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KanDo

a shared kanban board for teamsReal-time KanBan Boards
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How you run it
On a phoneIn MossDesktop app
Holochain version
0.4.0
Activity
active
Checked
29 October 2026

What is KanDo and what is it for?

KanDo is a Holochain app for collaborative kanban boards. Boards are shared between the people working on them, and the changes one person makes appear for the others in real time.

KanDo is a Holochain app for collaborative kanban boards, where cards move through columns as work progresses. It is maintained in the holochain-apps GitHub organisation, and its repository dates from July 2023.

The boards are shared between the people working on them rather than hosted on a company's servers. Updates travel directly between participants, so a card moved by one person appears on the others' boards as it happens; the project credits this real-time behaviour to syn, the Holochain library it builds on.

A developer can see this in miniature on a single machine: starting the project's default command brings up two local nodes and their two board interfaces, so the same board can be edited from both at once while the underlying conversations are inspected. Larger local networks can be started in the same way by choosing how many nodes to run.

How to get it

Desktop app

  1. Open the project's GitHub releases page.
  2. Download the release asset that matches your operating system.
  3. Install and open it as you would any other desktop application, then create a board and invite the people you work with.

Source: https://github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases

In Moss

  1. Set up a Moss group for the people you work with.
  2. In Moss, open the Tool Library and add the project's curation list, or manage the lists already added.
  3. Install the board tool into your group from the Tool Library.

Source: https://github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases

Questions people ask

What do I need in order to work on KanDo itself?
A Holochain development environment, entered through a nix shell before dependencies are installed; the project warns that its other commands only work inside that shell. source
What makes the boards update in real time?
The project uses syn, the Holochain library for shared, synchronised state, to carry collaboration between participants. source
Can I build a bundle to hand to other people?
Yes. The packaging step produces kando.webhapp, which the project says is the file to distribute for installation into the Holochain Launcher, alongside its kando.happ component. source

From 3 public sources, checked 23 September 2026.

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Details & sources

Source
holochain-apps/kando

Evidence

Release
github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases/tag/v0.19.0shipped in a release · seen since 20 October 2026 · github.release@1
Last change
api.github.com/repos/holochain-apps/kandolisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · github.repository@1
Activity
github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases/tag/v0.19.0shipped in a release · seen since 20 October 2026 · liveness@1
Moss
lightningrodlabs.org/weave-tool-curation/0.16/curations-0.16.jsonlisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · moss.listed@1
Desktop app
github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases/tag/v0.17.5shipped in a release · seen since 20 October 2026 · desktop.shipped@1
p2p-shipyard
github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases/tag/v0.17.5shipped in a release · seen since 20 October 2026 · p2p-shipyard.shipped@1
Phone app
github.com/holochain-apps/kando/releases/tag/v0.17.5shipped in a release · seen since 20 October 2026 · mobile.shipped@1

Compatibility

hdk
0.4.0 · Cargo.toml @ 4c423d9
hdi
0.5.0 · Cargo.toml @ 4c423d9
holochain-client
0.18.0 · ui/package.json @ 4c423d9
happ.yaml
present · workdir/happ.yaml @ 4c423d9
web-happ.yaml
present · workdir/web-happ.yaml @ 4c423d9
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