Workban

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Ready in five steps.

Sign up once, install and log in once per machine, connect once per repository.

Your start with Workban

  1. 01

    Create a workspace

    Sign up and name your workspace. Free, no card.

    Start for free
  2. 02

    Install the CLI

    One command in the terminal, no Node needed.

    macOS and Linux
    curl -fsSL https://staging.workban.de/cli/install.sh | sh
    Windows (PowerShell)
    irm https://staging.workban.de/cli/install.ps1 | iex
  3. 03

    Create a token

    In Workban, open the user menu at the top right, choose Tokens and create a personal token. It is shown only once.

    Create a token
  4. 04

    Log in

    With the token, the CLI signs in on your behalf. Once per machine.

    Terminal
    workban auth login --token wb_p_…
  5. 05

    Connect a repository

    Run workban init in the repo. From then on your agent keeps its own tasks.

    Repository
    workban init

› Then start Claude Code in the repo. The agent takes it from there.

#1Your project

Your first task

Claude Code · you

Backlog · waiting

Requirements

What you need.

A machine with a terminal, a repository and an agent. Nothing else.

System
macOS, Linux or Windows, each on x64 or ARM64. No Node needed.
Windows
On Windows, Claude Code's hooks need Git for Windows.
Agent
Claude Code or Codex. Other agents use the CLI the way a person does in the terminal.
Project
workban init asks which project the repository is. Whoever may create projects (maintainers, admins and the owner) can create a new one right there.

Staying current

Updates arrive on their own.

Web app and CLI share one version. The CLI fetches the version that runs on the server and checks its signature before installing it.

  • When a Claude Code session starts, a new version installs itself in the background. An npm install gets a hint instead
  • The same start brings rule, skill and hooks in the repository up to date and names the files it changed
  • By hand it is workban update and workban init --update; auto_update = false turns the automatic part off
  • workban doctor checks installation, version, login, repository and the files for the agents
  • In the app, Agenten → CLI holds the guide with your projects

Next

What happens in the repository afterwards.

Get started

Try it with your next task.

Workban is free. Your workspace is ready in a minute, and the first task appears as soon as your agent gets going. The app itself speaks German for now.