Bases Kanban

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by kotserge

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Obsidian Bases Kanban

A kanban board view for Bases. The board is driven entirely by Bases primitives.

Example Bases Kanban View

How Bases maps to kanban

Bases primitiveKanban conceptEffect
FilterBoardWhich notes appear on the board
Group byColumnsOne column per distinct group-by value
SortCard orderOrder of cards within each column
PropertiesCard contentFields shown on each card

Usage

  1. Create or open a .base file
  2. Configure Filter, Group by, Sort, and Properties using the standard Bases toolbar
  3. Switch to the Kanban view — the board reflects your configuration immediately
  4. Drag cards between columns to update the group-by property; click cards to open notes

Installation

As soon the plugin is merged, you can install using the plugin manager. For now, place the files under .obsidian/plugins/bases-kanban

Example

An example on how I setup my frontmatter:

---
project: infrastructure
status: open
summary:
tags:
  - enhancement
  - documentation
---

With Bases configured to filter on where project is infrastructure, group by status, Z -> A, sort by created time New to old, and properties active summary and tags — you get a board with columns like Backlog, In Progress, and Done.

Example Bases Kanban View

Requirements

  • Obsidian 1.10+ (Bases API)
  • No additional dependencies

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