Why We Built the Fastest Free Kanban Board

Most kanban tools are slow, bloated, and behind paywalls. We built KanbanBoardFree to fix that.

The problem with existing kanban tools

If you've used Trello, Asana, or ClickUp, you've probably noticed a few things:

• They're slow — pages take 1-3 seconds to load
• They're heavy — first paint is 600KB to 3MB
• They're expensive — $5-15 per seat per month adds up fast
• They're bloated — features you don't need cluttering the interface

What we wanted

We wanted a kanban board that:

• Loads in under 100ms
• Weighs under 100KB
• Works offline
• Includes AI summaries for free
• Has a built-in Pomodoro timer
• Supports keyboard navigation
• Never asks you to upgrade

None of the existing tools checked all these boxes. So we built our own.

The result

KanbanBoardFree is the fastest, lightest, most complete free kanban board available:

• 47ms median interaction time
• 78KB first paint
• 98 Lighthouse score
• Unlimited boards on the free plan
• AI summaries, Pomodoro timer, offline mode — all included

Try it yourself

Open the app and create your first board. It takes 3 seconds. No signup, no credit card, no "where do you work" form.