Short answer: Vibe Kanban still works as a local, open-source tool, but its company (Bloop) shut down on 10 April 2026 and the cloud boards are gone. If you only ran agents on your own machine, you can keep it or move to Claude Squad or Nimbalyst. If you need a shared board that hands tasks to agents, look at AgentVera. If you are on a Mac and want a polished app, look at Conductor.
We build AgentVera, one of the options below. We have tried to describe every tool, ours included, by what its own site and repository say as of November 2026.
What happened to Vibe Kanban?
Vibe Kanban was built by Bloop: a kanban board where each card runs a coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp and others) in its own git worktree, with a web UI for reviewing the diff.
On 10 April 2026 Bloop announced it was shutting down. The repository now opens with the line “Vibe Kanban is sunsetting”. In practice:
- The code stays open source (Apache-2.0, about 28k GitHub stars) and community maintainers still commit to it.
- Remote services ran for 30 more days; after that the app became fully local.
- Cloud features were removed: shared kanban issues, comments, projects and organisations. Bloop offered a data export.
- Releases slowed down: the last tagged release as of November 2026 is v0.1.44 (24 April 2026).
So the question depends on how you used it. Solo and local: little has changed. Team boards: you need something else.
Vibe Kanban alternatives compared
| Tool | Runs on | Agents | Interface | License | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vibe Kanban (community) | Local CLI + browser | ~10, incl. Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp | Kanban board | Apache-2.0 | Free |
| AgentVera | macOS, Windows, Linux | 18 CLI agents | Desktop app: terminal grid + team kanban | Closed source | Free; kanban on Pro/Team |
| Nimbalyst (formerly Crystal) | macOS, Windows, Linux | Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode | Desktop app, mobile companion | MIT | Free for individuals |
| Paradev (formerly Superset) | macOS (Linux experimental) | Several CLIs | Desktop app | Elastic License 2.0 | See its site |
| Conductor | macOS only | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor | Desktop app | Closed source | See its site |
| Claude Squad | macOS, Linux (Windows via WSL) | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Aider | Terminal (tmux) | AGPL-3.0 | Free |
Facts are from each tool’s own site and repository as of November 2026; this space changes quickly, so check before you decide.
Which one fits you?
Keep Vibe Kanban if you worked alone and locally
The board, the worktree per task and the agent support you used are still there. Pin the version you use, keep an eye on the repository, and you lose little. The risk is slower fixes as agent CLIs change.
Claude Squad if you live in the terminal
Claude Squad runs each agent in its own tmux session and git worktree, in a terminal UI. It is AGPL-3.0, light and scriptable. There is no board; you switch between sessions from a list. On Windows it needs WSL because it relies on tmux.
Nimbalyst if you want an open-source desktop app
Nimbalyst is the successor of Crystal (deprecated in February 2026). It runs Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode sessions in worktrees, works on all three desktop systems, has a mobile companion and is free for individuals under the MIT license.
Conductor if you are on a Mac and use Claude Code or Codex
Conductor is a polished macOS app that gives each agent its own workspace and turns finished work into a pull request. It does not run on Windows or Linux; we covered that in Conductor on Windows.
Paradev if source-available is enough
Paradev (formerly Superset) is a desktop app for running several CLI agents in parallel. Its code is public under the Elastic License 2.0, which is source-available rather than open source.
AgentVera if you need a team board that hands cards to agents
This is the part of Vibe Kanban the shutdown took away, and it is what AgentVera’s kanban for AI agents does:
- A board shared with your organisation. You send a card to Claude, Codex or another CLI agent on your own computer; the card moves to In progress and, when the agent’s turn ends, its last reply is posted as a comment.
- Only cards, comments and assignments go to the cloud. Your project folder stays on your machine.
- Agents run in real terminals, side by side, each with the CLI login you already have (Claude Pro/Max, a ChatGPT plan and so on). No API key is required.
- You can create a git worktree per task from the Git panel, like a Vibe Kanban card.
What to weigh: AgentVera is not open source, and the kanban board is on the Pro plan (10 boards) and the Team plan (unlimited). The grid, worktrees and all 18 agents are on the free plan. A side-by-side comparison is on the Vibe Kanban vs AgentVera page.
Moving off Vibe Kanban
- Export what you need from the old cloud boards if you still have the export; Vibe Kanban no longer syncs them.
- Finish or merge open worktrees. Vibe Kanban’s task worktrees are ordinary git worktrees:
git worktree listshows them, and any tool above can open them. - Keep your agent logins. Every tool here runs the same CLIs you already installed, so there is nothing to re-buy.
- Recreate only the open cards. Done cards are history; start the new board with what is still in flight.
For a broader look at tools that run agents in parallel, see the best tools for parallel AI coding agents.