TrueKanban

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TrueKanban

A terminal-based Kanban board built with Bubble Tea and SQLite. Manage your tasks without leaving the terminal.

Demo

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Features

• Three-column Kanban board: Todo → In Progress → Done
• Persistent storage via SQLite — tasks survive restarts
• Keyboard-driven, no mouse required
• Minimal, distraction-free UI powered by Lip Gloss

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Installation

Linux (x64)

curl -L https://github.com/Shivam583-hue/TrueKanban/releases/latest/download/truekanban-linux-amd64 -o truekanban
chmod +x truekanban
sudo mv truekanban /usr/local/bin/
truekanban

macOS (Apple Silicon)

curl -L https://github.com/Shivam583-hue/TrueKanban/releases/latest/download/truekanban-macos-arm64 -o truekanban
chmod +x truekanban
sudo mv truekanban /usr/local/bin/
truekanban

macOS (Intel)

curl -L https://github.com/Shivam583-hue/TrueKanban/releases/latest/download/truekanban-macos-amd64 -o truekanban
chmod +x truekanban
sudo mv truekanban /usr/local/bin/
truekanban

Windows (PowerShell)

curl.exe -L https://github.com/Shivam583-hue/TrueKanban/releases/latest/download/truekanban-windows-amd64.exe -o truekanban.exe
move truekanban.exe C:\Windows\System32\truekanban.exe
truekanban

Note: Requires CGO (for SQLite). Make sure you have gcc installed. On Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install gcc On macOS: xcode-select --install

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Keybindings

Key	Action
n	Create a new task in the focused column
enter	Move selected task to the next column
x	Delete selected task
← / h	Focus previous column
→ / l	Focus next column
esc	Cancel (in form)
q / ctrl+c	Quit

Project Structure

TrueKanban/
├── main.go           # Entry point — wires db, tui, and bubbletea together
├── db/
│   └── db.go         # SQLite operations: Init, Insert, Fetch, Update, Delete
├── tui/
│   └── tui.go        # All UI logic: board model, form model, keybindings, rendering
├── types/
│   ├── task.go       # Task struct and list.Item implementation
│   └── status.go     # Status type (Todo=0, InProgress=1, Done=2)
└── task.db           # Auto-created SQLite database 

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Requirements

• Go 1.21+
• GCC (for go-sqlite3 CGO compilation)