Kanera

One clear view. Keep work moving.

See what is assigned, what changed, what is blocked, and what has been completed across every project, client, and team.

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Kanera coordinates assigned, active, blocked, and completed work across projects, clients, and teams from one fast, polished workspace. It brings boards, structured tasks, notes, assignments, progress history, automation, and integrations into one focused system—more visibility than a basic Kanban board without the overhead of a heavyweight work suite.

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One place for moving work forward

• Plan in the view that fits. Move between Kanban, Table, Calendar, My Cards, Team Cards, Portfolio, and Work Done without duplicating work.
• Keep the details with the task. Add descriptions, comments, attachments, labels, custom fields, watchers, and assignable checklist items to cards.
• Set clear priorities. Use Home and a ranked Up next queue to keep urgent work visible across every board.
• Make progress visible. Review what was created, moved, completed, or checked off without chasing another status update.
• Keep knowledge nearby. Use personal, workspace, and board notes for decisions, processes, references, and project context, with Scratchpad ready for quick capture.
• Stay in flow from the keyboard. Open search and personal tools, jump between core pages, switch board views, create cards, and update an open card with contextual shortcuts. Press ? to see what is available.
• Automate and integrate. Handle repetitive updates with trigger-based automations, post card activity into Slack, Discord, Telegram, or Zulip, and connect other tools through the REST API, webhooks, and MCP server.
• Get told what matters, where you want it. Choose per notification type whether an update reaches email, browser push, ntfy, Gotify, or your own webhook, then add per-workspace exceptions so one busy board does not drown out the rest.
• Work together in real time. Stay current with live updates, mentions, activity history, and controlled guest access.
• Work from any screen. The full Kanera experience adapts to phones, tablets, and desktops, and installs as a PWA on iOS, Android, and desktop.

Workspaces and standalone boards

Organisation
  ├─ Workspace
  │    └─ Board
  │         └─ Card
  └─ Standalone board
       └─ Card

Use a workspace when several boards should follow the same operating model. Lists, labels, custom fields, checklist templates, and automations are configured once and used across its boards, keeping workflows and reporting consistent as projects grow.

That means a status like In Review or a field like Client has the same meaning everywhere—no rebuilding each board or reconciling mismatched setups later.

For work that does not need to share that setup, create a standalone board. It keeps its own lists, labels, custom fields, checklist templates, automations, members, access, and integrations independently of your workspaces.

See Kanera in action

Home keeps today and the week in focus

Start with overdue work, items due today, the next seven days, and recent progress in one focused view. Jump back into active boards and scan the week without opening each project separately.

Boards and shared lists keep the workflow visible

Move cards through lists while keeping labels, assignees, due dates, checklist progress, and visual covers in view. Boards in a workspace share the same ordered lists, so stages such as Intake, In progress, Review, and Done remain consistent across related projects.

Keyboard shortcuts keep routine actions close

Press ? to open a shortcut sheet that reflects the current screen. Use two-key sequences to jump to Home, My Cards, Team Cards, Portfolio, or Settings; single keys to open Scratchpad, Up next, notifications, and board tools; and contextual card shortcuts for assignment, labels, due dates, lists, completion, watching, and copying links. Letter shortcuts automatically stand down while you type.

Up next keeps priorities in order

Build one ranked queue from cards assigned to you across every accessible board. Reorder it as priorities change, keep source boards and due dates visible, and see the same order on Home, My Cards, board cards, and Table.

Table view turns live work into structured reports

Group and sort cards by list, assignee, due date, label, status, or custom field, then choose the columns that matter and edit any of them in place. Numeric custom fields support sum and average aggregates per group, with a second breakdown dimension for questions such as hours by client and work type.

Export the filtered result to Excel as a multi-sheet workbook containing card rows, spreadsheet-friendly summaries, and a readable report when aggregates are enabled.

Notifications keep important changes together

Review mentions, assignments, comments, due-date changes, and other updates without losing the board context behind them. Group the feed by day, board, or person, narrow it to one board or one colleague, and search it by card, board, or list.

Then decide where each notification type reaches you: email, browser push, ntfy, Gotify, or a signed webhook of your own. Per-workspace rules pause or narrow a single noisy workspace without weakening your account defaults, and the in-app drawer always keeps the complete history regardless of what is switched off elsewhere.

Rich cards keep the work and its context together

Descriptions, custom fields, checklists, due dates, comments, attachments, and activity all live in one focused card view.

Team Cards brings assigned work together across boards

See the whole visible team or focus on one teammate without losing each card's board, list, fields, or permissions. Switch between Board, Table, Calendar, Work Done, and ranked team Up next views to review ownership, workload, and execution order across projects.

Automations keep routine work moving

Build automations from a When trigger and ordered Do actions. Triggers can respond when cards enter or leave lists, a custom field changes to a selected value, a due date approaches or arrives, assignments and labels change, checklists or cards complete, or a card reaches the configured inactivity period. Kanera can then add labels, assign people, apply checklist templates, set due dates and custom fields, move cards, or mark work complete. Automations can belong to one standalone board or run across every board in a workspace.

Work Done shows what actually moved forward

Review a daily history of cards created, moved, and completed, plus finished checklist items. Use it on a board, My Cards, or Team Cards for standups, async updates, progress reviews, and client check-ins.

Portfolio rolls work up without losing its source

Review active, overdue, upcoming, unassigned, and completed work across organisations, workspaces, and boards from one reporting view.

Fully functional on mobile and installable as a PWA

Kanera's responsive, touch-friendly interface keeps boards, cards, Table, Calendar, My Cards, Team Cards, notifications, settings, and the rest of the product available on phones and tablets. Use it in the browser or install the PWA on iOS, Android, or desktop. Installed devices support push notifications, and recently opened boards remain available for browsing when the connection drops.

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