Kibo Tasks

A clean, minimal Kanban board for Obsidian that works with the Obsidian Tasks plugin.

Drag tasks between columns to update their status directly in your markdown files.

Features

• Tag-based columns — Dragging a card between columns adds/removes tags in the source file
• Obsidian Tasks compatible — Respects #task global filter, emoji metadata (📅, ✅, ⏫), and checkbox statuses
• Live updates — Edits in your files reflect on the board within ~300ms
• Drag & drop — Powered by SortableJS for smooth cross-column dragging
• Collapsible columns — Collapsed columns become thin vertical strips to save space
• Kibo UI inspired design — Clean, spacious aesthetic with colored status dots and italic headers
• Theme-aware — Works with light and dark Obsidian themes

Default Columns

Column	Behavior
To Do	Tasks with due date today or overdue
In Progress	Tasks tagged #in-progress
Done	Completed tasks (- [x])
Backlog	Tasks without a due date (collapsed by default)

You can add custom tag-based columns (e.g., "Waiting" → #waiting, "Review" → #review) in settings.

How It Works

• To Do → In Progress: Adds #in-progress to the task line
• In Progress → Done: Marks [x], adds ✅ YYYY-MM-DD, removes #in-progress
• Done → To Do: Marks [ ], removes ✅ date
• Any → Custom column: Removes previous column tag, adds new column tag

All file mutations use Obsidian's Vault.process() for atomic read-modify-write operations.

Task Format

Works with standard Obsidian Tasks emoji format:

- [ ] Buy groceries #task 📅 2026-02-13
- [ ] Review PR #task @work ⏫ 📅 2026-02-14
- [x] Ship feature #task ✅ 2026-02-12

Supports all priority emojis: 🔺 highest, ⏫ high, 🔼 medium, 🔽 low.

Installation

From BRAT (recommended for now)

1. Install BRAT plugin
2. Add MajesteitBart/kibo-tasks as a beta plugin
3. Enable "Kibo Tasks" in Community Plugins

Manual

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
2. Create .obsidian/plugins/kibo-tasks/ in your vault
3. Place the three files there
4. Enable "Kibo Tasks" in Community Plugins

Settings

• Global filter tag — Must match your Tasks plugin config (default: #task)
• To Do filter mode — "Due today + overdue" or "All dated tasks"
• Done limit — Max completed tasks shown (default: 10)
• Excluded folders — Folders to skip when scanning
• Custom columns — Add/remove/reorder tag-based columns

Development

npm install
npm run dev    # development build with sourcemaps
npm run build  # production build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Acknowledgments

• Obsidian Tasks by Clare Macrae and contributors — the excellent task management plugin that Kibo Tasks is built to work with
• Kibo UI by Hayden Bleasel — the beautiful shadcn/ui extension library that inspired the design of this plugin

License

MIT