BloopAI / vibe-kanban
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Overview
AI coding agents are increasingly writing the world's code and human engineers now spend the majority of their time planning, reviewing, and orchestrating tasks. Vibe Kanban streamlines this process, enabling you to:
- Easily switch between different coding agents
- Orchestrate the execution of multiple coding agents in parallel or in sequence
- Quickly review work and start dev servers
- Track the status of tasks that your coding agents are working on
- Centralise configuration of coding agent MCP configs
- Open projects remotely via SSH when running Vibe Kanban on a remote server
You can watch a video overview here.
Installation
Make sure you have authenticated with your favourite coding agent. A full list of supported coding agents can be found in the docs. Then in your terminal run:
npx vibe-kanban
Documentation
Please head to the website for the latest documentation and user guides.
Self-Hosting
Want to host your own Vibe Kanban Cloud instance? See our self-hosting guide.
Support
We use GitHub Discussions for feature requests. Please open a discussion to create a feature request. For bugs please open an issue on this repo.
Contributing
We would prefer that ideas and changes are first raised with the core team via GitHub Discussions or Discord, where we can discuss implementation details and alignment with the existing roadmap. Please do not open PRs without first discussing your proposal with the team.
Development
Prerequisites
Additional development tools:
cargo install cargo-watch
cargo install sqlx-cli
Install dependencies:
pnpm i
Running the dev server
pnpm run dev
This will start the backend and frontend. A blank DB will be copied from the dev_assets_seed folder.
Building the frontend
To build just the frontend:
cd frontend
pnpm build
Build from source (macOS)
- Run
./local-build.sh - Test with
cd npx-cli && node bin/cli.js
Environment Variables
The following environment variables can be configured at build time or runtime:
| Variable | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
POSTHOG_API_KEY | Build-time | Empty | PostHog analytics API key (disables analytics if empty) |
POSTHOG_API_ENDPOINT | Build-time | Empty | PostHog analytics endpoint (disables analytics if empty) |
PORT | Runtime | Auto-assign | Production: Server port. Dev: Frontend port (backend uses PORT+1) |
BACKEND_PORT | Runtime | 0 (auto-assign) | Backend server port (dev mode only, overrides PORT+1) |
FRONTEND_PORT | Runtime | 3000 | Frontend dev server port (dev mode only, overrides PORT) |
HOST | Runtime | 127.0.0.1 | Backend server host |
MCP_HOST | Runtime | Value of HOST | MCP server connection host (use 127.0.0.1 when HOST=0.0.0.0 on Windows) |
MCP_PORT | Runtime | Value of BACKEND_PORT | MCP server connection port |
DISABLE_WORKTREE_CLEANUP | Runtime | Not set | Disable all git worktree cleanup including orphan and expired workspace cleanup (for debugging) |
VK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | Runtime | Not set | Comma-separated list of origins that are allowed to make backend API requests (e.g., https://my-vibekanban-frontend.com) |
Build-time variables must be set when running pnpm run build. Runtime variables are read when the application starts.
Self-Hosting with a Reverse Proxy or Custom Domain
When running Vibe Kanban behind a reverse proxy (e.g., nginx, Caddy, Traefik) or on a custom domain, you must set the VK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS environment variable. Without this, the browser's Origin header won't match the backend's expected host, and API requests will be rejected with a 403 Forbidden error.
Set it to the full origin URL(s) where your frontend is accessible:
# Single origin
VK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://vk.example.com
# Multiple origins (comma-separated)
VK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://vk.example.com,https://vk-staging.example.com
Remote Deployment
When running Vibe Kanban on a remote server (e.g., via systemctl, Docker, or cloud hosting), you can configure your editor to open projects via SSH:
- Access via tunnel: Use Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, or similar to expose the web UI
- Configure remote SSH in Settings → Editor Integration:
- Set Remote SSH Host to your server hostname or IP
- Set Remote SSH User to your SSH username (optional)
- Prerequisites:
- SSH access from your local machine to the remote server
- SSH keys configured (passwordless authentication)
- VSCode Remote-SSH extension
When configured, the "Open in VSCode" buttons will generate URLs like vscode://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+user@host/path that open your local editor and connect to the remote server.
See the documentation for detailed setup instructions.