields.md): Create typed custom fields and use them across Kanera cards, views, reports, and automations.
- [Find Work Across Kanera](https://www.kanera.app/docs/find-content.md): Search accessible cards, notes, comments, and attachment filenames across Kanera.
- [Guests](https://www.kanera.app/docs/guests.md): Invite Kanera guests, control board access, and understand what guest users can see and change.
- [Home](https://www.kanera.app/docs/home.md): Use Kanera Home to review overdue work, the coming week, recent boards, and personal progress.
- [Install Kanera](https://www.kanera.app/docs/install-kanera.md): Install Kanera as a progressive web app on phones, tablets, and Windows desktops.
- [Lists](https://www.kanera.app/docs/lists.md): Create, order, style, rename, and manage the workflow lists used by Kanera boards.
- [Managing Users](https://www.kanera.app/docs/managing-users.md): Add organisation users, assign workspace roles, invite guests, and manage Kanera access.
- [Create and Organize Notes](https://www.kanera.app/docs/notes.md): Create personal and team notes, organize nested pages, add attachments, and link notes to Kanera work.
- [Configuration](https://www.kanera.app/docs/notification-configuration.md): Configure Kanera email, browser push, sound, and per-type notification preferences.
- [Notifications](https://www.kanera.app/docs/notifications.md): Understand Kanera notification reasons, delivery channels, preferences, and watcher behavior.
- [Receiving Notifications](https://www.kanera.app/docs/receiving-notifications.md): Read, filter, open, and clear notifications from the Kanera notification drawer.
- [Reporting and Excel Export](https://www.kanera.app/docs/reporting.md): Use Table, saved Global Work views, Portfolio rollups, Work Done, and exports to report on Kanera work.
- [Self Host](https://www.kanera.app/docs/self-host.md): Understand the services, storage, notifications, APIs, and operations included in self-hosted Kanera.
- [Getting Started](https://www.kanera.app/docs/self-host-getting-started.md): Deploy self-hosted Kanera with Docker Compose, public URLs, health checks, updates, and backups.
- [Standalone Boards](https://www.kanera.app/docs/standalone-boards.md): Use an independent Kanera board with its own workflow, access, fields, labels, and automation.
- [Trello Import](https://www.kanera.app/docs/trello-import.md): Import a Trello board into Kanera and map lists, labels, fields, members, and attachments.
- [Troubleshooting](https://www.kanera.app/docs/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose common Kanera sign-in, permissions, notification, integration, upload, and self-hosting problems.
- [Roles and Permissions](https://www.kanera.app/docs/user-roles.md): Understand Kanera organisation roles, workspace roles, board access, and API-key permissions.
- [Views](https://www.kanera.app/docs/views.md): Use Kanban, Table, Calendar, and Work Done to plan, edit, report on, and review Kanera cards.
- [Watchers](https://www.kanera.app/docs/watchers.md): Watch Kanera cards and boards to receive updates without becoming an assignee.
- [Webhooks](https://www.kanera.app/docs/webhooks.md): Configure, secure, test, monitor, and troubleshoot outbound Kanera webhooks.
- [Workspace Users](https://www.kanera.app/docs/workspace-users.md): Add organisation members to a Kanera workspace and assign the appropriate workspace role.

## Source

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/happendev/Kanera): source code, deployment instructions, license, and contribution information.