João Salavisa
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* feat(share): add public share links via GitHub Gists Adds a Share button to the chat panel header that publishes the current session as a secret GitHub Gist on the user's account. The share link routes through gistpreview.github.io to render share.html as a styled kandev-themed page; snapshot.json + README.md ride along for machine-readable + fallback views. Snapshots run a redaction pass (absolute paths, common credential shapes, .env contents, shell env vars) and strip <kandev-system> prompt blocks via the shared sysprompt helper. Message filtering whitelists user prose + tool_* types so internal noise never leaks into shares. Spec at docs/specs/public-share-links/spec.md. * fix(share): coerce pendingClarification to bool for ClarificationSection A late refactor extracted ClarificationSection with `pendingClarification: boolean` on its props, but the call site passes the actual Message|null value. CI's tsc build catches the mismatch; runtime was unaffected because the section only uses the value in a truthiness check. Coerce with Boolean() at the call site to keep the prop's intent narrow. * fix(share): address PR #995 review feedback Bugs (flagged by Greptile, Cubic, Claude): - abs-path redaction split on `root + "/"` so sibling dirs like /home/user/proj2 don't get corrupted when workspaceRoot is /home/user/proj; regression test added. - GHClient.DeleteGist now wraps "HTTP 404" stderr as *GitHubAPIError so share.IsAlreadyGone matches consistently with the PAT client; this restores the "gist already revoked upstream" soft-success path for CLI-authenticated users. - SnapshotSizeBytes is now measured from the same MarshalIndent payload the gist backend uploads, so the size shown in the UI matches the actual gist bytes (was ~20-40% underreported). Polish (flagged by CodeRabbit, Cubic): - Tool name + tool output now HTML-escaped; tool call args and output render via <pre><code> instead of triple-backtick fences so payloads containing ``` can't break out of the code block. - share-list.tsx: clear `busy` via finally and break error layout out of the justify-between row. - use-shares.ts: convert UseSharesResult to interface (repo TS rules); reset error+isLoading when ids are missing. - use-shares.test.tsx: wait on the actual async outcome (shares populated, listShares called) instead of isLoading flipping false. - provider.go: replace `repo.Close` cleanup with an explicit noop closure so the comment ("Cleanup is a no-op") and the impl match. - spec.md: aligned the shareability rule across What/Failure/Scenarios/ Out-of-scope — any non-prehistory state can be shared; added language tags to fenced code blocks for markdownlint. Skipped intentionally (reply on each thread): - HTML-escape every metadata badge: the values are controlled enum strings from kandev's own schema, not user input. Defense-in-depth noise. Tool name (which can come from agent runtime) IS escaped. - useShares request-token guard against stale responses: the dialog owns the hook lifecycle and opens against a single (taskId, sessionId) — the race the comment describes can't occur here. * fix(share): redact paths for every worktree, not just the first A single TaskSession can carry multiple worktrees when the task spans multiple repos. The redactor previously only saw the first worktree path, so absolute paths from secondary worktrees leaked into public shares instead of being rewritten to repo-relative form. NewRedactor is now variadic and applies the abs-path rule against every root it receives, sorted longest-first so a root that is a prefix of another (e.g. /workspace vs /workspace/repo1) gets matched by the more specific one first. workspaceRootFor in builder.go becomes workspaceRootsFor and emits every WorktreePath plus the WorkspacePath fallback. Flagged by Cubic on PR #995. * fix(share): address PR #995 review round 3 Bugs (flagged by Cubic + Claude on gh_client.go:714): - DeleteGist now calls the existing isNotFoundErr helper instead of an inline strings.Contains(err, "HTTP 404"). The helper also covers "404 Not Found" and "status: 404", which some gh versions emit, so the share service's "gist already revoked upstream" soft-success path now fires consistently across CLI auth users. Bugs (flagged by Claude on builder.go:220): - toolCallBlock used to read metadata["tool_name"] and metadata["args"] but production never writes those keys; the typed payload lives under metadata["normalized"] (a *streams.NormalizedPayload) and the tool kind is on Message.Type. Switched to deriving ToolName from strings.TrimPrefix(m.Type, "tool_") (gives "read", "execute", "edit", …) and reading args from metadata["normalized"], with backward-compat fallback to the older "tool_name"/"args" keys for the debug-fixture replay path. New TestBuildSnapshot_ToolCall_ProductionMetadataShape exercises the real session shape. Bugs (flagged by CodeRabbit on redaction.go:110): - Bare workspace-root occurrences (pwd output, end-of-sentence, quoted paths) used to leak because the matcher only handled root + "/". Switched to a precompiled regex per root — regexp.QuoteMeta(root) + `(?:/|\b)` — so both `root/...