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Laneboard

Kanban boards in your browser: lists, cards, checklists, due dates and flow charts.

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Laneboard keeps your work on kanban boards: lists of cards you drag from “to do” to “done”, by mouse, finger or keyboard. Cards hold Markdown notes, labels, people, due dates, checklists, comments and links; filters, a table and a calendar show the same cards another way. Everything is stored in your browser, with Trello import, JSON and CSV export, read-only share links and statistics that the API and MCP tools compute the same way.

Free · runs in your browser · no sign-up · Version 1.0.0

Laneboard sprint board with five lists, coloured labels, assignee initials, due-date badges and a WIP limit warning

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Features

  • Boards, lists and cards

    As many boards as you need, each with its own background colour and pattern, lists side by side and cards inside them.

  • Drag and drop, also on touch

    Move cards between lists and reorder lists with the mouse, or press and hold on a phone or tablet.

  • Every move by keyboard

    Pick a card or list up with Space, move it with the arrow keys, drop it with Space. A screen reader hears where it lands.

  • Cards with everything

    Markdown notes, coloured labels, people with initials, due dates with an accessible date picker, checklists, comments, links and a cover colour.

  • Board, table and calendar

    The same cards as a board, as a sortable table or on a month calendar by due date.

  • Filters and search

    Show only some labels or people, overdue or due-soon cards, or cards that contain a word.

  • WIP limits

    Give a list a limit, and Laneboard tells you in words and colour when it holds too many cards.

  • Archive, restore and undo

    Archive cards and lists instead of deleting them, bring them back later, and undo or redo every change.

  • Five board templates

    Personal to-do, sprint, content calendar, hiring pipeline and moving house, ready to adapt.

  • Trello import

    Open a Trello board export with its lists, cards, labels, checklists, comments and moves. You see what was mapped and what was left out.

  • Read-only share links

    Share a snapshot of a board as a link. The board travels compressed inside the link, never through our server.

  • Statistics and flow

    Cards per list, label and person, overdue work, lead and cycle times, throughput and a cumulative flow chart.

  • JSON, CSV and print

    Save projects as files, export every card as CSV for a spreadsheet, or print a clean board.

  • Private and local

    Boards autosave in this browser. No account, no tracking, nothing leaves your device unless you export or share it.

  • API and MCP tools

    Three tools import Trello exports, count board statistics and draw cumulative flow for scripts and AI agents.

Templates

Start from a ready-made project and change it to fit.

  • Personal to-do

    Someday, this week, today and done, with labels for home, errands, health and money and a WIP limit of three for today.

    Open in app: Personal to-do →

  • Sprint board

    Backlog to done for a team of four, with WIP limits on “In progress” and “Review”, bugs and features, and two weeks of history for the flow charts.

    Open in app: Sprint board →

  • Content calendar

    Blog posts, videos and newsletters from idea to published, with publishing dates for the calendar view.

    Open in app: Content calendar →

  • Hiring pipeline

    One card per candidate from application to hire, with interview checklists, reviewers and an archived candidate.

    Open in app: Hiring pipeline →

  • Moving house

    Packing, paperwork, utilities and the new home, with due dates around moving day and a packing checklist.

    Open in app: Moving house →

Built-in tools

Laneboard uses these tools. Each one also has its own page and works on its own, in the browser, through the JSON API and through MCP.

  • Laneboard Trello Import Laneboard engineTurn a Trello board export (JSON) into a Laneboard board with lists, labels and checklists.
  • Laneboard Board Statistics Laneboard engineCards per list, label and person, overdue work, WIP limits, cycle time and throughput.
  • Laneboard Cumulative Flow Laneboard engineCumulative flow diagram of a kanban board: cards per list for every day, plus WIP and throughput.

For AI agents

Laneboard runs on a deterministic engine. The same functions are available as tools with a JSON API and MCP, so scripts and AI agents get exactly the results the app shows.

