Kanban Archiver

An Obsidian plugin by Starsha that automatically archives completed Kanban cards older than a configurable number of days to a separate archive file — keeping your boards clean without losing history.

Features

• Archive completed cards older than N days (default: 30) to Archive_[boardname].md
• Treats all cards in your Done column as completed, whether ticked [x] or not
• Auto-stamps today's date on any card you tick [x] that has no existing date — so every card is always archivable
• First-run migration prompt: detects undated completed cards and offers to stamp them in bulk
• Undated cards are archived to a separate ### Undated (review) section so nothing is silently lost
• Configurable Done column names — works with any naming convention
• Archive file path shown in plugin settings — no mystery about where your history goes
• Works on the current file or vault-wide across all Kanban boards

Recommended Board Structure

For best results, use the standard Kanban list naming convention:

List	Purpose
To do	Cards not yet started
Doing	Cards actively in progress
Done	Completed cards — archived automatically by this plugin

This plugin is configured by default for a Done column. If your board uses a different name (e.g. Completed, Closed), update the Done column names setting accordingly — comma-separated for multiple columns.

Note for beginners: Unlike some tools (e.g. Salesforce which uses "In Progress" instead of "Doing"), the To do / Doing / Done convention is the most widely recognised Kanban standard and works out of the box with this plugin.

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (recommended)

1. Open Obsidian Settings → Community plugins
2. Turn off Restricted mode
3. Browse → search "Kanban Archiver"
4. Install and enable

Manual install

1. Download kanban-archiver-[version].zip from Releases
2. Extract into your vault's plugin folder:

   <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/kanban-archiver/
   

3. Enable in Settings → Community plugins

Usage

Archive current board

Ctrl+P → Archive completed items older than threshold

Archive all boards

Ctrl+P → Archive completed items in all Kanban boards

Auto-stamp

Tick any card — if it has no date, today's date is automatically appended. No manual work needed.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Days threshold	30	Archive completed items older than this many days
Archive file prefix	Archive_	Prefix for generated archive files
Auto-stamp on completion	On	Append today's date when ticking a card with no existing date
Done column names	Done	Comma-separated list of column names treated as completed
Archive locations	—	Read-only display of resolved archive paths for each board
Re-run migration	—	Trigger the first-run undated card migration prompt again

Archive file format

Archive files are created in the same directory as the board:

Board Kanban/
├── Board daily stuff.md
├── Board projects.md
├── Archive_Board daily stuff.md   ← auto-created
└── Archive_Board projects.md      ← auto-created

Each archive run appends a dated section:

## Archived 2026-05-26
- [x] Completed task (@2026-04-10)
- [x] Another task 2026-03-15

### Undated (review)
- [x] Old task with no date

License

MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.

Author

Starsha — kworld.space