# MrLesk/Backlog.md

Backlog.md - A tool for managing project collaboration between humans and AI Agents in a git ecosystem

Repository: https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/backlogmd
Homepage: https://backlog.md
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent, agentic-ai, management, markdown, project, task-manager, tasks
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:47:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 32
- inputs: {"age_days": 455, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 198}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6546, forks 392 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:45.099878+00:00)

## What it is
Backlog.md is a zero-config CLI that turns any Git repository into a Markdown-native task manager and Kanban board, storing every task as a plain .md file. It is designed to structure collaboration between humans and AI coding agents by making task specs, plans, and acceptance criteria reviewable before code is written.

## Use cases
- manage project tasks as markdown files in a git repo
- visualize a kanban board for my repository
- review AI agent task specs before code is generated
- track acceptance criteria and definition of done per task
- coordinate work between Claude Code or Codex and a human reviewer
- keep a permanent record of agent-completed tasks in git

## When to choose
- you work with AI coding agents and want human review checkpoints
- you want task tracking that lives entirely inside your git repository
- you prefer plain markdown files over hosted issue trackers
- you want a zero-config CLI with a kanban visualizer

## When to avoid
- you need a hosted, multi-team project management suite with dashboards and permissions
- your team does not use git or markdown-based workflows
- you need heavy sprint planning, burndown charts, or enterprise reporting

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, workflow-automation, documentation, markdown
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: task-management, kanban, ai-agents, markdown-native, git-based, project-management, mcp, command-line, automation, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- MrLesk/Backlog.md (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.099878+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:44:05.548685+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.099878+00:00, sha f2f47263bc98)
  - homepage: https://backlog.md (fetched 2026-08-29T08:40:36.438809+00:00, sha f7f6411056eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.