DevBoard Lite

A bloat-free native task board for small dev teams that plugs into AI agents

Problem

Small teams are dragged down by the bloat and ceremony of Jira, ClickUp, and Trello, and just want a clean, fast tool that doesn't interrupt flow. Existing alternatives are either too thin or are sluggish web wrappers. Meanwhile the team already uses Cursor and Claude, but the task system can't talk to them.

Solution

A native desktop and mobile board that hides advanced settings and keeps only projects, tasks, assignee, and due date. A built-in MCP server lets coding agents read tasks, update status, and generate branch names and commit messages. Data can be local or self-hosted.

Users

Small dev teams of 2-15 people and indie product teams

MVP

Native desktop and mobile task board; four core concepts: project, task, assignee, due date; MCP server so agents can read/write tasks; keyboard-first operation; simple sync and export

Revenue

Per-seat subscription at $4-8/user/month, or a one-time desktop license plus paid sync

Why now

Discontent with heavyweight PM tools persists and agent integration is becoming the new differentiator; the MCP ecosystem is young, so a native client can build a niche first