` and standalone `root` get stripped, while sibling dirs like /workspace2 still don't match. Test TestRedactor_AbsPath_StandaloneRootStripped covers the bare-root variants. Doc (flagged by Claude on spec.md): - Two malformed fence closers (`go and `text on closing fences) corrected to plain ``` so the file is markdownlint-clean. * fix(share): narrow abs-path boundary to avoid sibling-prefix corruption Round 4 review (Claude + CodeRabbit) caught a regression in the regex introduced by 436cb66: `(?:/|\b)` used `\b` (word boundary) to catch bare-root cases, but `\b` fires on any word↔non-word transition. So a sibling path like `/workspace.bak`, `/workspace-old`, or `/workspace-other` would false-match the `/workspace` root (since e→. and e→- are word boundaries), stripping it and leaving a corrupted `.bak` / `-old/file.ts` in the share. Replaced the matcher with `(/|\s|$)`: path separator, whitespace, or end-of-string only — never punctuation or quote chars. The boundary is captured and re-emitted via ReplaceAllStringFunc (or dropped, in the `/` case) so prose loses only the root, not the surrounding space. Added TestRedactor_AbsPath_SiblingsWithPunctuationNotCorrupted covering `.bak`, `-old`, `_alt` siblings; the digit-sibling test still passes. The quoted-bare-root case (`"/workspace"`) no longer matches and was dropped from the standalone-root test — contrived enough that a small leak there is preferable to corrupting realistic sibling paths. * refactor(share): move share button into chat status bar Replaces the dedicated PanelHeaderBarSplit above the message list with a slot in ChatStatusBar (the existing row holding TodoIndicator and PRStatusChip just above the chat input). The button anchors right via ml-auto; when the "proceed to next step" affordance is present it takes the right anchor instead and the share button stays inline. Also tightens the iconOnly variant in ShareButton to a ghost style that matches the muted-foreground chips in the status bar, and exports shareableSessionStateClient from share-button.tsx so the gating logic lives next to the entry point it controls. Net -23 lines in task-chat-panel.tsx: the extra header bar and the local gate helper are gone. * docs(share): broaden tooltip + add share/ to CLAUDE.md tree The share tooltip read "Share this completed task with a public link", but shareableSessionStateClient allows RUNNING / IDLE / WAITING_FOR_INPUT / FAILED / CANCELLED too. A user hovering mid-run saw misleading copy; reworded to "Share this task conversation as a public link" which matches the actual gate. Also added the missing internal/task/share/ entry to the task/ subtree in CLAUDE.md so the new package shows up in the repo map — flagged across multiple rounds. * docs: add internal/task/share/ to repo map Carryover from the share PR — AGENTS.md (which CLAUDE.md symlinks to) was missing the share/ subpackage under task/. Adding it now so the repo map matches what's checked in. --------- Co-authored-by: Kandev Agent <agent@kandev.dev>
Kandev
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What
Organize work across kanban and pipeline views with opinionated workflows and execute multiple tasks in parallel. Assign agents from any provider, and review their output in an integrated workspace - file editor, file tree, terminal, browser preview, and git changes in one place. Terminal agent TUIs are great for running agents, but reviewing and iterating on changes there doesn't scale.
Run it locally or self-host it on your own infrastructure and access it from anywhere via Tailscale or any VPN.
Open source, multi-provider, no telemetry, not tied to any cloud.
Vision
Humans stay in control. Define tasks, build agentic workflows with gates, review every change, decide what ships.
- Review-first - Humans support production systems. We need to understand (yet) and trust the code that gets deployed.
- Your workflow - Every team is different, and not every developer uses AI the same way. Define workflows once, share them across the team, and give everyone a consistent process for working with agents - regardless of experience level.
- Remote agents - Running multiple agents on a large codebase can quickly saturate a local machine. The goal is a single control plane: offload execution to servers, orchestrate from anywhere, including your phone.
Features
- Multi-agent support - Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Amp, Auggie, OpenCode, Cursor, Qwen, Factory Droid, iFlow, Kilocode, Pi, Kimi, AWS Kiro, Qoder, Trae
- Parallel task execution – start and manage multiple tasks from different sources simultaneously, boosting productivity with AI agents
- Integrated workspace - Built-in terminal, code editor with LSP, git changes panel, embedded vscode and chat in one IDE-like view
- Kanban task management - Drag-and-drop boards, columns, and workflow automation
- Agentic workflows - Multi-step pipelines that mix-and-match agents per step - for example, Claude Code Opus to design a plan, GitHub Copilot Sonnet to implement it, and Codex GPT 5.4 to review the changes. See docs/workflows.md
- Sub-tasks - Agents can spawn sub-tasks that resume from the parent task's session. Useful for splitting a task that has grown too big, or producing several PRs from the same starting point.
- CLI passthrough - Drop into raw agent CLI mode for direct terminal interaction with any supported agent, leverage the full power of their TUIs
- Workspace isolation - Git worktrees prevent concurrent agents from conflicting
- Multi-repository tasks - Span a single task across multiple repositories, with one worktree per repo, per-repo branches, per-repo PRs, and per-repo grouping in the Changes panel and review dialog
- Flexible runtimes - Run agents as local processes, in isolated Docker containers or in remote executors like sprites.dev
- Session management - Resume and review agent conversations
- Stats - Track your productivity with stats on the completed tasks, agent turns, etc
Integrations
Connect Kandev to the tools your team already uses — pull issues into the kanban, link tasks to PRs, and surface review activity inline.
