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Kan — self-hosted Trello-style project management with optional MCP control

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Stars
5,661
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 18, 2026

Overview

Kan is an open-source project manager built around Trello-style boards that can run in your own environment. It includes board visibility, workspace members, Trello imports, labels and filters, comments, activity history, and templates, with Docker Compose self-hosting and an MCP server for reading and controlling Kan.

Features and best fit

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Organize work with boards, cards, comments, and activity history

Board visibility controls who can view or edit workspaces. Teams can import Trello boards, use labels and filters, discuss work in comments, review card-change history, and reuse custom board templates.

Sources: [2]

Self-host with Docker Compose and connect MCP when needed

The Docker Compose setup includes PostgreSQL and automatic migrations. The separate @kan/mcp package can use an API token so MCP clients such as Claude Desktop, Codex, and Cursor can read and control a Kan instance.

Sources: [2]

For teams that want a Trello-style workflow with ownership of hosting and data

Kan fits small teams centered on kanban-style work tracking and is also relevant when tasks should be available to MCP-compatible AI clients.

Sources: [2]

Separate roadmap integrations from current features and secure MCP/API access

The README still marks integrations as coming soon, so roadmap items should not be treated as current functionality. Kan is AGPL-3.0. MCP can read and change project data, so API tokens need secret handling, while self-hosting also makes PostgreSQL backups, authentication, and upgrade procedures the operator's responsibility.

Sources: [2][3]

Official sources

  1. [1]kanbn/kan repository(2026-09-18)
  2. [2]Kan README(2026-09-18)
  3. [3]Kan LICENSE(2026-09-18)
Supplemental curator note

Kan combines a Trello-like board experience with self-hosting and MCP-based control. Features still marked as coming soon in the README should be evaluated separately from current functionality.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kanbn/kan.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd kan
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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Stars
5,661
Forks
478
Watchers
18
Open issues
108
Primary language
TypeScript
License
AGPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 18, 2026
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