# Brainitive

> Brainitive is an open-source workspace for project teams: Kanban and Scrum boards, Gantt plans, docs and wiki, whiteboards, helpdesk, client portals, time tracking and AI assistants in one app.

Every feature is included in every plan; plans differ in members, projects, storage, version history and support.
Brainitive Cloud is hosted in the EU (OVHcloud, France). Business Source License 1.1 — free to self-host for organizations under €2 million annual revenue; each version becomes AGPL-3.0 after four years.
Latest release: v1.47.1 (2026-10-30) — Install the CLI straight from GitHub. All releases: https://www.brainitive.app/whats-new

## Features

### [Boards & Scrum](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards)

Kanban or Scrum, sprints, views and fields — run the work your way.

- [Boards, Kanban & Scrum](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#boards-kanban-and-scrum): Kanban or Scrum with sprints, backlog and burndown — plus swimlanes, WIP limits, history and time tracking.
- [Saved board views](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#saved-board-views): Save filters, layout and sorting as a named view — keep it to yourself or share it with the board.
- [Custom fields](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#custom-fields): Add text, number, date, yes/no or option fields to issues — then filter, sort and show them as columns.
- [Bulk edit](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#bulk-edit): Select issues in the list view and change status, assignee, priority, sprint, due date or labels in one go.
- [Recurring issues](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#recurring-issues): Weekly reviews, monthly reports, yearly renewals — issues that create themselves on schedule, with assignee and due date.
- [Project templates](https://www.brainitive.app/features/boards#project-templates): Start from 20 templates — software, marketing, HR, sales and more — or save your own project as one.

### [Gantt plans & releases](https://www.brainitive.app/features/plans)

See the whole project on one timeline, plan capacity, ship releases.

- [Gantt timelines](https://www.brainitive.app/features/plans#gantt-timelines): Phases, milestones and dependencies on a timeline. Start in a workshop, then link rows to real issues.
- [Releases & release notes](https://www.brainitive.app/features/plans#releases-and-release-notes): Plan fix versions with live progress, then publish release notes to a public page and changelog.
- [Workload planning](https://www.brainitive.app/features/plans#workload-planning): Weekly capacity per person next to planned hours from real issues, with overload shown in hours.

### [Docs & wiki](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs)

Calm, focused docs that link to the work — written together, live.

- [Wiki & docs](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#wiki-and-docs): Calm, distraction-free pages with drafts, publishing, version history and restore.
- [Live co-editing](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#live-co-editing): Write a document together in real time — everyone’s cursor and changes appear instantly, and it keeps working offline.
- [Rich editors](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#rich-editors): Tables, code blocks, math, embeds, and slash commands at your fingertips.
- [Document review](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#document-review): Ask teammates to review a draft: comments on selected text, approve or request changes, and optional review before publish.
- [Smart links](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#smart-links): Paste a link to an issue, doc, ticket or plan and it shows live — status, due date and assignee — as a chip or a card.
- [Related content & backlinks](https://www.brainitive.app/features/docs#related-content-and-backlinks): Link issues, docs, whiteboards, tickets and plans — and see what references each one.

### [Whiteboards](https://www.brainitive.app/features/whiteboards)

Workshop on an infinite canvas and turn the outcome into issues.

- [Whiteboards](https://www.brainitive.app/features/whiteboards#whiteboards): Excalidraw with templates, autosave and history — turn sticky notes into board issues.

### [My Work & capture](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work)

Capture in a second, plan your day, find anything.

- [Quick capture](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#quick-capture): Press C anywhere to drop an idea into your private inbox, then turn it into the right thing later.
- [My Day & focus timer](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#my-day-and-focus-timer): Pick today’s tasks from boards and lists, then run a focus timer that logs the time on the issue.
- [My Work](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#my-work): One view of everything assigned to you, across all workspaces and projects.
- [Task lists](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#task-lists): To-do lists for the work that doesn’t need a full board — due dates, repeats, and reminders before it’s due.
- [Command palette](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#command-palette): Press ⌘K to search everything, jump back to recent items and run commands from the keyboard.
- [Find anything](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#find-anything): One ranked, typo-tolerant search across issues, docs, comments, tickets, tasks, plans, snippets and files, with filters — also in ⌘K.
- [Snippets](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#snippets): Reusable text and code snippets with search — quick-insert anywhere.
- [Bookmarks](https://www.brainitive.app/features/my-work#bookmarks): Save links and resources into collections, with previews fetched for you.