Supported ACP Agents
| Agent | Launch |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | npx -y @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp |
| Codex | npx -y @zed-industries/codex-acp |
| GitHub Copilot | npx -y @github/copilot --acp |
| Gemini CLI | npx -y @google/gemini-cli --acp |
| Amp | npx -y amp-acp |
| Auggie | npx -y @augmentcode/auggie --acp |
| OpenCode | opencode acp |
| Cursor | cursor-agent acp (requires Cursor Pro) |
| Qwen | npx -y @qwen-code/qwen-code --acp |
| Factory Droid | npx -y droid exec --output-format acp |
| iFlow (beta) | npx -y @iflow-ai/iflow-cli --experimental-acp |
| Kilocode | npx -y @kilocode/cli acp |
| Pi | npx -y pi-acp |
| Kimi | kimi acp (install Kimi CLI from Moonshot AI) |
| Kiro | kiro-cli-chat acp (install Kiro CLI from AWS) |
| Qoder | qodercli --acp (install Qoder CLI) |
| Trae | traecli acp serve (install Trae IDE CLI) |
All agents communicate via ACP (Agent Client Protocol). Some agents support ACP natively, while others use ACP adapter packages that bridge their native protocols. CLI Passthrough mode is also available for direct terminal interaction with any agent CLI. If your agent isn't supported yet, open an issue or submit a PR with the integration. See Adding a New Agent CLI for a step-by-step guide.
Bring your own TUI agents
There is support for running any agent as TUI inside a terminal. Just add the cli command in the agent profile settings and the task will start the agent inside a PTY terminal instead of using ACP.
Supported Executors
| Executor | Description |
|---|---|
| Local Process | Runs the agent as a local process on the host machine |
| Docker | Runs the agent in an isolated Docker container |
| Sprites | Runs the agent in a remote cloud environment via sprites.dev |
Each executor uses git worktrees for workspace isolation, preventing concurrent agents from conflicting.
Quick Start
Homebrew (macOS, Linux)
brew install kdlbs/kandev/kandev
kandev
NPX
npx kandev@latest
Requires npm 7+. Installs the CLI plus a platform-matched runtime bundle in one step.
NPM (global)
npm install -g kandev@latest
kandev
Updates
brew upgrade kandevnpx kandev@latest(always uses the latest published version)npm install -g kandev@latest
The worktrees and sqlite db live in ~/.kandev by default. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows (WSL or native).
From Source
# Clone the repository
git clone git@github.com:kdlbs/kandev.git
cd kandev
# Start in production mode
make start
Prerequisites: Go 1.26+, Node.js 18+, pnpm, Docker (optional - needed for container runtimes)
High level architecture
graph LR
UI[Web UI] --> Backend
Backend["Backend (Orchestrator)"]
Backend --> W1 & W2
subgraph W1[Local Process]
Agent1[Agent CLI] --- WT1[Worktree]
end
subgraph W2[Docker Container]
Agent2[Agent CLI] --- WT2[Worktree]
end
We also want to add support for these remote runtimes:
- Remote SSH - run agents on remote servers over SSH, using docker or local processes with workspace isolation
- K8s operator - run agents in a Kubernetes cluster, with auto-scaling and resource management.
Development
Project Structure
apps/
├── backend/ # Go backend (orchestrator, lifecycle, agentctl, WS gateway)
├── web/ # Next.js frontend (SSR, Zustand, real-time subscriptions)
├── cli/ # CLI tool (npx kandev launcher)
└── packages/ # Shared UI components & types
Prerequisites
- Go 1.21+
- Node.js 18+
- pnpm
- Docker (optional)
Running Dev Servers
# Start everything (backend + frontend with auto ports)
make dev
# Or run separately
make dev-backend # Backend on :38429
make dev-web # Frontend on :37429
Testing & Linting
make test # Run all tests (backend + web)
make lint # Run all linters
make typecheck # TypeScript type checking
make fmt # Format all code
Pre-commit Hooks
# Install pre-commit (https://pre-commit.com/#install)
pipx install pre-commit
# Install git hooks
pre-commit install
Comparison to Other Tools
There are a few similar tools in this space, and new ones appearing everyday. Here's what sets this one apart:
- Server-first architecture - Not a desktop app. Runs as a server you can access from any device, including your phone. Start a task away from your computer and check in on it later.
- Remote runtimes - Run agents on remote servers and Docker hosts, not just your local machine.
- Multi-provider - Use Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, Amp, Auggie, OpenCode, Cursor, Qwen, Droid, iFlow, Kilocode, Pi, Kimi, Kiro, Qoder, and Trae side by side. Not locked to one vendor.
- CLI passthrough and chat - Interact with agents through structured chat messages or drop into raw CLI mode for full agent TUI capabilities.
- Open source and self-hostable - No vendor lock-in, no telemetry, runs on your infrastructure.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a PR.
See the issue tracker for open tasks, or join our Discord to chat with maintainers and other contributors.
Acknowledgments
Built with these excellent open-source projects:
Monaco Editor · Tiptap · xterm.js · dockview · CodeMirror · dnd-kit · Mermaid · Recharts · TanStack Table · Zustand · Shadcn/UI · Radix UI · Tailwind CSS