# One clear view across every project - Kanera

> Plan work on flexible boards, connect projects through Global Work and Portfolio, and keep reporting, notes, automation, API, and AI access together.

Canonical page: https://www.kanera.app/

For teams who outgrew basic boards and still want that way of working.

[Start free](https://board.kanera.app/signup)[View pricing](https://www.kanera.app/pricing)

No card required · 30-day Pro trial · Free plan or $5/user/month

Visual Board Tactile & Fast Card Detail Subtasks & Fields Notifications Scoped Alerts Table & Rollups Spreadsheet Power Cross-Project Team Work People & Boards Work Done & Standup Automated History

🔒 board.kanera.app

Realtime sync

Kanera Platform Delivery board with cards organized into shared lists and custom labels

The Next-Gen Standard

## The simplicity of boards. The muscle of a workspace.

Rebuilt for teams who love the clarity of visual boards with the muscle of a modern project system.

Custom Fields Sub-Checklists Realtime Collaboration

### Tactile Visual Boards

Everything you need on a card—without 10 paid plugins

Drag-and-drop lists, sub-checklists with owners, custom fields, rich markdown, attachments, and covers come standard.

Kanera visual board showing custom lists, tags, and cards

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Sub-Checklists Custom Fields Markdown & Files

### Full-Context Card Detail

Subtasks, custom fields, and real discussion

Assign sub-checklist items with their own due dates, configure workspace custom fields, stage files, and converse in markdown.

Kanera card detail panel showing checklists, custom fields, attachments, and activity history

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Up Next Queue Multi-Board Focus

### Cross-Project Focus

One queue across every board

Stop jumping across 20 tabs. Home and Up Next unify assigned work across all boards into a single prioritized queue.

Kanera Up Next drawer aggregating assigned work across boards

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In-App Drawer Per-Workspace Rules Push, Email & ntfy

### Scoped Notifications

Never miss what matters, pause the rest

In-app drawer plus delivery rules per workspace. Route mentions, assignments, and due dates to browser push, email, ntfy, or Gotify.

Kanera notification drawer showing mentions, assignments, and workspace filters

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Live Calculations Group & Filter

### Instant Table & Rollups

Spreadsheet power on board data

Switch from visual board to structured table with one click. Filter, group by owner or status, and calculate live sums.

Kanera Table view with grouped columns and totals

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Attributed Timeline Fewer Status Chases

### Automated Standups & Work Done

The delivery log that writes itself

A verified timeline of completed work, card moves, and checked items. Read standups or client check-ins up to 60 days back.

Kanera Work Done timeline showing attributed completions

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Your Assistant Real Boards No AI Fee

### Bring your own AI assistant

The one you already use, on real boards

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot. They can read cards, update work, and write the standup—without a Kanera chatbot fee.

Claude Cursor ChatGPT

What's blocked on Delivery?

Elastic License 2.0 Docker Compose No Kanera Seat Fee

### Hosted Pro or Docker self-host

Same product, two ways to run it

Use Kanera hosted at $5 per user, or run Docker yourself with the same Pro feature set and no Kanera seat fee.

Cloud Pro Docker Self-Host

docker compose up -d

Private Scratchpad

### Private work in progress. Right beside your boards.

Keep meeting notes, rough thoughts, draft descriptions, and pasted snippets autosaved in your own private editor. Accessible instantly anywhere without cluttering team boards.

100% Private to you Instant popout or docked Converts to cards & notes

Kanera Scratchpad showing private notes docked next to an active board

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[Kanban & Table](https://www.kanera.app/features#kanban-list)[Card Detail & Subtasks](https://www.kanera.app/features#cards-checklists)[Custom Notifications](https://www.kanera.app/features#notifications)[Global Work](https://www.kanera.app/features#assigned-work)[Work Done](https://www.kanera.app/features#work-done)[Calendar View](https://www.kanera.app/features#views)[Custom Fields](https://www.kanera.app/features#custom-fields)[Notes & Backlinks](https://www.kanera.app/features#notes)[Automations](https://www.kanera.app/features#automations)[Realtime Collab](https://www.kanera.app/features#collaboration)[REST API & Webhooks](https://www.kanera.app/features#api)

[Explore all features](https://www.kanera.app/features)

Why Teams Switch

## Built for teams who outgrew basic boards and need a complete workspace.

You shouldn't have to choose between simple boards that lack cross-project power and heavy enterprise suites that slow your team down.

Legacy Project Tools

### The Status Quo

What slows growing teams down

Speed & Interaction

High Latency

Sluggish typing, 3-second page loads, and infinite nested settings menus.

Multi-Project Visibility

Siloed Boards

Boards trapped in isolated silos, requiring 15 open browser tabs or confusing nested spaces.

Standups & Accountability

Manual Chasing

Constantly chasing teammates in chat or writing manual end-of-week status spreadsheets.

Control & Integrations

Plugin Paywalls

Paying for 10 separate power-up plugins or trapped in closed cloud tiers with per-seat penalties.

The Kanera Standard

### The Modern Workspace

Speed, visibility, and control built-in

Speed & Interaction

Instant Flow

Instant card actions, no waiting on a spinner, and lightweight offline browsing.

Multi-Project Visibility

One Clear Queue

Unified Up Next queue, My Cards, and Portfolio rollups aggregating work across all clients.

Standups & Accountability

Self-Writing Standup

Automated Work Done timeline with attributed movements, checklists, and completions.

Control & Integrations

Total Freedom

Hosted Pro or Docker self-host with MCP for your own AI tools, webhooks, and REST API.

- Instant speed, because current information keeps delivery moving.
- Cross-board clarity, because work should never disappear between projects.
- Connected context, so decisions, notes, and cards stay linked.
- Lightweight operations, because visibility should not require full-time administration.

