Using the board
Terminal UI
The keyboard-driven board that works over SSH, with no browser involved.
kandown boardA full kanban board in your terminal. Same files, same dependency gate, same everything — it is not a reduced view of the web UI, it is a peer of it.
It is the interface to reach for when you are on a remote machine, when you live in a terminal multiplexer, or when you simply do not want a browser tab open for a task list.
Keys
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| j / k | Move between tasks |
| h / l | Move between columns |
| n | New task |
| e | Edit the task in $EDITOR |
| m | Move to another column |
| / | Fuzzy search |
| f | Cycle filters |
| a | Launch an agent on this task |
| g | Send the task to your agent hook |
| x | Archive |
| D | Delete |
| d | Toggle the web daemon |
| r | Reload from disk |
| ? | Cheatsheet |
Tip
e opens the raw Markdown file in $EDITOR. Since the file is the task, anything your
editor can do — macros, multiple cursors, a spell checker — works on your board.
Mouse
The TUI is mouse-aware where terminals allow it: click to select, and drag a task between columns to move it.
Over SSH
Nothing about the terminal UI needs a local browser or a display server, so it works unchanged over SSH. The web daemon is separate and optional — toggle it with d if you also want the browser board, and forward the port if you want to reach it from your laptop:
ssh -L 5176:localhost:5176 you@serverSettings
kandown settingsA terminal settings editor covering the same configuration as the web Settings page: columns,
theme, notifications, agents and the kandown work output.