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Project management SaaS

A Kanban board and issue tracker that syncs every movement, edit, and comment in real time, while maintaining a comprehensive history for every ticket.

Scattered updates → Live board → One shared picture

Live snapshot
Client
In-house product
India
Industry
Agencies & product teams
Year
2026
Timeline
3 weeks
Services
Boardly’s Kanban board with four columns of tickets, live teammate avatars and an activity feed

Results

For a change to reach every open board
<1s
Of ticket changes kept in the history
100%
Roles, each with its own permissions
2

[01]The challenge

Small teams run projects across chat threads, spreadsheets and a tracker nobody keeps current. By the time the weekly check-in starts, half the board is already out of date.

The tools they tested were either designed for massive organizations or lacked the two essential features they consistently requested: real-time updates visible to everyone and a transparent log tracking individual contributions.

[02]Our approach

  1. 01

    We started from the change, not the screen. Every move, edit and comment is written once, stored in the ticket’s history and broadcast to everyone viewing that board.

  2. 02

    The API came first, with typed request and response models, so the board, the list view and notifications all read from one contract.

  3. 03

    Roles were settled before the first screen: owners manage boards and members, members move and discuss the work.

[03]The solution

Boardly pairs a Next.js front end with a FastAPI and PostgreSQL back end. Boards update live over WebSockets, so a card dragged on one screen moves on every other open screen within a second.

Each ticket carries its comments, watchers and a full audit history. Watchers are notified about the changes they care about, and the list view filters, sorts and searches across every board.

[04]What we built

  • 01Drag-and-drop Kanban with live updates over WebSockets
  • 02Owner and member roles with board-level permissions
  • 03Complete change history on every ticket
  • 04Watchers with change notifications
  • 05List view with filters, sorting and search
  • 06Light and dark themes

[05]Live snapshot

An interactive recreation of the product’s core flow — try it.

boardly · live
Closed
56
last 8 days
Open
23
across 4 boards
Cycle time
2.4d
median, start to done

Interactive · sample workspace data

[06]Stack

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • REST APIs
  • PostgreSQL

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