Kandev

Manage and run tasks in parallel. Orchestrate agents. Review changes. Ship value.

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What

Organize work across kanban and pipeline views with opinionated workflows and execute multiple tasks in parallel. Assign agents from any provider, and review their output in an integrated workspace - file editor, file tree, terminal, browser preview, and git changes in one place. Terminal agent TUIs are great for running agents, but reviewing and iterating on changes there doesn't scale.

Run it locally or self-host it on your own infrastructure and access it from anywhere via Tailscale or any VPN.

Open source, multi-provider, no telemetry, not tied to any cloud.

Vision

Humans stay in control. Define tasks, build agentic workflows with gates, review every change, decide what ships.

• Review-first - Humans support production systems. We need to understand (yet) and trust the code that gets deployed.
• Your workflow - Every team is different, and not every developer uses AI the same way. Define workflows once, share them across the team, and give everyone a consistent process for working with agents - regardless of experience level.
• Remote agents - Running multiple agents on a large codebase can quickly saturate a local machine. The goal is a single control plane: offload execution to servers, orchestrate from anywhere, including your phone.

Features

• Multi-agent support - Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Amp, Auggie, OpenCode, Cursor, Qwen, Factory Droid, iFlow, Kilocode, Pi, Kimi, AWS Kiro, Qoder, Trae, Oh My Pi
• Parallel task execution – start and manage multiple tasks from different sources simultaneously, boosting productivity with AI agents
• Integrated workspace - Built-in terminal, code editor with LSP, git changes panel, embedded vscode and chat in one IDE-like view
• Kanban task management - Drag-and-drop boards, columns, and workflow automation
• Agentic workflows - Multi-step pipelines that mix-and-match agents per step - for example, Claude Code Opus to design a plan, GitHub Copilot Sonnet to implement it, and Codex GPT 5.4 to review the changes. See docs/workflow-tips.md
• Sub-tasks - Agents can spawn sub-tasks that resume from the parent task's session. Useful for splitting a task that has grown too big, or producing several PRs from the same starting point.
• CLI passthrough - Drop into raw agent CLI mode for direct terminal interaction with any supported agent, leverage the full power of their TUIs
• Workspace isolation - Git worktrees prevent concurrent agents from conflicting
• Multi-repository tasks - Span a single task across multiple repositories, with one worktree per repo, per-repo branches, per-repo PRs, and per-repo grouping in the Changes panel and review dialog
• Flexible runtimes - Run agents as local processes, in isolated Docker containers, on remote servers via SSH, or in cloud executors like sprites.dev
• Session management - Resume and review agent conversations
• Stats - Track your productivity with stats on the completed tasks, agent turns, etc

Integrations

Connect Kandev to the tools your team already uses — pull issues into the kanban, link tasks to PRs, and surface review activity inline.

Supported ACP Agents

All agents communicate via ACP (Agent Client Protocol). Some agents support ACP natively, while others use ACP adapter packages that bridge their native protocols. CLI Passthrough mode is also available for direct terminal interaction with any agent CLI. If your agent isn't supported yet, open an issue or submit a PR with the integration. See Adding a New Agent CLI for a step-by-step guide.

Bring your own TUI agents

There is support for running any agent as TUI inside a terminal. Just add the cli command in the agent profile settings and the task will start the agent inside a PTY terminal instead of using ACP.

Supported Executors

Each executor uses git worktrees for workspace isolation, preventing concurrent agents from conflicting.

Quick Start

Homebrew (macOS, Linux)

brew install kdlbs/kandev/kandev
kandev

NPX

npx kandev@latest

Requires npm 7+. Installs the CLI plus a platform-matched runtime bundle in one step.

NPM (global)

npm install -g kandev@latest
kandev

Updates

• brew upgrade kandev
• npx kandev@latest (always uses the latest published version)
• npm install -g kandev@latest

The worktrees and sqlite db live in ~/.kandev by default. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows (WSL or native).

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone git@github.com:kdlbs/kandev.git
cd kandev

# Start in production mode
make start

Prerequisites: Go 1.26+, Node.js 18+, pnpm, Docker (optional - needed for container runtimes)

High level architecture

graph LR
    UI[Web UI] --> Backend


        Backend["Backend (Orchestrator)"]


    Backend --> W1 & W2 & W3 & W4

    subgraph W1[Local Process]
        Agent1[Agent CLI] --- WT1[Worktree]
    end

    subgraph W2[Docker Container]
        Agent2[Agent CLI] --- WT2[Worktree]
    end

    subgraph W3[SSH Remote]
        Agent3[Agent CLI] --- WT3[Worktree]
    end

    subgraph W4[Sprites Cloud]
        Agent4[Agent CLI] --- WT4[Worktree]
    end

We also want to add support for this remote runtime:

• K8s operator - run agents in a Kubernetes cluster, with auto-scaling and resource management.

Project Structure

apps/
├── backend/    # Go backend (orchestrator, lifecycle, agentctl, WS gateway)
├── web/        # Next.js frontend (SSR, Zustand, real-time subscriptions)
├── cli/        # CLI tool (npx kandev launcher)
├── landing/    # Landing page
└── packages/   # Shared UI components & types

Prerequisites

• mise for the pinned toolchain in mise.toml (make bootstrap installs it when missing)
• Go 1.26, Node.js 24, pnpm 9.15.9 (installed by make bootstrap)
• Docker (optional)

Environment Setup

# Install mise tools, workspace dependencies, and git hooks
make bootstrap

# Also install Playwright Chromium browser/deps for E2E
make bootstrap-e2e

Running Dev Servers

# Start everything (backend + frontend with auto ports)
make dev

# Or run separately
make dev-backend    # Backend on :38429
make dev-web        # Frontend on :37429

Testing & Linting

make test           # Run all tests (backend + web)
make lint           # Run all linters
make typecheck      # TypeScript type checking
make fmt            # Format all code

Pre-commit Hooks

# Installed and wired by make bootstrap
make doctor

Comparison to Other Tools

There are a few similar tools in this space, and new ones appearing everyday. Here's what sets this one apart:

• Server-first architecture - Not a desktop app. Runs as a server you can access from any device, including your phone. Start a task away from your computer and check in on it later.
• Remote runtimes - Run ag