### [Calendar & booking](https://www.brainitive.app/features/calendar)

Your calendars, booking pages and meetings next to the work.

- [Calendar sync](https://www.brainitive.app/features/calendar#calendar-sync): Google, Outlook / Microsoft 365, iCloud and any CalDAV calendar — or a read-only ICS link — next to your work; reschedule in place.
- [Booking pages](https://www.brainitive.app/features/calendar#booking-pages): Share a link and let people book a time with you: your hours minus what’s in your calendars, your own meeting types, invites with Meet or Teams.
- [Calendar feed](https://www.brainitive.app/features/calendar#calendar-feed): Your due dates, tasks, My Day and focus sessions in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook through a private link.
- [Meetings: Google Meet & Teams](https://www.brainitive.app/features/calendar#meetings-google-meet-and-teams): Schedule a meeting from a card, doc or the calendar — invitations from your own calendar, Join right on the card, notes in one click.

### [Helpdesk](https://www.brainitive.app/features/helpdesk)

Support tickets from email, a widget and a portal — with SLAs.

- [Helpdesk portal](https://www.brainitive.app/features/helpdesk#helpdesk-portal): An embeddable support widget, portal and support page for customer tickets and replies.
- [Email to helpdesk](https://www.brainitive.app/features/helpdesk#email-to-helpdesk): Connect your support mailbox or forward to Brainitive: emails become tickets and replies stay in the same thread.
- [Helpdesk SLAs](https://www.brainitive.app/features/helpdesk#helpdesk-slas): First-response and resolution targets per priority, business hours, warnings before a breach and breach reports.
- [Helpdesk templates](https://www.brainitive.app/features/helpdesk#helpdesk-templates): 17 templates — IT helpdesk, bug reports, returns, registrations and more — each with its own columns and fields.

### [Client portal & forms](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal)

Share progress with clients, collect feedback and leads.

- [Client portal](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal#client-portal): Share chosen doc versions and plan snapshots with clients; they approve or request changes on the exact version and comment.
- [Feedback portal](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal#feedback-portal): A public page where customers post ideas, vote and follow your roadmap — you moderate, merge duplicates and turn ideas into cards.
- [Lead forms](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal#lead-forms): Branded multi-step forms with logic, analytics and webhooks — every lead lands as a card.
- [Share links](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal#share-links): Share a single doc or issue read-only with anyone — links can expire and be revoked any time.
- [Publish & share](https://www.brainitive.app/features/client-portal#publish-and-share): Keep content internal or generate public links for pages, snippets, and bookmarks.

### [Time tracking & billing](https://www.brainitive.app/features/time-and-billing)

Track time, see the team’s hours and bill clients from it.

- [Time tracking](https://www.brainitive.app/features/time-and-billing#time-tracking): Log time on tickets with an activity — from the issue, the timer or your weekly timesheet.
- [Team time overview](https://www.brainitive.app/features/time-and-billing#team-time-overview): Last month’s hours by project, ticket, person or activity, with billable share — export to Excel.
- [Client billing](https://www.brainitive.app/features/time-and-billing#client-billing): Your own activities and rates, VAT net or gross, PDF reports or invoices sent to the client — nothing billed twice.

### [Insights & health](https://www.brainitive.app/features/insights)

Project health, workload and meeting notes that become issues.

- [Project health](https://www.brainitive.app/features/insights#project-health): Overdue, due soon, blocked and unassigned work at a glance — every number links to its issues. Save dated status updates.
- [Admin insights](https://www.brainitive.app/features/insights#admin-insights): Throughput, cycle time, team activity, project health, helpdesk and usage across the whole workspace.
- [Meeting notes → issues](https://www.brainitive.app/features/insights#meeting-notes-to-issues): AI suggests the action items with the sentence each came from — review, edit, then create only the ones you want.

### [AI, MCP & CLI](https://www.brainitive.app/features/ai)

Claude, ChatGPT and your terminal, working in your workspace.

