Why devBoard has no web version
devBoard is an app you install on your phone and your Mac. It never runs in a browser tab. We get asked about this a lot. Here is the reason, and the cost.
We make devBoard, so this is our view, not a neutral one.
A tracker is opened twenty times a day
A project tracker is not a report you read once a week. You open it to see what is next. You open it to move a card. You open it to start a timer. Twenty times a day, for a few seconds each.
A browser tab is the wrong shape for that. You have to find the tab. The page reloads. You sign in again. The board draws itself in pieces. By the time it is ready, you forgot why you opened it.
An app is one keystroke away. It opens at once, on My Work. It shows your last list even with no signal. That is what twenty short visits need.
A keyboard needs an app
The desktop app is built around a command palette and single-key shortcuts. Press N for a new item. Press G for My Work. Press 1 to 9 to move a card to a column. Press ? to see the full list.
A web page can do some of this. But the browser owns the keyboard. ⌘K may open the address bar. ⌘1 switches tabs. Esc stops the page loading. Every shortcut is a fight with the browser. In an app, the keys are ours.
One codebase, no wrapper
A web app that is later wrapped into a desktop app is still a web page. It carries a whole browser with it. It starts slow and uses a lot of memory.
devBoard is built with Flutter. Flutter is a toolkit that turns one codebase into a real app for each platform. The Mac app has a real menu bar. The phone app has rows, sheets and big tap targets. They share the logic and not the layout.
What it costs you
This choice has a price. We will not hide it.
- You cannot use devBoard on a computer where you cannot install apps.
- There is no quick look from a borrowed laptop.
- Windows and Linux are not out yet. They are being packaged.
- Links to tasks open the app, not a page. People outside the workspace see a page that asks them to install it.
If any of these is a deal breaker, a web tool is the right choice for you. Our comparisons say which one.
Where the web still comes in
Your AI assistant can reach devBoard from anywhere. devBoard is an MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code can read and change your tasks over the network, with a token. So the "I am not at my Mac" case often has an answer. Setup takes two minutes.
Where this argument is wrong
Some teams live in the browser all day. For them a tab is one keystroke away, and an app is one more thing to install. Some companies lock down laptops and allow only web tools. Some people share a tracker with clients who will never install anything.
For those teams, devBoard is the wrong tool. That is fine. It is small on purpose, and this is one of the things it leaves out.
What we did about it
We spent the time a web version would have cost on the apps instead. The Mac app got a real menu bar and window memory. The phone app got its own layout. Both got realtime sync and a cached last state. Windows and Linux come next.
Questions people ask
Will there ever be a web version?
No. We would rather make the apps better than build a third thing. Windows and Linux apps are coming instead.
What if I am on a computer where I cannot install apps?
Then devBoard is not a fit for that computer. Your phone still works. Or ask your AI assistant, which talks to devBoard over MCP from anywhere.
Can I share a task with someone who does not have the app?
You can share a link. It opens the app for people who are in the workspace. Someone without the app will see a page that asks them to install it.
Free while in early access; paid plans will be one plain number, posted here first.
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