Task-first kanban
Each agent run as a card you drag. Clean mental model.
Updated April
2026
Claudete
VS
Vibe Kanban
Claudete vs Vibe Kanban
Vibe Kanban is now community-maintained. Claudete ships weekly — on the AI subscriptions you already pay for.
The short version
Vibe Kanban didn't die. Its company did.
Bloop wound down 10 April 2026. The project lives on under Apache-2.0, in volunteer hands.
Vibe Kanban
Community-run
Volunteer-maintained
- Still works today
- Free, Apache-2.0
- Solid kanban + git-worktree flow
- Fixes depend on volunteer PRs
- No on-call team when a CLI update breaks it
Respect to the Bloop team.
Actively shipped
Claudete
Shipping weekly
Full-time development
- Weekly releases
- Claude Code, Codex, Grok & OpenCode
- No API keys — your existing subscriptions
- Usage, resource & status monitoring built in
- Free forever up to 3 instances
Feature by feature
Side by side
| Capability | Vibe Kanban | Claudete |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance | Volunteers | Weekly releases |
| Price | Free | Free · $39 once for unlimited |
| Uses your AI subscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Agents | Claude Code, Codex, Gemini | Claude Code, Codex, Grok, OpenCode |
| Workflow | Kanban + worktrees | Live tiled terminals |
| Interface | Local web app | Native macOS app |
| Broadcast to every agent | Card by card | One message, whole fleet |
| Chat rooms with @mentions | No | Yes |
| Usage meters | No | 5-hour & 7-day windows |
| CPU & memory per instance | No | Yes |
| Provider status alerts | No | Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI |
| Interactive shells | Per task | Full zsh/bash, tiled |
| Git worktree board | Yes | No |
| Open source | Apache-2.0 | Closed source |
Something wrong? [email protected]
Credit where due
What Vibe Kanban still does well
Worktree isolation
Parallel agents never trample each other's diffs.
Open source
Apache-2.0. Read it, patch it, fork it.
Free
No license, no cap, no upsell.
Claudete runs happily alongside it — same repos, same CLIs. Not an either/or.
The difference
Live terminals, not cards.
Every session tiled in one window — watch the work, don't wait for a card to move.
- Every agent, real time Full live terminals in a tiled grid.
- Telemetry built in Usage windows, CPU, memory, provider health.
- Shipped weekly When Claude Code changes, the fix is our job.
What a board can't do
Talk to all ten at once.
Drop the plan in a shared room, then broadcast it — or @mention one agent.
One prompt, whole fleet
No pasting it ten times.
@mention one agent
The rest keep grinding.
One shared log
Plan and replies in one thread.
No migration
Run both this afternoon
Keep Vibe Kanban
Leave it installed. Nothing here asks you to delete it.
Add Claudete
Point it at the same repos. No API keys, no account, no config.
Compare after a day
If it doesn't win you over, keep the board.
Pricing
Both are free.
Vibe Kanban
$0 open source
- Free forever, Apache-2.0
- Unlimited tasks and agents
- Fixes depend on volunteers
- Roadmap is whatever gets merged
Fair pick if you're happy to self-support.
Claudete
Claudete
$0 then $39 once, past 3 instances
- Every feature free up to 3 instances
- Pro: unlimited instances, $39 once, 3 Macs
- Weekly releases
- No subscription, no API keys, no account
50% off Pro with code
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Vibe Kanban dead?
No. Bloop wound down on 10 April 2026, but the project continues as community-maintained open source. What changed is who fixes it: volunteers, not a funded team.
Do I have to migrate?
No. Both drive the same local CLIs against the same repos. Install Claudete alongside it and keep whichever fits.
Does Claudete have a kanban board?
No. It's live tiled terminals, tabs, chat rooms and broadcast. If a worktree board is what you love, that's a real difference.
Do I need API keys?
No. Claudete runs on the CLIs already on your Mac — Claude Code, Codex, Grok, OpenCode — with your existing subscriptions.
Is Claudete open source?
No. It's a native Mac app with a free-forever tier, funded by a single $39 license so development doesn't depend on volunteers.
Your move
30,000 people are choosing again.
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