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Kanzo

Registre officiel IA et agents

Self-hosted kanban for humans and agents. One 4 MB binary, starts in 2 ms, zero setup.

Code source Documentation

Installation

Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).

CARGO package kanzo

Documentation

Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.

Sommaire
  1. Install
  2. Use
  3. Connect your agents
  4. Your board on every machine
  5. Settings
  6. Small and fast
  7. License

Kanzo is a kanban board in your browser and an MCP server in one small program, so you and your coding agents work on the same tasks. The whole board is one folder, and a private git repo keeps it in step on every machine you use: no account, no server.

Install

curl -LsSf https://github.com/emanuele-em/kanzo/releases/latest/download/kanzo-installer.sh | sh

For macOS and Linux, including every Raspberry Pi. Or with Cargo:

cargo install kanzo

Use

CommandDoes
kanzoStarts the board at http://localhost:4242 and opens it; --port for another port, --no-open to not open it
kanzo service installKeeps the board running and starts it at login; uninstall removes it
kanzo mcpThe MCP server for agents: they start it, not you
kanzo syncCommits the board and pulls or pushes it; --repo <url> sets the repo, --keep-local or --keep-remote when both sides changed
kanzo exportPrints the board as Markdown; -f json for JSON, -p <project> for one project, -o <file> to save it
kanzo updateInstalls the latest release and restarts the board's service; the board offers new versions too
kanzo initCreates the data folder; the first run does this too
kanzo --versionPrints the version

Every command takes --home <dir> to use another data folder.

n adds a task, / or ⌘K searches every project, Tab moves to the description, ⌘↵ saves and closes, Esc cancels.

Paste or drop an image into a task or a comment to attach it, as in ChatGPT. Agents get its file path and can open it.

When a new version is out, the sidebar offers it: one click installs it and restarts the board.

Connect your agents

claude mcp add kanzo --scope user -- kanzo mcp   # Claude Code
codex mcp add kanzo -- kanzo mcp                 # Codex

Other MCP clients: run kanzo mcp (apps like Raycast need the full path, from which kanzo), or use the running board at http://localhost:4242/mcp.

Then ask: "take the next task from kanzo and do it." The agent moves the card to doing and comments as it works. It finds the right project from the git remote of the repo it works in; link more repos to a project from its ⋯ menu.

Your board on every machine

A laptop, a desktop, a Raspberry Pi: they all share one board through a private git repo you own.

  1. Create an empty private repo on GitHub, or anywhere git can push.
  2. Press the sync button in the sidebar and paste its URL. Kanzo makes ~/kanzo a git repo and pushes the board.
  3. On each other machine, do the same with the same URL: Kanzo offers to use the board that's already there.

From then on, press sync, or run kanzo sync, when you switch machines. It commits the board and pulls or pushes it, and it's safe while the board and your agents are running. If both machines changed the board, Kanzo asks which one to keep. To move to another repo, click its name at the bottom of the sidebar.

Settings

Everything lives in ~/kanzo: the board in kanzo.db, settings in config.toml. Use another folder with --home or KANZO_HOME.

port = 4242
listen = "127.0.0.1"   # "0.0.0.0" opens the board to your network: no logins, so only on one you trust
statuses = ["todo", "doing", "review", "done"]   # new tasks go first, the last counts as done
mcp_http = true        # MCP at /mcp

Small and fast
Program4.1 MB, SQLite included
Memory4.5 MB idle, 8 MB with 3,000 tasks
Start2 ms
Board of 3,000 tasks17 ms to load in the browser
Agents' tool listabout 900 tokens, once per session
Agents' replies10 to 60 tokens of plain text

Measured on an Apple M4.

License

AGPL-3.0: use it, change it and share it; if you offer a changed version over a network, share its source too. To help, see CONTRIBUTING.

mcp-name: io.github.emanuele-em/kanzo

Questions fréquentes

Qu'est-ce que Kanzo ?

Self-hosted kanban for humans and agents. One 4 MB binary, starts in 2 ms, zero setup.

Comment installer Kanzo ?

Suivez les étapes d'installation de sa documentation, affichée sur cette page et dans son dépôt.

Faut-il une clé API pour Kanzo ?

Son entrée au registre n'indique aucune clé ni secret obligatoire. Certaines fonctions peuvent tout de même demander un compte auprès du service auquel il se connecte.

Kanzo est-il open source ?

Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence AGPL-3.0.

Qui maintient Kanzo ?

Il est publié par emanuele-em. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.

Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.