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A Terminal Kanban Application written in Python to boost your productivity :rocket:
Introduction
Welcome to kanban-python, your Terminal Kanban-Board Manager.
The clikan Kanban App inspired me to write my own Terminal Kanban Application since I preferred a more simple and guided workflow.
kanban-python also comes with more features, like custom column creation, automatic scanning and customizable config file to support you being productive.
This package was initially developed with pyscaffold, which provides awesome project templates
and takes over much of the boilerplate for python packaging.
It was a great help for developing my first package and I can highly recommend it.
With version 0.5.X
the repository structure was changed to use uv.
Features
<details><summary>Colorful and Interactive</summary>- kanban-python uses rich under the hood to process user input and display nice looking kanban-boards to the terminal.
- Each task has a unique
ID
per board and also has an optionalTag
andDue Date
associated with it, which are displayed alongside itsTitle
- kanban-python utilizes platformdirs
user_config_dir
to save the config file anduser_data_dir
for the board specific task files. After creating your first board, you can usekanban configure
to show the current settings table. The config path in the table caption and the path for the task files can be found in the kanban_boards section.
- kanban-python can scan files of defined types for specific patterns at start of line. Check Automatic Task Creation for more Infos.
- A
pykanban.ini
file gets created on first initialization in akanban-python
folder in youruser_config_dir
-Directory. This can be edited manually or within the kanban-python application. It tracks the location for all your created boards.
Active_Board
: current board that is shown when usingkanban
-commandDone_Limit
: If the amount of tasks exceed this number in the <span style="color:green">Done</span> column, the first task of that column gets its status updated to <span style="color:gold">Archived</span> and is moved into that column. (default:10
)Column_Min_Width
: Sets the minimum width of columns. (default:40
)Show_Footer
: Shows the table footer with package name and version. (default:True
)Files
: Space seperated filetypes to search for patterns to create tasks. (default:.py .md
)Patterns
: Comma seperated patterns to search for start of line to create tasks. <br />(default:# TODO,#TODO,# BUG
)
- Each created board comes with its own name and
pykanban.json
file, which stores all tasks for that board. The files are stored in board specific folders under$USER_DATA_DIR/kanban-python/kanban_boards/<BOARDNAME>
. When changing Boards you also get an overview over tasks in visible columns for each board and the most urgent or overdue task on that board.
- kanban-python comes with 5 pre-defined colored columns: [Ready, Doing, Done, Archived, Deleted]
More column can be added manually in the
pykanban.ini
, the visibility can be configured in the settings withkanban configure
.
- For each task it is tracked, how long it was in the <span style="color:yellow">Doing</span> column, based on the moments when you update the task status. The initial Task structure on creation looks as follows:
- When you use kanban report a github-like contribution map is displayed for the current year, Also a markdown file is created with all tasks comleted based on the moment, when the tasks were moved to Done Column.
Installation
You can install kanban-python with:
python -m pip install kanban-python
pipx install kanban-python # using pipx
uv tool install kanban-python # using uv
rye install kanban-python # using rye
I recommend using pipx, rye or uv to install CLI Tools into an isolated environment.
Usage
After Installation of kanban-python, there are 5 commands available:
Create new Boards
kanban init
Is used to create a new kanban board i.e. it asks for a name and then creates a pykanban.json
file with a Welcome Task.
On first use of any command, the pykanban.ini
configfile and the kanban-python
folder will be created automatically.
You can create local boards in the current working directory by using the name local
or the flags -l
or --local
when
using kanban init
. kanban-python checks for local boards and updates the config file accordingly.
Local boards can only be accessed when using kanban
in the same folder.
Interact with Tasks/Boards
kanban
This is your main command to interact with your boards and tasks. It also gives the option to show the current settings and adjust them.
Adjusting the settings can also be done directly by using the command kanban configure
:
Use Ctrl-C
or Ctrl-D
to exit the application at any time. :warning: If you exit in the middle of creating/updating a task,
or changing settings, your progress wont be saved.
Automatic Task Creation
kanban scan
After executing this command, kanban-python scans your current directory recursively for the defined filetypes and searches for lines that start with the pattern provided.
After confirmation to add the found tasks to table they will be added to the board. The alphanumeric Part of the Pattern will be used as tag. The filepath were the task was found will be added as description of the task.
You can also define a different path to scan with the -p
or --path
argument.
Create Report
kanban report
Goes over all your Boards and creates a single markdown file by checking the Completion Dates
of your tasks.
Also shows a nice github-like contribution table for the current year.
You can define a different output path of the pykanban.md
report file with the -p
or --path
argument.
Change Settings
kanban configure
To create a new custom Column, you have to edit the pykanban.ini
manually and add a new column name + visibility status
under the settings.columns.visible
section. The other options are all customizable now via the new settings menu.
Feedback and Issues
Feel free to reach out and share your feedback, or open an Issue, if something doesnt work as expected. Also check the Changelog for new updates.
:warning:
With release v0.3.0 kanban-python switched to the XDG Basedir Spec. So some file migrations and config edits might be
needed to continue working with your already created boards if you update from v0.2.X
to v0.3.X