An open-source orchestration tool built by Bloop AI in the UK. It runs more than ten AI coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and others — in parallel, and tracks their progress on a single Kanban board. It starts with one line, npx vibe-kanban, automatically creates a Git worktree per task, and lets you review the resulting diffs and open or merge pull requests from the browser UI. Note that Bloop announced on April 10, 2026 that the company is shutting down; the project now continues as a community-maintained project under the Apache-2.0 license.
Key Features
- Support for more than ten agents: Switch between Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode, Droid, Qwen Code and more. Model and effort level can be set per workspace
- Plan and track tasks on a Kanban board: Register bugs and feature requests as issues with metadata such as priority, tags and parent-child relationships. The board shows at a glance which agent is working on what
- Parallel execution via automatic Git worktrees: Creating a workspace automatically generates a worktree for the target repository and branch, with its own branch and terminal. Attaching several workspaces to one issue lets you point multiple agents at the same problem simultaneously
- Diff review with inline comments: Agent-written code is shown as a diff in the UI, and you can leave line-level comments that feed straight back to the agent. This makes it easy to build a workflow where a human always looks at the code before it is merged
- Browser preview and click-to-component: View your dev server inside the built-in browser and click an element on screen to jump to the corresponding component, which cuts down on describing UI tweaks in words
- PR creation plus setup and cleanup scripts: Create and merge GitHub pull requests, or merge local branches. Workspace initialization steps such as installing dependencies can be registered as scripts
- MCP server and VSCode extension: Vibe Kanban can expose itself as an MCP server, and it also supports operation from the editor
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Local edition (open source) | $0 | Apache-2.0. Launch with npx vibe-kanban. Core features including local workspaces, agent execution and diff review |
| Free (former cloud) | $0 | 1 user, core features, community support |
| Pro (former cloud) | $30/user/month | 2-49 users, 99.5% SLA, Discord support |
| Enterprise (former cloud) | Contact for pricing | 50+ users, SSO/SAML, 99.9% SLA, dedicated Slack channel |
Pricing is current as of August 2026. Following the shutdown of Bloop announced on April 10, 2026, cloud-hosted issues, comments and project/organisation features were discontinued 30 days after the announcement, and existing subscriptions were cancelled with recent invoices refunded. What remains available is the fully local open-source edition. Check the official site for the latest information.
Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Use several AI coding agents from the same screen without the cost of switching tools
- Automated Git worktrees allow parallel work without manually splitting branches
- Built-in diff review and inline comments make it easy to avoid leaving everything to the agent
- Starts with a single
npxcommand and runs locally; source code is not sent to an external server - Apache-2.0 open source, so forking and self-modification are possible
⚠️ Cons
- The original vendor has wound down, so future development pace and support depend on the community
- Cloud-side issues, comments and organisation management have been discontinued, so team sharing needs an alternative
- Each agent — Claude Code, Codex and so on — requires its own subscription and authentication, and those costs are on you
- Running agents in parallel tends to increase token consumption and machine resource usage
- Initial setup can be a stumbling block without familiarity with Git, worktrees and the terminal
Comparison with Similar Services
| Item | Vibe Kanban | Conductor | Claude Code (standalone) | GitHub Copilot Workspace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main role | Orchestrating and reviewing multiple agents | Running multiple agents in parallel | Implementation with a single agent | Generating implementation plans from issues |
| Supported agents | Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI and 10+ more | Mainly Claude Code | Claude Code only | GitHub’s own agent |
| Task management | Built-in Kanban board | Workspace list | None (CLI only) | Linked to GitHub Issues |
| Where it runs | Local | Local (mainly macOS) | Local | Cloud |
| License / delivery | Apache-2.0 open source | Commercial app | Commercial subscription | Commercial subscription |
Who Is It For
- Developers who use Claude Code or Codex daily and want to run several tasks at once
- Teams that want to formalise a workflow where a human always reviews agent output before merging
- People who want to compare agents and work out which one suits which kind of task
- Developers who want to modify the tool themselves, or who need a setup with no dependency on external servers
- Solo developers who want planning, implementation and review visible on a single board
Summary
Vibe Kanban is a tool for moving from running AI coding agents one at a time by hand to planning and reviewing several of them side by side. It nails two unglamorous but effective things — worktree automation and a diff review UI — which fits well with the current reality that the bottleneck in agent workflows has shifted from implementation to planning and review. The vendor’s shutdown cost it the cloud features and official support, but the core was always designed to run locally, and as an Apache-2.0 open-source tool you run on your own machine it remains a viable option. Before adopting it, check the GitHub repository’s recent activity and how alive the community is.