Kanri
by Kanri · Offline Kanban board app for Windows, Mac and Linux
BenchRank score
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Overview
Kanri is an offline Kanban board app for Windows, Mac and Linux, built with Nuxt, Tauri and TypeScript. Boards contain columns, which hold cards representing individual tasks; cards take rich text descriptions in a format similar to Markdown. Data can be stored locally and exported for backup or transfer, and there are keyboard shortcuts and themes including dark, light and Catppuccin.
- Best for
- Individuals wanting an offline Kanban board on Windows, Mac or Linux without self-hosting.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown on the captured page; the site describes Kanri as free and open source.
- Runs on
- macOSWindowsLinuxSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Runs offline, with data able to be stored locally
- Described as free and open source
- Desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux
- Data export for backing up or moving boards
Trade-offs
- Desktop only — no mobile or web version is mentioned
- No sharing, sync or team collaboration is described
- Rich text uses a Markdown-like format, not Markdown itself
- Only the homepage states pricing; no licence detail is shown
How Kanri markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Kanri’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Simplicity in Every Task.”
- Angle: Simplicity / ease
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Kanri’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The Kanri pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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