Kanban boards with notes inside every card
Decknote is a kanban board where each card opens as a document — headings, checklists, files and comments — so the plan and the notes about the plan live in the same place. One flat price for the whole team.
No credit card. Free plan includes the editor, checklists, files and all four views.
Why notes belong on the board
A kanban card that only holds a title forces the real information somewhere else: a doc, a chat thread, someone's head. When the card is the document, moving it across the board moves the context with it, and the person who picks it up next reads what the last person knew.
Cards that open like documents
Type / for headings, bullet lists, checklists, quotes and code — the same editor you'd use for meeting notes, inside the card. No separate wiki, no link to a doc somewhere else.
Checklists with progress
First-class checklists per card, with a progress bar on the card face. Any item can be turned into its own card when it grows up.
Comments and @mentions
Threaded comments per card, @mentions in comments and in the notes themselves, reactions, and a watch button so the right people hear about changes.
Files and links on the card
Attach files up to 5 MB and links that unfurl into a preview. Use an image as the card cover so the board reads at a glance.
Four views of the same notes
Board, Table, Calendar and Timeline. Give a card a start and a due date and it becomes a bar on the timeline; set a WIP limit and a list turns red when it's overloaded.
Recurring cards
Weekly review, monthly report, sprint retro: mark a card as repeating and archiving it creates the next one with its checklist reset.
What a card holds
- Rich-text notes with / commands: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code
- Checklists with progress, convertible into cards
- Start and due dates, with a repeat setting
- Labels, assignees, custom fields
- Comments with @mentions and reactions
- Files up to 5 MB, links with previews, an image cover
What the board does with it
- Board, Table, Calendar and Timeline views of the same cards
- WIP limits per list — the header turns red when you overload it
- Board automations (move, label, assign on a trigger)
- Saved views and filters per board
- Trello import in one click, JSON and CSV export any time
- REST API and a CLI for the automation crowd
Questions people ask before switching
- Is this a kanban board or a notes app?
- Both, on purpose. The board is a classic kanban — lists, drag and drop, labels, due dates. Each card is a rich-text page: headings, checklists, code, files and comments live inside it instead of in a separate tool.
- How is it different from Trello?
- Trello cards have a description field; Decknote cards are full documents with a Notion-style editor, first-class checklists and a Timeline view. And the price is flat — one plan for the whole board, not per user.
- How is it different from Notion?
- Notion is a workspace that can be bent into a board. Decknote starts from the board: drag-and-drop, WIP limits, recurring cards and a calendar are built in, and the notes come along with the card instead of the card being a database row.
- What does it cost?
- Free for up to 5 boards with everything above. Pro is $5 a month flat — unlimited boards, members, custom fields and automations — for the whole team, not per seat.
- Can I bring my Trello boards?
- Yes. Export a board as JSON from Trello and import it in one click: lists, cards, dates, labels, checklists and comments come over.
One board, notes included, $5 flat
Free up to 5 boards. Pro is $5 a month for the whole team — unlimited boards, members, custom fields and automations. Not per seat, ever.