Kanban Base

A plugin for Obsidian that adds two kanban views to Bases.

Requires Obsidian 1.10.1+.

Views

Kanban (Property)

Groups notes into columns by a text property value (e.g. a status field). Set the group-by field in the base to any text property and each unique value becomes a column. Changing a card's column updates that property on the note.

Kanban Folders

Groups notes into columns by their immediate parent folder. Each direct subfolder of the base's root folder is a column. Moving a card between columns physically moves the file to that folder — Obsidian handles link updates automatically.

How to install

Using BRAT

1. Install BRAT from the community plugins directory.
2. Open BRAT settings and click Add Beta Plugin.
3. Enter https://github.com/jaidetree/obsidian-kanban-base.

Using Community Plugins

Search for Kanban Base in Settings → Community plugins → Browse.

Manual install

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Copy them to .obsidian/plugins/kanban-base/ in your vault.
3. Enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

Usage

1. Open or create a base file.
2. Click the view selector and choose Kanban or Kanban Folders.

Kanban (Property)

• Set the base's group-by field to a text property (e.g. status).
• Cards are grouped by property value. Drag cards between columns to update the property.

Kanban Folders

• Set the base folder to a directory that contains subfolders.
• Each subfolder becomes a column. Drag cards between columns to move the file.

Feedback and feature requests

Open an issue.

Contributing

Open an issue before submitting a PR — I don't want to merge work that doesn't fit the direction of the project.

AI Disclaimer

Development was largely done with Claude. I'm a professional frontend engineer and have reviewed and tested this project during every phase of development.

License

MIT