TaskPeace vs Vibe Kanban — for AI coding agents
Both put AI coding agents on a board, but at different layers. Vibe Kanban is a local cockpit that launches agents in git worktrees and helps you review their diffs. TaskPeace is a hosted cross-project queue agents pull from over MCP — one global order, multi-agent leasing, a live board that persists. Here's the honest comparison, including what changed after Bloop's shutdown.
Open the board — free →What is Vibe Kanban good at?
Vibe Kanban is an open-source (Apache-2.0) tool for getting more out of coding agents — its own line is "Get 10× more out of Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, Amp and other coding agents." Its core loop is plan → execute → review: you create and prioritise tasks on a kanban board, each task runs in an agent workspace (a git worktree with its own branch, terminal and dev server), and you review the diff, leave inline comments and merge — with a built-in browser (devtools, inspect mode, device emulation) for checking the result. It orchestrates 10+ agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Amp, Cursor, OpenCode and more), runs locally via npx vibe-kanban, self-hosts with Docker, and integrates MCP. For launching parallel agent runs on one machine and reviewing what they produced, it's genuinely good — and TaskPeace isn't trying to be that.
Where does Vibe Kanban fall short for cross-project, hosted work?
Vibe Kanban is, by design, a local, per-repo cockpit: you drive the board and launch agents; agents don't self-serve a priority order across everything you own. There's no single deterministic answer to "what's the next most important thing across all my projects?" — each board is scoped to what you're running locally. And with Bloop's remote services retired, the hosted, multiplayer board — the one a team or several machines could watch together — is exactly the piece that's going away. If what you relied on was a shared board that persists across sessions, machines and people, the local continuation of Vibe Kanban won't restore it.
How do Vibe Kanban and TaskPeace compare?
| Capability | TaskPeace | Vibe Kanban |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Queue agents pull from (decide what's next) | Launch agents in worktrees + review diffs |
| MCP-native | Yes (get_next_task pull) | Yes (MCP integration) |
| Runs the coding agent for you (worktree, terminal, dev server) | No — it queues, your agent executes | Yes |
| Diff review + inline comments + built-in browser | No | Yes |
| One global priority order across all projects | Yes | Per-board, local |
| Multi-agent task leasing (no collisions) | Yes | Worktree isolation, not queue leasing |
| Required written result on completion | Yes | Diff + comments |
| Hosted, shared board across machines + people | Yes | Retired with Bloop (now local-only) |
| Persists across sessions + machines | Yes (hosted) | Local machine |
| Open source | MIT · app source public · hosted service | Apache-2.0 · community-maintained · local |
| Price | Free while in beta · $10/mo flat later | Free (open source) |
When is Vibe Kanban the better choice?
When the value you want is local execution and review: launch several coding agents in parallel worktrees on one machine, watch their terminals and dev servers, review each diff and merge — all offline, no account. The community, local version keeps doing that. Reach for TaskPeace when the work spans several projects, multiple agent sessions need to share one queue safely, and you want a hosted cockpit that persists across machines and people — the shared-board part Bloop retired. If you're running agents unattended, see the guide on running Claude Code autonomously.
Migrating off Vibe Kanban's hosted board?
If what you'll miss after the shutdown is the remote, shared board — not the local worktree diff review — TaskPeace is a genuine home for it. It's a hosted queue your agents pull from over MCP: get_next_task returns the top task with merged project context across all your projects, leasing keeps parallel sessions apart, every complete_task requires a written result, and a live board persists for you and your team. It's free while it's in beta, and you can connect an agent in one line — see how the MCP queue works →.
Can I use Vibe Kanban and TaskPeace together?
Yes — they operate at different layers. Keep Vibe Kanban locally for launching agents in worktrees and reviewing diffs; use TaskPeace as the hosted, cross-project backlog those runs come from. Milestones live on the TaskPeace board and compete for priority with everything else you own, your agents pull the top one via get_next_task, and the result lands back on the board for anyone to see. Read the docs to wire it up.
FAQ
What is Vibe Kanban?
Vibe Kanban is an open-source (Apache-2.0) tool for orchestrating AI coding agents from a kanban board. You create and assign tasks on the board, and each runs in an agent workspace — a git worktree with its own branch, terminal and dev server — where an agent like Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp or Copilot does the work; you then review the diff, leave inline comments and merge. It runs locally via npx vibe-kanban (self-hostable with Docker) and integrates MCP. It was built by Bloop AI, which announced on 10 April 2026 that the company is shutting down; Vibe Kanban continues as a community-maintained, fully-local project.
Is Vibe Kanban shutting down?
The company, Bloop, is — it announced on 10 April 2026 that it couldn't find a viable business model (most users were free) and would wind down. Vibe Kanban itself moves to a community-maintained, fully-local open-source project. The hosted/remote services — remote kanban issues, comments, projects and organisations — were removed after a 30-day window, with data export added and paid subscriptions refunded. The local experience survives; the shared, hosted board does not.
How is TaskPeace different from Vibe Kanban?
Vibe Kanban launches agents and shows you diffs to review; TaskPeace decides what's next and hands it to whichever agent asks. TaskPeace is a hosted queue with ONE global priority order across all your projects: agents call get_next_task and receive the top task with merged context, leasing stops parallel sessions colliding, every completion requires a written result, and a live board persists across sessions, machines and people.
Is TaskPeace a replacement for Vibe Kanban?
For the local, launch-agents-in-worktrees, review-the-diff workflow, the closest continuation is the community version of Vibe Kanban itself. TaskPeace is the right move for the part Bloop actually retired: a hosted, shared, cross-project board that persists and that agents pull from over MCP. If what you'll miss is the remote board across projects and people, TaskPeace is a genuine home for it, free while in beta.
Can I use them together?
Yes — Vibe Kanban locally for running and reviewing agents, TaskPeace as the hosted cross-project queue those runs come from. Agents pull the top task via get_next_task; results land back on the board.