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Free kanban board
It is already working. Type into any column below and it is saved on this device — no account, no email, nothing to set up.
Browse six templates- Saves as you type
- Works offline
- Six export formats
To Do
2Click a card to edit it
Give it notes, a colour, and a due date.
BAdd your own with the box below
Doing
1ADrag me, or press the arrow keys
Focus a card and use the left and right arrows to move it.
Done
1GExport the board when you are finished
Drag a card by its grip, or focus a card and press ← → to move it between columns. Enter edits, M opens the move menu.
What you get
What this board guarantees
No account
No sign-up, no email field and no login. The board above is already live.
Works offline
Once the page has loaded once, it keeps working with no connection at all.
Boards never expire
Nothing in the saved data records an expiry, and there is no plan to renew.
Six export formats
PNG, PDF, CSV, JSON, Markdown and print — all drawn from your own data.
Storage
Where your boards live
Unlike most online kanban boards, this one has no server behind it. Everything you type is stored in your own browser, in an area called local storage. Nothing is transmitted anywhere, no account is created for you, and there is no database somewhere holding a copy. That has two consequences worth being direct about.
The good one: your boards cannot expire. There is no field in the saved data that records a date after which a board stops working, so there is nothing that could switch it off, and no plan you could fail to renew. The board you make today will open in three years if you come back to this browser. Free kanban boards elsewhere usually mean a free tier running on somebody else's server, which is a decision they are allowed to revisit. This one is free because there is no server to pay for.
The honest one: local storage belongs to one browser on one device. Clearing your browsing data will clear your boards along with it, and a board made on your laptop will not appear on your phone by itself. That is the trade for having no account. The fix is the export menu, which is why it has six formats rather than one.
Backlog
3ARenew the car insurance
Book the dentist
Sort out the loft
Half a day, needs bin bags first.
This Week
2RReply to the landlord
Finish the quarterly expenses
Today
2/3Draft the project update
Two paragraphs, no more.
GWalk 30 minutes
Done
1GPay the electricity bill
The Personal To-Do template. A board this size is a few kilobytes of text sitting in your browser, and nowhere else.
Between devices
Moving a board to another device
- On the device that has the board, open Export → All boards (JSON).
- Get that file to the other device however you normally move files.
- On the other device, open this page and press Import — or just drag the file anywhere onto the page.
- Choose Merge to add the boards alongside what is already there, or Replace all to restore the file as your complete set.
The file is checked before anything is changed. If it is damaged or truncated you get a specific error and your existing boards are left exactly as they were — an import can never half-succeed and leave you with less than you started with.
Keyboard
Moving cards without a mouse
Drag works, including by touch, using the grip on the left of each card. But dragging is not the only way, and the alternative is not hidden away. Every card has a visible button that opens a menu listing every column by name, so a card can always be moved in two clicks.
From the keyboard, press Tab until a card is focused, then use ← and → to move it between columns and ↑ and ↓ to move it within one. Enter opens the card, M opens its menu, and Delete removes it with an undo button. Every move is announced to screen readers, including the card's new position. Ctrl+Z undoes the last twenty changes.
Backlog
3BRate limit the public API
Token bucket, 100 req/min per key.
Upgrade the test runner
Blocked until the CI image is rebuilt.
VWrite the migration guide
In Progress
2/2RFix session timeout on mobile
Reproduces on iOS Safari only.
BAdd pagination to the search endpoint
Review
1/3ARefactor the export queue
Needs a second pair of eyes on the retry logic.
Done
2GShip the changelog page
GDrop the legacy config parser
The Software Sprint template — four columns, and every one of them is a destination in the move menu.
Offline
Working offline
Once the page has loaded once, it keeps working with no connection. A kanban board app that has to check in with a server stops dead the moment the wifi does; this one has nothing to check in with. The font is served from this site rather than fetched from elsewhere, there are no analytics or tracking requests, and no part of the board needs to reach a server to save. You can put a laptop in flight mode and carry on.
Nothing to install
The board is already open at the top of this page
No trial, no card, no email. Type a card and it is saved.
Start your boardKanban basics
What is a kanban board?
A kanban board is a set of columns representing the stages your work passes through, with one card per task moving left to right as it progresses. The three classic columns are To Do, Doing and Done. Its value is visual: at a glance you see what is waiting, what is in flight and what is finished.
To Do
2Click a card to edit it
Give it notes, a colour, and a due date.
BAdd your own with the box below
Doing
1ADrag me, or press the arrow keys
Focus a card and use the left and right arrows to move it.
Done
1GExport the board when you are finished
To Do, Doing and Done — the three classic columns.
How it works
How to make a kanban board here
Name your columns
Open the menu in any column header to rename it, or add a column for a stage your work genuinely sits in.
Put one task on each card
Type into the box at the bottom of a column. Keep the unit consistent — a ticket, an errand, a chapter — so the columns do not lie to you about how much is in flight.
Move cards as the work moves
Drag a card by its grip, or focus it and press ← and →. The board is saved on every change, with no save button to remember.
Take it out when you need it elsewhere
The Export menu writes PNG, PDF, CSV, JSON or Markdown, and Ctrl+P prints the board itself rather than the page around it.
Templates
Six layouts, one click each
Every preview below is the board itself, not a picture of one. Press the button and it opens as a live board you can edit.
Software Sprint
A developer or a small product team running a two-week cycle.
Backlog
3BRate limit the public API
Token bucket, 100 req/min per key.
Upgrade the test runner
Blocked until the CI image is rebuilt.
VWrite the migration guide
In Progress
2/2RFix session timeout on mobile
Reproduces on iOS Safari only.
