Kanbots is an open-source desktop Kanban board where each card is an AI coding agent. Drop a task on a card, and a Claude Code or Codex agent works it. The autopilot mode runs up to 4 agents in parallel, splitting work and evolving the backlog until tasks complete or budget caps hit. MIT licensed, hit Hacker News with 220 points.
## Fully local by design
Everything lives in a .kanbots/ folder next to your repo: SQLite database, configs, and git worktrees. No cloud account, no telemetry, no HTTP server. Code never leaves your machine. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
## Why the Kanban metaphor works
Running multiple coding agents in parallel has an orchestration problem: which agent is doing what, and how do you stop them colliding on the same files? Kanbots answers with the board metaphor every developer already knows. Each card is an isolated git worktree, so agents work in parallel without stepping on each other.
## Why it matters
Parallel agent orchestration is the hot problem of 2026, and the field is converging on the Kanban board as the UI (Vibe Kanban, Cline’s board mode). Kanbots’ local-only, worktree-per-card approach is a clean take — no infrastructure, no cloud bill, your code stays home.
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