Beacon is an Agile team's planning + collaboration tool.
- It is free
- It is Javascript all across
- It is open source
- It offers quite a few features, but keeps everything simple. You don't have to learn the tool
- It is super fast!
- It works as a Chrome App. You don't need to hit URL to open the front end
- Simple Agile planning (Epics, Stories, Sprints)
- Card Wall to facilitate daily huddles
- Kanban type lanes and constraints for effective Sprint execution
- Notes capturing tool with file attachments and comments tracking
- Team chat with drag and drop for file sharing
- Basic reporting showing burndown chart, velocity trend and planned vs. completion progress.
It is work in progress...