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AI-powered Kanban board for coding agents. Create issues, assign them to Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI, and watch them work in real time — with diff viewer, web terminal, and multi-turn chat.

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Installation

Download the launcher binary for your platform. The launcher is a small binary (~90 MB) that automatically downloads and manages app updates (~1 MB each). The launcher stays fixed across versions — only the lightweight app package gets updated.

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Platform Architecture Download
Linux x64 bkd-launcher-linux-x64
Linux arm64 bkd-launcher-linux-arm64
macOS Apple Silicon (arm64) bkd-launcher-darwin-arm64

Checksums — Verify file integrity after download.

Download the launcher, make it executable (chmod +x), and run it. Open http://localhost:3000 after starting.

System Requirements

BKD spawns AI coding agents as child processes. Install at least one before using:

Claude Code (Recommended)

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in your environment or configured via claude CLI.

OpenAI Codex

npm install -g @openai/codex

Requires OPENAI_API_KEY or CODEX_API_KEY.

Gemini CLI

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

Requires GOOGLE_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY.

BKD auto-detects which agents are installed at startup. You can use any combination.

Usage

  1. Create a project — Give it a name and set the workspace directory (the repo the agents will work in)
  2. Create an issue — Describe the task, pick an AI engine and model
  3. Execute — Click execute; the agent spawns in your workspace and starts working
  4. Chat — Send follow-up messages, upload files, or cancel at any time
  5. Review — View diffs, check the agent's tool calls, drag the issue to Done