# Kanman - Full Documentation

> Project-first to-do app without gamification, streak pressure, or dashboard overload.

## About Kanman

Kanman is a calm productivity tool designed for makers who are exhausted by productivity theater, gamification gimmicks, and tools built for managers instead of workers. It keeps started projects front and center with simple drag-and-drop prioritization.

### Core Principles

1. **Progress = Shipped Work**: Not charts, not streaks, not velocity scores. The only metric that matters is whether the work got done.

2. **Trust Adults**: No gamification, no nudges, no guilt mechanics. Workers don't need leaderboards or streaks to be productive.

3. **Tools Should Disappear**: Silent operation, low cognitive load, no notification spam. The best tool is one you forget is there.

4. **Maker-First Design**: Features serve practitioners, not observers. If a feature only helps someone watch the work, it doesn't ship.

5. **Plans Are Guesses**: Adaptability beats rigid roadmaps. Prioritize in seconds, not sprint ceremonies.

6. **Rest Is Invisible**: No streak penalties, no activity tracking, no judgment for taking breaks.

## Pricing Model

Kanman uses simple annual workspace-based subscriptions (prices shown as monthly equivalents, billed annually):

- **Personal**: €4/month (€49/year)
  - Single-user workspace
  - Projects and tasks for solo work
  - All core features included

- **Pro**: €8/month (€99/year)
  - Single-user workspace
  - Everything in Personal
  - API access & Webhooks
  - Git integration
  - Future automations included

- **Teams**: €10/seat/month (€120/seat/year, minimum 3 seats)
  - Multi-user workspace with collaboration
  - All Pro features for every member
  - Shared projects and roles/permissions
  - Billed per seat with write access

Subscriptions attach to workspaces, not users. Personal and Pro workspaces are limited to one member. Teams workspaces support multiple members with role-based access.

## What Kanman Doesn't Have (By Design)

- No dashboards or analytics
- No velocity charts or burndown graphs
- No KPIs or performance metrics
- No AI suggestions
- No notification spam
- No gamification (streaks, badges, points)
- No activity tracking
- No calendars or due dates
- No time tracking

These omissions are features, not limitations. They prevent the tool from becoming another source of productivity anxiety.

## Target Audience

Kanman is for:
- Individual makers and developers
- Freelancers and consultants
- Side-project builders
- Small teams (under 20 people)
- Organizations that recognize they've overcomplicated things

Kanman is NOT for:
- Large enterprises needing complex coordination
- Organizations requiring audit trails and compliance
- Teams that genuinely need portfolio-level visibility
- Managers who need dashboards for their dashboards

## Philosophy on Enterprise Tools

Kanman acknowledges that enterprise PM tools serve legitimate purposes at scale. A 500-person engineering org with distributed teams genuinely needs coordination infrastructure. The problem isn't the tools - it's applying enterprise-scale solutions to problems that don't require them.

Principle: "As many processes as needed. As few as possible. All the time."

Many organizations buy themselves time for scale by adopting heavyweight processes early. They end up with process landscapes that become burdens - tracking rituals that consume more energy than they save.

## Blog Content Themes

The Kanman blog covers topics related to calm productivity and maker-first tooling:

### Against Productivity Theater
- Why manager-favorite tools sabotage focus
- When metrics gaslight makers
- The gap between manager reports and maker reality
- De-weaponizing OKRs

### For Sustainable Work
- Breaking the burnout loop
- Hustle culture's hidden costs
- Designing for the after-hours brain
- The weekly five-minute reset

### Tool Philosophy
- Minimalism as a feature
- Autonomy vs oversight in tool design
- Simple pricing without complexity
- Why plans should ship work, not theater

## Technical Details

- **Platform**: Web-based SaaS (app.kanman.de)
- **Languages**: English, German
- **Framework**: The marketing site uses Hugo static site generator
- **Pricing Page**: https://kanman.de/en/pricing or https://kanman.de/de/pricing

## Contact

- Website: https://kanman.de
- App: https://app.kanman.de
- Blog: https://kanman.de/en/posts/

## Sitemap

For a complete list of pages, see: https://kanman.de/sitemap.xml