Barnaby Preview 0.4.2

This is the first public preview of Barnaby, a local-first desktop task board built for projects that live in Git.

Barnaby’s goal is simple: keep project work close to the code. Tasks are stored as Markdown files in each repository, with structured metadata for status, assignee, priority, story points, branches, PRs, and timestamps. That makes task history reviewable, branchable, and recoverable using normal Git workflows.

The Road So Far
This first release establishes the core Barnaby architecture:

• gitboard, the task engine and command-line interface
• gitboard-server, a local HTTP API and embedded web UI host
• Barnaby, the native desktop shell for macOS, Linux, and Windows

Agent Pip is also part of the direction for Barnaby: a bring-your-own-key AI agent that can help manage tasks, review code, and draft documentation while working against the same local project data.
This preview includes early cross-platform packaging work for macOS, Windows, and Linux, including native wrappers, local server integration, repository registration, task management foundations, and release packaging scripts.

Barnaby assumes there is Git CLI available in the PATH. Otherwise it has no additional dependencies. Just download proper redistributable from the release page, clone the Barnaby repo and open it in Barnaby. I use dog food approach so Barnaby helps to develop itself.

You may need to edit team.json file to add team members. The default file contains only agent Pip. You may add additional entries in the same format. If you have activated agent Pip you may ask him to add new team members. Team editing UI is WIP currently.

What’s Next
The next stage is about hardening the product experience:

• smoother onboarding and repository setup
• deeper task board workflows
• better Agent Pip task, code review, and documentation support
• stronger Linux Flatpak/AppImage validation
• improved release signing, notarization, and installer polish
• broader testing across real repositories and operating systems
• more complete documentation for users and contributors

This preview is intended to get Barnaby into real hands early, validate the local-first Git-backed workflow, and guide the next round of product and platform work.

MacOS: Barnaby-0.4.2-macos-universal.dmg
Linux x86_64: Barnaby-0.4.2-x86_64.AppImage or Barnaby-0.4.2-x86_64.flatpak
Windows x86-64: Barnaby-0.4.2-windows-portable.zip