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Agent workspace · Kandev (GitHub org kdlbs)

Kandev

Self-hostable task board and review workspace for coding agent CLIs: tasks run in parallel in separate worktrees, with plan, chat, terminal, editor and diff review in one UI.

Reviewed by the Termdex team · facts checked 2026-10-21 against 9 vendor sources · how we check

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Kandev review

Kandev puts coding agents on a task board and has you review their diffs before merging. It is self-hostable and AGPL-3.0 licensed. We saw no paid plan, and neither the site nor the README mentions a price. Everything here comes from the vendor's site and GitHub pages, read in November 2026. We did not run it ourselves.

The README table lists 23 agent CLI integrations, mostly over ACP. Tasks can use their own git worktree. Agents can run locally, in Docker, on an SSH host or on Sprites. An external MCP endpoint lets another agent create and manage tasks. It is meant for developers who want a self-hosted board for running several agents in parallel.

How it ships

Kandev is a Go binary with the web UI built in, plus Tauri desktop builds for macOS, Windows and Linux. Release v0.99.1 was published on 6 November 2026 and the repository showed 1,080 stars on 7 November 2026.

Caveats

Vibe Kanban and Cline Kanban also manage agent tasks on a board. Orca is a desktop-first worktree manager.

Kandev at a glance: on macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, free, AGPL-3.0 licence.
Platforms, price and licence at a glance, from the vendor pages we read.

Facts: platforms, price and licence

platforms
macOSWindowsLinuxWebDesktop app (Tauri) built for macOS arm64 and x64, Windows x64 and Linux x64/arm64, also published as .dmg, .exe, AppImage, .deb and .rpm on GitHub releases. The same native Go binary also serves a web UI, installable via Homebrew (macOS, Linux), Scoop (Windows), npm/npx or from source. Phone use is through the web UI over a private network; no iOS or Android app is listed. Latest release is v0.99.1.
price
FreeNo price, plan or paid tier found on kandev.ai or in the README; both describe it as open source with no telemetry (seen 2026-11-07).
source
Open sourceLicence: AGPL-3.0
github
kdlbs/kandev 1.1k stars, seen 2026-11-13

Kandev features

✓ documented · – absent or not in its feature list · ? not verified

Kandev strengths

  • AGPL-3.0 source on GitHub; native Go binary with the web UI embedded, plus Tauri desktop builds for macOS, Windows and Linux
  • README table lists 23 agent CLI integrations, mostly over ACP, and any other CLI can be added as a terminal (PTY) profile
  • Executors for local process, Docker, Kubernetes, SSH hosts and Sprites cloud; worktree isolation per task, multi-repo tasks
  • External MCP endpoint lets another agent create and manage tasks; webhooks and schedules can start work

Kandev weak points

  • Version is 0.99.x; the Office (persistent agent teams) layer is marked experimental and off by default
  • Docs warn that anyone who can reach an unauthenticated Kandev origin has administrator access, so phone or remote use depends on Tailscale, Cloudflare Tunnel or a VPN
  • No iOS or Android app listed; the phone experience is a mobile web view, which the roadmap still lists as being polished
  • AGPL-3.0 is a network copyleft licence, stricter than MIT/Apache for anyone who modifies and hosts it
  • Desktop docs say builds can ship unsigned when signing is not configured, and the first desktop release had no in-app updater

Who Kandev is for

best for
Developers who want a self-hosted board to run several coding agents in parallel and review their diffs before merging.
look elsewhere if
Users who want a terminal emulator, an SSH client with SFTP, or a native phone app.

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Sources and what we could not verify

Checked 2026-10-21. Prices and features change; the vendor's page is the authority.

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