Kanban Embed shows your Kanban board inside any note

Name: Kanban Embed
Author: theluckystrike

Put a Kanban board in a project page or a daily note and check off cards right there.

Install in Obsidian

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MIT · no telemetry · core features free

The Website redesign board embedded in a project note, with Backlog, In progress and Review lanes and an orange border on the over-limit lane.

version: 1.0.0
downloads: 1
review: Passed
health: Excellent
license: MIT
platforms: Desktop, Mobile
obsidian: 1.13.4 or later

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About Kanban Embed

You keep tasks on a board of the Kanban plugin and want that board on a project page or a daily note.

Add a small code block to a note and the board shows there, lanes side by side, next to your other text. The board stays one Markdown file. It works in Reading view and in Live Preview.

Kanban Embed reads the board file itself, so the Kanban plugin doesn't have to be installed. Tick a card in the embed and the plugin changes that one line of the board file. It's a separate plugin by a different author than the Kanban plugin.

Open the project page, check off a card, then move a card to Review

Free features

A board inside any note

Add a kanban-embed code block with the name of the board, and the lanes show side by side. Cards show their text with links, tags and formatting, and a date shows as a chip under the card. A lane over its card limit shows a count such as 4/3 and a warning border.

The Website redesign board embedded in a project page, with a card count on each lane and the over-limit lane marked.

Pick lanes and hide done cards

Add a lanes line to show only the lanes you name, in that order. Add hide-done: true to hide checked cards, and the header says how many are hidden. A lane name the board doesn't have shows a warning, so a typo is easy to find.

A standup note that shows only the In progress and Review lanes of the board, with done cards hidden.

Check off cards and live update

Each card has a checkbox, and a tick changes only that one line of the board file. When the board file changes, in the Kanban plugin or after a sync, every embed of it draws again. Before each write, the plugin checks that the card line still matches the screen, and it doesn't write if not.

A checked card in the embed, with the same card checked in the board file.

The free version shows one board per embed, with no time limit and no card limit.

Pro features

Pro costs $5 a month or $15 one time through GitHub Sponsors. One sponsorship turns on Pro in all 13 plugins.

Move cards Pro

Drag a card to another lane, or to another place in the same lane. On a touch screen, open the card menu and choose "Move to" and a lane. A card that moves into a lane with the Complete marker becomes checked, and the card keeps its tags, dates and block ID.

The card menu with the Move to items for the other lanes.

Add cards Pro

Select "Add a card" at the bottom of a lane, type the text and press Enter. The card goes to the end of that lane in the board file.

The add card field at the bottom of the Backlog lane.

Several boards in one embed Pro

List more than one board in the block. Lanes with the same name become one column, so the In progress cards of all your projects sit side by side. Each card shows the name of its board, and a move stays inside that board.

The In progress and Review lanes of two boards merged into one embed.

Card filter Pro

Add a line such as filter: #design, and a card shows only when it has every word of the filter. A word that starts with # must be a tag of the card. The tag #design also matches #design/web.

Only the cards tagged design from both boards.

See how Pro works

Set up Kanban Embed

needs

Obsidian 1.13.4 or later
Board files in the Markdown format of the Kanban plugin, with kanban-plugin: board in the frontmatter. The Kanban plugin itself doesn't need to be installed.

steps

Put the cursor where the board should go and run the command "Insert a board embed".
Pick a board from the list, which shows every note with kanban-plugin in its frontmatter.
Add a lanes line or hide-done: true to the block if you want fewer lanes or no done cards. A title line sets your own header text.

Why this exists

The request to embed a board in a page is issue 4 of the Kanban plugin. It has been open since April 2021 and has 258 reactions.

Read the request

How it compares

A normal embed of the board note: A normal embed shows the board as Markdown, one heading under the other. Kanban Embed shows the lanes side by side and can move and add cards.
Kanban plugin: Kanban Embed is a separate plugin by a different author and reads the board file itself. You still need the Kanban plugin for the full board view and its other features.

Questions about Kanban Embed

Does Kanban Embed need the Kanban plugin installed?

No. Kanban Embed reads the board file itself. You need the Kanban plugin only for the full board view and its other features.

Does Kanban Embed change my board files?

Only when you check, move or add a card. Each change edits only the lines of that card. The board settings and the archive stay as they are.

Can I use an embedded Kanban board on a phone or tablet?

Yes. Everything works on mobile except drag and drop, which needs a mouse or trackpad. On a touch screen, use the Move to menu.

How is this different from a normal embed of the board note?

A normal embed shows the board as Markdown, one heading under the other. Kanban Embed shows the lanes side by side and lets you check off cards. With Pro it can also move and add cards.

Network use

Kanban Embed makes no network requests until you select "Sign in with GitHub" in the settings. After that, it asks GitHub whether your account sponsors theluckystrike, at most once every 7 days or when you select Refresh. It sends no note content, file names or other vault data, and it has no telemetry.

Read the full network disclosure

Kanban Embed 1.0.0, MIT license