Warum wir flowban bauen

Why We Love GitHub Projects, But Love Kanban Even More

Not because it has colorful boards or trendy buzzwords, but because Kanban is about flow - understanding how work moves through a system, spotting bottlenecks, and making better predictions about when things will actually get done. In short: Kanban helps teams become more efficient, transparent, and continuously improving.


But then there’s GitHub.


We use GitHub for everything - code, reviews, CI/CD, documentation - and of course, for managing our work. GitHub Projects fits seamlessly into our development workflow, and we didn’t want to add yet another tool on top. However, over time, we realized something: GitHub Projects isn’t good for Kanban.


Where GitHub Projects Falls Short

GitHub Projects is great for organizing tasks. You get columns, automation, and filters - everything you need to manage issues and pull requests. But when you want to understand how work flows through your system, it quickly hits its limits.


  • Lead times? Not visible.
  • Cycle times? Only with manual exports and custom scripts.
  • WIP limits? Possible, but no insights on their impact.
  • Forecasts? Only with Excel and guesswork.

That’s the problem: GitHub Projects helps you organize, but not optimize.


Our Solution: Real Kanban for GitHub Projects

We were done with half-solutions - no more exporting to Excel, no more scripts, no more manual tracking. So we’re building a SaaS that finally brings real Kanban to GitHub Projects.


With one click, you’ll get:

  • Flow metrics directly from your GitHub Issues,
  • Visualizations for throughput,
  • Lead times and trends,
  • Forecasts based on your team’s real data,
  • and all of this without changing your existing setup.

Your team stays in GitHub, works as usual - just with better insights and visibility into your flow.


Our Mission

We believe that great teams succeed through transparency, feedback, and continuous improvement - not control or micromanagement. Kanban gives you the framework. GitHub gives you the foundation. And we’re building the bridge between them.

Because in the end, it’s not about tools. It’s about building better things, with less friction and more flow.