- [AI agents (MCP)](https://www.brainitive.app/features/ai#ai-agents-mcp): Connect ChatGPT or Claude over MCP to work with issues, docs, sprints and plans — or hand it a Jira export and let it set up the whole project: columns, types, fields, members and cards.
- [In-app AI](https://www.brainitive.app/features/ai#in-app-ai): Bring your own AI provider for writing in docs and issues — with your project as context.
- [Command line (CLI)](https://www.brainitive.app/features/ai#command-line-cli): Install with one command on macOS, Linux or Windows. Capture, issues with screenshots, tasks, snippets, docs and search from the terminal; an MCP bridge for AI tools on your machine.

### [Automation & integrations](https://www.brainitive.app/features/automation)

Rules, webhooks, GitHub and notifications do the busywork.

- [Workflow automation](https://www.brainitive.app/features/automation#workflow-automation): Rules per project: when something happens and it matches, assign, move, set fields, comment or notify — with a run log.
- [GitHub development](https://www.brainitive.app/features/automation#github-development): Connect GitHub in one click; branches, commits, pull requests and deployments show up on the issue — and a merge can move the card.
- [Outgoing webhooks](https://www.brainitive.app/features/automation#outgoing-webhooks): Send signed events — issues, pages, sprints, tickets, leads, time and invoices — to your own systems, with a delivery log.
- [Notifications & push](https://www.brainitive.app/features/automation#notifications-and-push): A grouped inbox for comments, mentions, due dates, sprints and assignments — choose in-app, push or email per category.

### [Import & export](https://www.brainitive.app/features/import-export)

Move in from Trello, Jira or Notion — and take everything with you.

- [Import from Trello, Jira & Notion](https://www.brainitive.app/features/import-export#import-from-trello-jira-and-notion): Upload an export, check the preview, map statuses, types and people — your boards, issues and docs arrive ready to work on.
- [Project export & restore](https://www.brainitive.app/features/import-export#project-export-and-restore): Download a whole project — boards, docs, plans and files — as one archive, and restore it here or on another Brainitive.

### [Workspaces & teams](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration)

Workspaces, roles and sign-in — online, offline and as an app.

- [Workspaces](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#workspaces): Group teams and projects into dedicated workspaces with their own members.
- [Roles & permissions](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#roles-and-permissions): Admin, editor, and viewer roles so the right people get the right access.
- [Watchers](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#watchers): Follow items, pages, lists, and tickets to stay notified of every change.
- [Profiles & avatars](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#profiles-and-avatars): Profile photos for members, shown on cards, comments, and assignments.
- [Social login](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#social-login): Sign in with email, Google, GitHub or Microsoft — whatever your team prefers.
- [Your sidebar, your way](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#your-sidebar-your-way): Hide what you don’t use, choose what each project shows and pin the boards, lists and docs you open every day.
- [Offline mode](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#offline-mode): My Day, task lists, issues and quick capture keep working without internet and sync when you’re back — conflicts shown, never overwritten.
- [Install as an app](https://www.brainitive.app/features/collaboration#install-as-an-app): Install Brainitive on any device — desktop or phone — straight from the browser.

## Pricing (Brainitive Cloud, per user per month, EUR)

- Free: free — Up to 3 members per workspace, 5 projects, 500 MB content, 3 GB files, 7 days of version history.
- Starter: €3 per month or €20 per year — Up to 25 members, 30 projects, 5 GB content, 50 GB files.
- Team: €5 per month or €50 per year — Unlimited members and projects, 10 GB content, 100 GB files, full version history, email support.
- Business: €15 per month or €150 per year — Everything in Team, unlimited storage, priority support, DPA, 99.9% uptime SLA, 30-day restore.
- Self-hosted: free for organizations under €2 million annual revenue; a commercial licence above that.

## Ways to use it

- Web app: https://www.brainitive.app/ (sign up: https://www.brainitive.app/register)
- AI assistants via MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code): https://www.brainitive.app/mcp
- Command line (macOS, Linux, Windows): https://www.brainitive.app/features/ai#command-line-cli
- Browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox): https://www.brainitive.app/#everywhere

## Links

- [Documentation](https://docs.brainitive.app)
- [Self-hosting guide](https://docs.brainitive.app/self-hosting/)
- [Source code](https://github.com/armendzekjiri/brainitive)
- [Release notes](https://www.brainitive.app/whats-new)
- [Blog](https://www.brainitive.app/blog)
- Contact: hello@brainitive.app