issues as code.

Open source, distributed issue tracker backed by Git. Born in the terminal, at home in the browser, friends with agents.

 Workspace / Default / Backlog ▸ Support additional shortcut for comments  #W3X83M2  Sync (auto): ●    Mode: default   @ jola  ❯ vim
╭──────────────────────────────────────╮╭──────────────────────────────────────╮╭──────────────────────────────────────╮
│   Backlog (3)                        ││   Ongoing (2)                        ││   Review (0)                         │
│ ──────────────────────────────────── ││ ──────────────────────────────────── ││ ──────────────────────────────────── │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────╮  ││ ╭─────────────────────────────────╮  ││                                      │
│ │ Enhance the wide view mode      │  ││ │ Prettify gui status messages    │  ││                                      │
│ │ Render issues full width. A...  │  ││ │ Green on success, red on f...   │  ││                                      │
│ │                        #ZWRZYXN │  ││ │  important  @jola      #EH18WXR │  ││                                      │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────╯  ││ ╰─────────────────────────────────╯  ││                                      │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────╮  ││ ╭─────────────────────────────────╮  ││                                      │
│ │ Implement keyboard shortcuts    │  ││ │ Update ghpages with latest      │  ││                                      │
│ │                                 │  ││ │ documentation                   │  ││                                      │
│ │                        #W3X83M2 │  ││ │                        #KYZXQVB │  ││                                      │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────╯  ││ ╰─────────────────────────────────╯  ││                                      │
│ ╭─────────────────────────────────╮  ││                                      ││                                      │
│ │ Add support for very long       │  ││                                      ││                                      │
│ │ titles rendered in wide...      │  ││                                      ││                                      │
│ │                        #N6ANKQM │  ││                                      ││                                      │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────╯  ││                                      ││                                      │
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Local first

the power of your dev environment.

Developers are most productive in their editors. Stay close to the tools you already use.

Browser GUI

unite the team.

Born in the terminal, epiq also features a powerful browser interface, getting everyone on board.

Why epiq

project management needs devex.

epiq optimizes for flow: keyboard navigation, command history, filters, autocompletion, and plain Git synchronization.

hjkl

Keyboard-centric

Navigate boards, issues, swimlanes, and contexts with vim-like movement. Or cheat with arrow keys. Or launch the browser app.

git

Distributed

epiq uses Git under the hood, with isolated worktrees and state branches, so teams can collaborate without another central service.

log

Traceable

In an age where agents run whole sprints, ability to replay the board is increasingly important to stay in the loop. Inspect what happened 1h, 1 week, or one year ago.

How is it different?

developer-centric.

epiq takes its own path. Instead of a centralized, managed service, project state lives alongside your repository and travels with it.

Jira

Linear

:epiq

Browser GUI

✓

MCP server for agents

✓

Comments

✓

Image attachments

✓

Keyboard-first

✗

✓

Terminal-native

✗

✓

Offline support

✗

✓

Issues as code

✗

✓

Time travel & replay

✗

✓

Open source

✗

✓

No account or server required

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✓

Mobile app

✓

✗

Data independence

✗

✓

The model

local first. sync at will. or automatically.

Code, plan, review, retrospect issues without context-switching. epiq keeps local interaction instant while allowing you to sync explicitly or automatically.

# launch inside any Git repo
epiq

# launch as browser GUI
epiq gui

# create work from the terminal
:new issue Add keyboard shortcuts

# narrow the board
:filter tag prio

# synchronize state
:sync

What you get

No account requiredInitialize in a Git repo and keep moving.

Terminal-native kanban + GUIManage issues directly from the command line with fast, keyboard-first controls. Or run in the browser.

Conflict-aware collaborationUser-scoped append-only event logs prevent merge pain and converge in memory.

Agent-ready workflowsThe MCP server lets AI tools interact with epiq in a predictable way.

"Issue tracking should be smooth."

- probably someone

Install

start in two commands.

Install the single binary then enter any Git repository and run epiq. First launch opens an interactive setup wizard. Then either stay in your terminal or launch the browser GUI.

cd your-existing-repo-with-remote-tracking
epiq