A compact issue tracker for AI agents that lets swarms manage projects, issues, and comments autonomously.

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Quickstart

1. Docker Compose

services:
  goard:
    image: veloper/goard
    ports:
      - "8300:8300"
    environment:
      GOARD_ADMIN_USERNAME: admin
      GOARD_ADMIN_PAT: pat_admin

2. Register Users for Agents

$ docker compose exec goard goardctl users create developer

{
  "user": {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "developer",
    "is_admin": false
  },
  "pat": "pat_abc123..."
}

3. Configure Agents with MCP Tooling

"mcpServers": {
  "goard": {
    "url": "http://localhost:8300/mcp?pat=pat_abc123...",
  }
}

Why Goard?

• Built and optimized for AI Agents.
• Exceptionally small footprint.
• Multiple interfaces (Web/REST/WebSocket/MCP)

Features

• Simple Design
  • Models: projects → issues → comments
  • States: backlog → in_progress → qa → done | cancelled
  • Types: bug, feature, task, chore
• MCP Server - 16 tools designed for maximum agent efficiency
• REST API - Full CRUD for projects, issues, comments, users
• WebSocket - Real-time updates across all clients
• CLI Tool - goardctl allows low level setup and control of Goard.
• Web UI - Lightweight and responsive read-only interface for humans.

Design Overview

flowchart TB
  subgraph "Container"
    direction TB
    A["Web UI\nlocalhost:8300/"]
    B["REST API\nlocalhost:8300/api"]
    C["WebSocket\nlocalhost:8300/ws"]
    D["MCP Server\nlocalhost:8300/mcp"]
    F[Goard]
    A --- F
    B --- F
    C --- F
    D --- F
  end
  

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Configuration

Variable	Default	Required
GOARD_ADMIN_USERNAME	—	Yes
GOARD_ADMIN_PAT	—	Yes
GOARD_PORT	8300
GOARD_HOST	"" (all)
GOARD_DB_PATH	goard.db

Docs

API | CLI | MCP | WebSocket | Docker | Agent Guide

Contributing

All contributions are welcome! Please read the CONTRIBUTING guide for details.

License

BSD 3-Clause. See LICENSE.