Agile project management, without overhead.
Octbase gives your team Kanban boards, sprint planning, backlogs, project docs and Git integration in one fast, focused tool — so you can spend less time configuring software and more time shipping it.
Scrum, Kanban & Extreme Programming
A quick primer on the agile approaches software teams use to plan and ship — Octbase supports the way you already work.
Scrum
Work is delivered in fixed-length sprints. The team commits to a sprint goal, syncs in short daily stand-ups, and closes each sprint with a review and retrospective. Roles like product owner and scrum master keep priorities and process clear.
Kanban
Work flows continuously instead of in sprints. Tasks move across a board — To Do, In Progress, Done — and the team pulls new work only as capacity frees up. Ideal for a steady stream of incoming tasks.
Extreme Programming (XP)
A set of engineering practices for high-quality code: pair programming, test-driven development, continuous integration and frequent small releases, guided by close customer feedback. XP complements Scrum or Kanban rather than replacing them.
Everything your team needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Octbase covers the agile workflow end-to-end — without the configuration sprawl of larger tools.
Backlog & sprints
Refine your backlog, plan sprints, and move work onto the board when your team is ready to pick it up.
Epics & task relations
Organize work as epics, stories, tasks, bugs, tests and subtasks — with optional theme and initiative levels above them — and link related tasks to flag blockers and duplicates so nothing slips through.
Mindmap view
See epics, stories, tasks and subtasks laid out as a mindmap, following the task hierarchy — click any node to open it.
Rich text editor
Write detailed task descriptions and discuss work in threaded comments with a built-in rich text editor — no context switching.
File attachments
Attach screenshots, specs and documents directly to tasks, keeping all relevant context in one place.
Project statistics
Sprint burndown, throughput, cycle time and velocity at a glance — plus open work per person and by priority, and task breakdowns by status and type.
Scrum boards
Run each sprint on its own board — commit tasks from the backlog, then track them across To Do, In Progress, In Review and Done until the sprint ships.
Kanban boards
Drag-and-drop boards shared across your team, with a notice as soon as a teammate changes something — so everyone works from the same status.
Project permissions
Role-based access per project keeps the right people in control, from project owners to viewers.
Two-factor authentication
Protect every account with TOTP-based two-factor authentication — required for administrators by default and available to everyone, with QR-code enrollment and one-time recovery codes included.
Built for small teams
Simple invitations, lightweight admin and sensible defaults — set up your workspace in minutes, not days.
Activity & audit log
An activity feed keeps every project's history transparent to its team, backed by an admin audit log for full accountability.
Project pages & docs
Write specs, meeting notes and documentation in pages that live right next to your tasks — no separate wiki tool needed.
Git integration
Connect GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repositories to create branches and open pull requests straight from a task. With webhooks, which we set up for your instance on request, the pull request status shows on the task and a merge can close it automatically.
Release planning
Group finished work into releases and track what ships in each version — from the first sprint to the final cut.
From idea to shipped, in three steps
Octbase keeps the agile loop tight so your team can stay focused on building.
Plan
Capture work in the backlog, organize it into epics and tasks, and prioritize what matters next.
Build
Move tasks onto the sprint board, track progress as the sprint runs, and collaborate with rich comments and attachments.
Ship
Close out the sprint, review what got done in the activity feed and the sprint report, and start planning the next one.
Built with care, where it counts
A focused tool, developed in Switzerland, with your project data hosted there and privacy at its core.
Do one thing well
We focus on agile project management — no bloat, no distractions, just a tool that works.
Developed in Switzerland
Designed, engineered and supported in Zurich, Switzerland.
Hosted in Switzerland
Your own dedicated, single-tenant instance on servers in Switzerland, isolated from every other customer. Your project data stays in Switzerland; only emails are sent via a provider in Germany (EU), and branch and pull-request data goes to the Git provider you choose to connect.
Privacy by design
No tracking or advertising, passwords stored only as salted hashes, two-factor secrets and Git access tokens encrypted, and a separate instance for every customer.
Interested in Octbase for your team?
Tell us a bit about your team and what you're looking for. We'll get back to you to talk through pricing, onboarding, or a guided tour. Octbase is built for the desktop, with a reduced mobile version for lightweight access on the go.