The daily workflow

## How your team actually works. From 9am to end-of-day.

Three moments carry your workday: what is on your plate this morning, where the execution happens, and automatic proof of what got finished.

- 1 Morning Focus

### Open one screen, not six boards.

Home brings together your Up next queue, overdue work, today’s deadlines, and the coming week across every project. Your week groups every dated card and checklist item by urgency.

You start the day working on priorities instead of hunting across browser tabs.

Up next Overdue Due today Next 7 days Done this week

Home

Kanera Home showing Amelia’s ranked Up next list, deadline counts, recent boards, and a weekly agenda of assigned work.

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- 2 During the day

### Boards when work flows. Deep card context when execution starts.

Switch from visual board to structured table in one click, open any card for complete context with subtasks and custom fields, and stay in sync with zero-noise notifications.

When work spans teams, My Cards and Team Cards bring assignments together across every board with zero context switching.

Interactive preview: Board Card Detail Notifications Table

Board view Card detail & checklists Scoped notifications Table view My Cards & Team Cards

Board view

A Kanera board with Ideas & Requests, Ready to Start, and In Progress lists, each list showing its card count and assignees.

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- 3 End of day

### The standup writes itself.

Work Done is an automatic, attributed history of what moved: cards completed, checklist items checked off, and cards advanced between lists. Filter by day, week, or up to 60 days back.

Perfect for standups, client check-ins, and every time “what changed?” would otherwise cost a meeting.

Card movement Completions Owner attribution Board context Up to 60 days

Work Done

Kanera Work Done showing an activity heatmap of card movement and completions above a dated timeline with attributed owners.

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### Built with modern developer and team essentials.

[Notes, next to the work Decisions, runbooks, and project context live in team or personal notes. Bi-directional links connect cards and documentation directly. Learn more](https://www.kanera.app/features#notes)[Automations for the housekeeping Set triggers and actions. When a card moves, due date arrives, or checklist finishes, Kanera applies labels, assigns owners, and updates status. Learn more](https://www.kanera.app/features#automations) Bring your own AI assistant Point Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or Copilot at your boards. They can read and update real work, with no extra Kanera AI fee.

[Explore AI setup](https://www.kanera.app/ai-agents)

First-party MCP guides

- [Claude](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-claude)
- [ChatGPT](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-chatgpt)
- [Codex](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-codex)
- [Copilot](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-github-copilot)
- [Cursor](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-cursor)
- [OpenCode](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-opencode)
- [Gemini CLI](https://www.kanera.app/docs/ai-mcp-gemini-cli)

Engineered for Momentum

## Built to feel lightning fast.

No spinners, no 3-second loading skeletons, and no browser freezes. Every card interaction and view switch happens in the blink of an eye.

### Instant, tactile responsiveness

Lightweight client architecture engineered for speed at any team scale.

- Instant Actions Cards, drawers, and views respond without waiting on a spinner.
- Realtime Sync Multi-user changes broadcast across your team without page reloads.
- Offline Browsing Recent boards and active cards stay readable when connectivity drops.
- Large Boards Boards with thousands of cards stay usable instead of turning into a wait.

Install anywhere

## Keep work visible on every device.

Install Kanera from the browser in a couple of taps, then check priorities, blockers, and updates without opening every board.

- Phone, tablet, and desktop Install from Chrome on Android and Windows, or from Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Its own app window Kanera opens with its own icon instead of another browser tab.
- Notifications that reach you Choose which mentions, assignments, and due dates arrive by push or email.

[Read the install guide](https://www.kanera.app/docs/install-kanera)

Kanera

Source Available

## Hosted for momentum. Source available for trust.

Kanera Pro is the fastest way to bring the complete product to your team.

We run the service, updates, and infrastructure so your team can focus on the work.

Source availability adds transparency and long-term trust. Self-hosting remains available when policy or infrastructure requirements call for it.

[Start free](https://board.kanera.app/signup) Hosted The fastest path for teams, fully managed by Kanera.

Self-hosted The same complete product when you need deployment control.

git clone https://github.com/happendev/Kanera.git cp .env.example .env docker compose up -d --build

- Complete hosted product
- Inspectable codebase
- Docker deployment available

## Honest, predictable pricing.

Pro is $5 per user. Free is capped on purpose. No plugin marketplace.

- 30-day Pro trial, no credit card
- Then Free plan: 4 members, 3 boards
- Stay on Pro for $5 per user per month, or $49/year
- Self-host with Pro features, no Kanera seat fee

[Compare plans & pricing](https://www.kanera.app/pricing)

Frictionless Migration

## Bring your work with you. In under 60 seconds.

Switching project systems shouldn't mean losing history or manually rebuilding boards from scratch.

[Import a Trello board](https://www.kanera.app/trello-migration) Plan a migration

Moving from Trello? Import boards, cards, lists, members, custom fields, comments, and attachments with automated schema review.

Multi-team or Agency rollout? Start with one real client project. We help map list structures, permissions, and workspace templates.

Coming from ClickUp, Asana, or Jira? Import a CSV for cards and fields, then use the REST API or an assisted move when history and attachments matter too.

[Explore migration options](https://www.kanera.app/migration)

## Try Kanera on your real work.

Bring one live project into Kanera. Experience the tactile speed of visual boards combined with cross-project operations.

[Start free](https://board.kanera.app/signup)[View pricing](https://www.kanera.app/pricing)

No card required · 30-day Pro trial · Then Free plan

## Machine-readable resources

- [Kanera AI index](https://www.kanera.app/llms.txt)
- [Kanera documentation index](https://www.kanera.app/docs/llms.txt)
- [Agent discovery guidance](https://www.kanera.app/agents.md)
