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Add a visual kanban board to the task manager you already use.
Two macOS apps that put a kanban board on top of your task manager — but with very different approaches. Here's a side-by-side look so you can pick the one that fits how you work.
KanbanView pioneered the idea of a kanban-style view for Things 3, and bundles in extras like an Eisenhower matrix and a Seinfeld calendar. Flowcus takes a different angle: a two-way kanban board across multiple task managers, with smart features for focus and stale-task detection.
| Feature | Flowcus | KanbanView |
|---|---|---|
| Task manager sources | OmniFocus, Things, Todoist, TaskPaper | Things 3 only (read-only) |
| Platforms | macOS 13.0+ (native) | macOS, plus iPad remote access |
| Kanban features | Custom columns, swimlanes, drag-and-drop, automation rules | Fixed columns (Backlog, Grooming, Upcoming, Waiting, MIT) + Eisenhower matrix + Seinfeld calendar |
| WIP limits | Per-column limits with visual alerts when exceeded | |
| Blocked tasks | Mark tasks as blocked with a reason | |
| Stale task detection | Ghost Detection flags vague, neglected, and slipping tasks | |
| LLM integration | Sidekick AI assistant for task triage and focus suggestions | |
| Analytics | Per-task history and audit trail | Task distribution stats and historical analytics |
If you live in Things 3 and want more than just a board — an Eisenhower priority matrix, a Seinfeld-style "don't break the chain" calendar, task distribution analytics, and remote access from an iPad — KanbanView packages all of that into a single Mac app. Its fixed column structure (Backlog, Grooming, Upcoming, Waiting, MIT) is opinionated in a way that some people find liberating.
If your tasks live somewhere other than Things — OmniFocus, Todoist, or TaskPaper — KanbanView isn't an option, and Flowcus is built for you. Even on Things, Flowcus takes a different approach: custom columns and swimlanes you define, two-way sync so the board is a real workspace rather than a viewer, WIP limits that push back when a column gets overloaded, and Sidekick / Ghost Detection to surface what to focus on and what's been quietly slipping.
If you're already using one of these task managers, Flowcus connects directly:
Add a visual kanban board to the task manager you already use.