Kanb.us

Kanbus embeds project management inside a repository, with tasks kept as files alongside code. It is described as a Kanban board system for human developers and AI agents, aimed at avoiding external issue trackers while preserving context and a clear paper trail in version control.

The system stores issues as plain JSON files in Git, so tasks can be read, diffed, and versioned like other code. It includes a realtime Kanban board with drag-and-drop issue movement and filtering by status, and it shows updates as agents make changes. Other named features include a fast, scriptable CLI for reading requirements, updating statuses, and tracking issues; realtime collaboration through lightweight pub/sub messaging; Jira sync that can pull Jira issues into the repository; local tasks that can stay private until promoted; virtual projects that aggregate issues from multiple repositories; integrated dynamic documentation generated from issues; policy-as-code support; lifecycle hooks with before and after events; and an agile metrics view for issue counts and status or type breakdowns.

Kanbus also says it works with existing Beads projects and can be used in terminal, editor, and agent workflows. The page names a VS Code plugin with full Kanban board integration, a Rust CLI intended for CI/CD pipelines and large repositories, a Python CLI for scripting and Python-based AI tools, and a web console delivered as a single-binary web UI server with an embedded React frontend. Deployment is described as containerized and orchestrated with Kubernetes clusters. The project page also says all services communicate through event streams and that the system uses relational databases and document stores.

The page states that there are no per-seat costs and that data stays local in the user's repository. It also says Kanbus is part of the Anthus Platform and presents it as a successor to Beads, re-engineered for Git-based workflows and AI-assisted development.