  • Laneboard Trello Import – Turn a Trello board export (JSON) into a Laneboard board with lists, labels and checklists.
    Tool page · POST https://laneboard.usefulweb.app/api/v1/tools/laneboard-trello-import/calculate · MCP laneboard_trello_import
  • Laneboard Board Statistics – Cards per list, label and person, overdue work, WIP limits, cycle time and throughput.
    Tool page · POST https://laneboard.usefulweb.app/api/v1/tools/laneboard-board-stats/calculate · MCP laneboard_board_stats
  • Laneboard Cumulative Flow – Cumulative flow diagram of a kanban board: cards per list for every day, plus WIP and throughput.
    Tool page · POST https://laneboard.usefulweb.app/api/v1/tools/laneboard-cumulative-flow/calculate · MCP laneboard_cumulative_flow

Build a project through the API, then open it in the app with a link to https://laneboard.usefulweb.app/app#project=<base64url JSON>.

Import & export

Import

  • Laneboard project (.laneboard.json)
  • Trello board export (JSON)
  • Table (CSV) with title, list, labels, assignees and due columns
  • Read-only share link (#share=)

Export

  • Laneboard project (.laneboard.json)
  • Board as CSV (one row per card)
  • Read-only share link
  • Cumulative flow chart (SVG)
  • Print view

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts in Laneboard
KeysAction
SpacePick up the focused card or list; arrow keys move it, Space drops it, Escape cancels
EnterOpen the focused card
NAdd a card to the list that holds the focus (or the first list)
/Search cards
1 / 2 / 3Board, table or calendar view
Ctrl + ZUndo
Ctrl + Shift + ZRedo
Ctrl + SSave project file
Ctrl + OOpen project file
?Show keyboard shortcuts (single-key shortcuts can be switched off there)

Frequently asked questions

Where are my boards stored?

In this browser’s storage (IndexedDB) on this device. Save a project file to keep a copy, move boards to another device or back them up with Bundlekeep.

Can several people work on one board?

Not live. Laneboard is local-first: share a read-only link, or pass the project file on. Assignees are just names on the cards.

How do I move a card without a mouse?

Tab to the card and press Space. Arrow up and down move it within the list, left and right into the neighbouring list, Space drops it and Escape puts it back. A screen reader announces every step.

How do I bring my Trello boards over?

In Trello open the board menu, then Print, export and share, then Export as JSON. In Laneboard choose Import → Trello export and pick the file. Files uploaded to Trello stay there as links.

What does a share link contain?

A read-only copy of one board, compressed into the part of the link after #. Browsers never send that part to a server. Comments and archived items are left out unless you include comments.

How are cycle times measured?

Laneboard notes when a card enters a list. Cycle time runs from the first time it reaches the start list (the second list unless you pick another) to the moment it reaches the done list.

Limitations

What Laneboard does not do (yet):

  • No live collaboration or accounts: boards live in one browser; share them as read-only links or project files.
  • Attachments are links only; files are not uploaded or stored.
  • No swimlanes, custom fields or recurring cards.
  • Trello imports skip custom fields, power-ups, stickers, start dates and image covers, and Trello exports hold only the latest 1000 actions.
  • Very long share links (big boards) may not fit in every chat app; use a project file instead.

Tutorials

Learn Laneboard step by step.

  1. Your first board in five minutesOpen a board template, add lists and cards, rename them and keep everything in your browser — the basics of Laneboard, step by step.Beginner 5 min
  2. Cards in detail — labels, people, dates, checklists and notesEverything a Laneboard card holds: Markdown notes, coloured labels, assignees, a due date from the accessible date picker, checklists, links, comments and a cover colour.Beginner 7 min
  3. Moving cards by mouse, touch and keyboardDrag cards and lists with the mouse or a finger, or move them with Space and the arrow keys while a screen reader announces every step; plus WIP limits that warn when a list is too full.Beginner 6 min
  4. Filters, table and calendarFind cards by label, person, due date or a word, sort every card in a table and see due dates on a month calendar — three views of the same Laneboard board.Beginner 5 min
  5. Statistics and cumulative flowHow Laneboard measures lead time, cycle time, throughput and work in progress from the card history, and how to read the cumulative flow chart of a board.Intermediate 8 min
  6. Trello import, CSV, share links and backupsBring Trello boards over from their JSON export, import or export tables as CSV, share a read-only snapshot as a link and keep backups of your Laneboard projects.Intermediate 7 min

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