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Kanban boards together

Work on one board made with the community Kanban plugin with other people at once, and see who is on it and which card each is editing.

A board made with the community Kanban plugin, in a shared folder, updates live for everyone who has it open. Cards added, moved and edited appear on the other boards as they happen, and a card you are editing stays as you left it while others change the board around it.

This is the Kanban plugin's own board, a note in your vault. For the kanban view Obsidian 1.14 adds to bases, see Bases together.

Two people on one Kanban board: who is on it, a card moved between lanes, and the card each is editing.

What you see of each other

  • Who is on the board. The faces in the board's header are the people who have it open.
  • Which card they are editing. A card someone is editing is outlined in their colour, with their name.
  • Their changes. A card someone adds, moves or edits changes on your board within moments, without you saving or reopening it.

While you edit a card

Others can keep changing the board while you edit a card. Your card is left as you have it until you finish, and their changes around it are applied then.

When you both change the same thing

Two people moving the same card, or changing the same line, at the same moment can leave both versions on the board. Nothing is lost; delete the one you do not want.

Turning live updates off

To have boards update only when they are saved, rather than live, turn off Live sync for Kanban boards in Settings → Nectenda → Editing. Boards are still merged safely when saved.

  • Bases togetherWork on one Obsidian base with other people at once, see which row, cell or card each is on, and keep both people's changes to its views.
  • Editing togetherWhat you see when others edit the same Obsidian note as you, live cursors with names, mouse pointers and faces in the note header, and how to turn them off.
  • Conflict copies and backupsWhen two versions of a note cannot be merged, Nectenda keeps both. Where the extra copies go, how to find them, and when it is safe to delete them.