Switching from Vibe Kanban or MAMP? Everything comes with you.
One free, open-source macOS app replaces your local dev stack and your agent task board. PortBay imports your MAMP hosts, Valet sites and DBngin databases on first launch — and dispatches the same Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Antigravity CLIs you've been running from Vibe Kanban or Conductor. Nothing to export, nothing to re-buy.
Your sites, your agents, your workflow
Your sites
Projects stay plain folders on disk. PortBay detects PHP, Node and static sites, serves them at https://yourproject.test with a browser-trusted certificate, and gives each one its own MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL database — credentials wired into your .env.
Your agents
PortBay dispatches the agent CLIs you already installed and authenticated — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Antigravity. Same subscriptions, same CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md files, same MCP setup. The agent just gains a running app to work against.
Your workflow
A Kanban board you share with the agents: write a card, move it to Todo, and PortBay dispatches the assigned agent. Comments, @mentions and an audit trail replace scattered terminal sessions.
Three steps, one afternoon
There is no proprietary format to import into or escape from. Your projects are plain folders, your agents are the CLIs already on your machine, and PortBay reads the import sources your old tool left behind.
- Install PortBay — one signed, notarized DMG for Apple Silicon (macOS 11+), or a single Homebrew command.
- Open it once. PortBay detects MAMP hosts, Valet sites and DBngin databases and offers to import them — or just add any project folder.
- Press Play, then assign your first card. The site runs at https://yourproject.test and the agent works against it.
Migrate from Vibe Kanban in four steps
Bloop, the company behind Vibe Kanban, announced in April 2026 that it is shutting down; the project continues community-maintained. Vibe Kanban's final release added a data export, but you won't need it here — your projects are plain folders and your agents are CLIs already on your machine. PortBay doesn't import the board; it gives the same agents a running app to work against.
- Install PortBay and add the project folders you've been pointing Vibe Kanban's agents at. They stay plain folders on disk — nothing to export first.
- Press Play. PortBay provisions the managed runtime, the per-project MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL database and trusted HTTPS that Vibe Kanban left for you to supply.
- Recreate your open tasks as cards, assign Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Antigravity, and move each one to Todo — PortBay dispatches the agent against the running app.
- Keep Vibe Kanban installed if you still want many-agent worktree runs, or run Windows or Linux. Switching isn't destructive, and our comparison covers where it still wins.
Start from the tool you use today
Every path below links to a full, source-cited comparison — including the cases where the other tool is the better pick.
From an AI agent board or orchestrator
From a local dev environment
Switching, in plain terms
Do I have to uninstall my current tool first?
No. Switching isn't destructive: PortBay reads your existing project folders and import sources without modifying your current tool's setup. Move one project across, verify it runs, then retire the old tool when you're ready.
Is Vibe Kanban shutting down? Do I have to move?
Bloop, the company that built Vibe Kanban, announced in April 2026 that it is shutting down. The project is open source (Apache-2.0) and continues community-maintained, so nothing stops working overnight — but future development now depends on volunteers rather than a funded team. If you'd rather run your agent board inside an actively maintained app, the four migration steps above take an afternoon.
Will my databases come over?
If you use DBngin, PortBay picks up your existing databases by name and offers to attach them to projects — no dump and restore. From anything else, it's a standard dump-and-import into the per-project MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL database PortBay provisions, with credentials wired into your .env automatically.
Do my CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md files still work?
Yes. PortBay dispatches the same Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Antigravity CLIs you run today, inside your project folder — so they read the same CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, skills and MCP configuration they always have. Nothing to rewrite.
Do I need new subscriptions for the agents?
No. PortBay doesn't resell model access — it dispatches the agent CLIs you already installed and authenticated, on whatever plan or API key you use today.
Is PortBay really free?
Free for up to 6 local projects, including the agent task board, and the code is open source under AGPL-3.0. Pro is $10/month and removes the project limit, adds custom Cloudflare tunnels and account sync.
What if I'm on Windows or Linux?
PortBay is macOS-only (Apple Silicon). If you're not on a Mac, it's not the right switch — cross-platform boards like Vibe Kanban, Kanbots or Cline remain good options, and our comparison pages cover them honestly.
What about projects that need Docker?
PortBay runs PHP, Node, static sites and databases natively — no Dockerfiles, images or YAML. If one stack genuinely needs containers, keep Docker for that project alone and run everything else in PortBay.
Run your first local site in one click.
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