BAdd pagination to the search endpoint
Review
1/3ARefactor the export queue
Needs a second pair of eyes on the retry logic.
Done
2GShip the changelog page
GDrop the legacy config parser
Personal To-Do
One person, everything in one place, work and home together.
Backlog
3ARenew the car insurance
Book the dentist
Sort out the loft
Half a day, needs bin bags first.
This Week
2RReply to the landlord
Finish the quarterly expenses
Today
2/3Draft the project update
Two paragraphs, no more.
GWalk 30 minutes
Done
1GPay the electricity bill
Content Calendar
A writer, a newsletter, or anyone shipping words on a schedule.
Ideas
3VWhat a WIP limit actually does
Interview: how a solo founder plans a week
The case against daily standups
Outlining
1Three columns and when three is not enough
Lead with the failure mode.
Drafting
1/2BA week of personal kanban, logged
Editing
1/3AWhy your backlog keeps growing
Published
1GGetting started with a paper board
Job Search
Anyone running more than three applications at once.
Researching
2Mid-size fintech, remote-first
Check whether they publish salary bands.
Two agencies via the local meetup
Applied
2BBackend role — applied 12 Aug
BPlatform role — applied 18 Aug
Referred by a former colleague.
Interviewing
1/4ASecond round — systems design
Revise queueing and backpressure.
Offer
0- Nothing here yet
Closed
1RData role — withdrew, wrong stack
House Move
A one-off project with a hard date and a hundred small tasks.
Six Weeks Out
3AGet three removal quotes
RGive notice on the current place
Check the notice period in the contract.
Start decluttering room by room
Two Weeks Out
3BRedirect post
Book the lift or parking permit
Confirm broadband install date
Usually the long pole. Book it early.
Moving Week
2Pack an essentials box
Kettle, chargers, bedding, toilet roll.
RTake meter readings
Done
1GNotify the bank and the council
Study Planner
A student working towards exams across several subjects.
To Study
3VOrganic chemistry — reaction mechanisms
Statistics — hypothesis testing
History — the interwar period
Learning
1/2BLinear algebra — eigenvectors
Watch the lecture again, then take notes from memory.
Practising
1APast paper 2024 — section B
Timed. 45 minutes, no notes.
Revising
1GFlashcards — formulas
Confident
1GCalculus — integration by parts
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What does a kanban board do?
It makes the state of your work visible instead of remembered. Every task sits in exactly one column, so the board answers "what is actually in progress right now" without you having to reconstruct it. Seeing a column fill up is also the signal to finish something before starting anything else.
Is there a free kanban board with no sign up?
Yes — this one. There is no account, no email field and no free tier that expires, because there is no server behind it. Your boards are stored in your own browser, so there is nothing to bill for later and nothing to renew.
Do I need an account to use this kanban board?
No. There is no sign-up, no login and no account to create — the board on this page is already live and already saving. Because nothing is tied to an account, nothing follows you between devices either; the export menu is how a board moves from one device to another.
Where is my board saved, and will I lose it?
In your browser's local storage, on this device only. Nothing is uploaded and nothing expires, so a board will still be there in a year. It goes only if you clear your browsing data, or open the site in a different browser or on another device. Where your boards live explains the trade.
How do I export a kanban board as an image or PDF?
Open the Export menu above the board and choose PNG for an image or PDF for a document. Both are drawn from your data rather than screenshotted, so nothing is cut off at the edge of the window, and the PDF keeps real selectable text. What each export is actually for covers all six formats.
Can I print a kanban board?
Yes, and it prints the board rather than the web page around it. Press Ctrl+P: the site chrome disappears, the columns reflow to fit the paper, and cards never break across a page. How printing works covers what happens to colour labels on a black-and-white printer.
Exports
What each export is actually for
Most kanban board tools treat export as a checkbox. Here it is the point, so each format has a job it is genuinely good at.
PNG
A picture of the board for a status update, a slide, a message to someone who does not need the board itself. It is drawn from your data rather than screenshotted from the screen, so it is never cut off at the edge of the window, never affected by how far you have scrolled, and always comes out on a white background even if you are working in dark mode.
PDF
The same layout as a document, with real text you can select, search and copy— not a picture of text. A typical board is a few kilobytes. It is A4, landscape by default, and paginates sensibly if the board is wider or taller than one sheet. If your board uses characters the built-in PDF fonts cannot draw, such as emoji, it falls back to embedding the image so you still get a valid file.
CSV
One row per card, with the board, column, title, notes, label, due date and creation date. Notes keep their line breaks, and any commas or quotes inside your text are escaped properly, so a spreadsheet opens it cleanly instead of scattering half a card across three columns.
JSON
The complete, lossless copy — this is the backup format. It is exactly what the Import button reads back, so exporting and re-importing gives you an identical board rather than an approximation. "All boards" in the export menu writes every board you have to one file.
Markdown
Columns as headings, cards as checklist items, notes as indented quotes. Cards in a column called Done are exported already ticked. It pastes usefully into more or less any notes app or wiki.
Print
Pressing Ctrl+P gives you the board, not a mangled web page. The site chrome disappears, the columns reflow to fit the paper, cards never break across a page, and the colour labels print as letter-coded chips so they survive a black-and-white printer. Useful for a wall, a standup, or working away from a screen — which is the one thing a digital kanban board usually cannot do at all.
Next
Where to go next
- Free kanban board templates — six ready-made layouts for sprints, personal to-dos, content, a job search, a house move and study. One click gives you a live board.
- Personal kanban board — a different setup for one person, with a work-in-progress limit on Today and a live meter that warns you when you go over it.
- Kanban board examples — six real situations, with the reasoning behind each set of columns and the failure mode it avoids.
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