Hi, I'm Sanskar Tiwari, founder of IndianAppGuy (you might know me from my YouTube channel where I share Android, Flutter, and SaaS building tips, or from products like MagicSlides that have helped over a million users create presentations faster).
Over the years, I've built multiple apps, run teams, and collaborated with developers across time zones. One thing that always frustrated me? Getting even the simplest tasks across the finish line.
I'd set up a Trello board (or Asana, Jira, whatever) with the classic Kanban columns: Ideas, To Do, Doing, and Done. The flow seemed straightforward:
- An idea pops up → drop it in Ideas.
- It looks promising → move to To Do.
- Time to execute → drag to Doing, add comments/updates as work progresses.
- Finally shipped → move to Done and celebrate (or at least breathe).
But in reality? Chaos.
Developers would forget to move cards. Ideas piled up in To Do forever because no one prioritized. "Doing" columns became ghost towns—people started work but never updated status or added comments. "Done" was rare because moving that card felt like admitting defeat if something wasn't perfect. I'd ping people constantly: "Hey, can you move this to Doing?" or "Please update the card when you're done." It wasted hours, killed momentum, and made me feel like a babysitter instead of a founder.
The bigger problem? Pricing.
Tools like Trello, Asana, and others charge per user. If I had one board for a small project but 10+ collaborators (freelancers, part-time devs, even clients giving feedback), the bill skyrocketed. Why pay for seats when all I need is one active board that multiple people touch?
That's why I decided to build something different: Kanban Team.
Kanban Team flips the model:
- Pricing that's actually fair: Free by default for basic use. Paid plans are per board, not per user. We're talking super affordable—think $2–$5 per board per month (details coming soon as we launch). One board can have unlimited team members, commenters, viewers—zero extra cost. Perfect for indie hackers, small teams, side projects, or anyone tired of per-seat nonsense.
But the real game-changer? We're building Kanban Team for the AI era—starting with a powerful CLI (command-line interface).
Imagine this:
You fire up your terminal and run commands like:
- kt signup / kt login
- kt board create "My AI Agent Project"
- kt task add "Implement user auth flow" --board "My AI Agent Project" --column Ideas
- kt task move <task-id> --to Doing
- kt comment add <task-id> "Just finished backend—needs frontend review"
- kt task list --board "My AI Agent Project"
No more browser tabs, no dragging cards with a mouse when you're deep in code. Everything happens right where you're already working.
The vision goes further: AI agents as first-class citizens.
Picture dumping raw ideas into the board via CLI or API. Then, every 5–10 minutes (configurable), an AI (like Claude, Cursor, or custom agents) scans the board:
- Reviews Ideas → promotes good ones to To Do.
- Picks up To Do items → moves them to Doing, starts executing (code gen, research, whatever fits).
- Adds comments with progress ("Generated initial code—pushing to repo", "Ran into API limit—needs human input").
- Completes work → moves to Done automatically.
Humans stay in the loop: We jump in to review, add comments ("Looks good—ship it!"), reprioritize, or intervene when needed. But the grunt work? The constant status chasing? Handled by agents accessing the same board.
No more "Did you move the card?" Slack pings. No more forgotten tasks. Just a living, breathing Kanban that evolves with AI.
This is the future I wish I had years ago—when I was begging devs to update Trello cards while I coded late nights. Kanban Team makes task flow effortless, affordable, and AI-native.
We're early—building the CLI, core board system, and agent integrations now.
If this resonates (especially if you've ever struggled with "just move it to Done!"), I'd love your support:
- Head over to indianappguy.com (or wherever the landing page goes live—I'll update as we launch) to sign up for early access.
- Join the waitlist, try the free tier when it drops, and give feedback.
- Share this post if you know someone drowning in per-user pricing or manual Kanban hell.
Let's make task management simple again—one board, unlimited collaborators, powered by AI agents.