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Kanban Toolkit guide

An open-source Kanban board for a team’s flow and for the wider view that management makes of the same work — on a machine you own.

The site and the demo: https://kanbantoolkit.com

This guide is generated from docs/ in the repository by npm run docs:wiki. The files there are the source, and the version that ships with the code — edit those, never these pages.

Using the application

Using	The board, a card, an initiative, the views, and keeping a copy.
Board-types	Team, programme and portfolio boards, and what each one is for.
Reading-a-board	The drawer, the four columns, pips, rollups, multiple flows and the boundary.
Warnings	Every warning on a card or an initiative, what raised it, and how it clears.

Install and run it

Install	Node 26, three commands, and what the first run writes.
Configure	Every environment variable, its default, and what an unset one does.
Identity	Signing in through an issuer, and provisioning people from a directory.
TLS	The proxy and the headers — the one thing every operator must get right.
Upgrade	What a release does to your database, and how to go back.
Backup	The copy, the schedule, and the drill that proves it.
Container	The same path with docker compose up -d as the whole install.