# Octoboard > The control plane for work in GitHub, for your team and your AI agents. Octoboard reads your issues, pull requests, CI runs and deploys, shows what is stuck and at risk, and gives AI coding agents a work queue they can read over MCP. Free for all teams. No per-seat pricing. Reads metadata only. Octoboard is a hosted web app at https://app.octoboard.io. You sign in with GitHub and install the Octoboard GitHub App on your organization. It stores metadata about issues, pull requests, milestones and workflow runs. It does not clone repositories or read file contents or commit diffs. It supports GitHub.com; GitHub Enterprise is not supported yet. ## Product - [Home](https://octoboard.io/): Octoboard is a free GitHub dashboard for your team and your AI coding agents: delivery metrics, DORA, risk signals, a review queue that separates agent pull requests, and an MCP server agents can read. - [Features](https://octoboard.io/features/): Organization dashboards, AI insights, DORA metrics, kanban boards, risk detection, and CI/CD visibility, all from your GitHub data. Free for all teams. - [Pricing](https://octoboard.io/pricing/): Octoboard is free for all teams. Unlimited users, unlimited repos. No per-seat pricing, no credit card required. See how much you save vs Jira, Linear, Monday, Asana, and ZenHub. - [About](https://octoboard.io/about/): Octoboard is a free engineering dashboard built for startups that use GitHub as their project management tool. No per-seat fees, no limits. - [Changelog](https://octoboard.io/changelog/): See what's new in Octoboard, the free GitHub dashboard for startups. Release notes, new features, and improvements. - [Open the app](https://app.octoboard.io): Sign in with GitHub and pick the repositories to track. ## AI agents and MCP - [Octoboard for AI agents](https://octoboard.io/ai/): Connect Claude Code and other AI coding agents to Octoboard over MCP. 11 read only tools, a ready_for_agent work queue, and a review queue that separates agent pull requests. - [MCP server](https://app.octoboard.io/api/mcp): Streamable HTTP. Authenticate with the header "Authorization: Bearer ". Create the key in the app at Settings, API Keys. 11 read only tools: ready_for_agent, agent_activity, get_projects, get_summary, search_issues, search_pull_requests, get_risks, get_blocked_work, get_dora_metrics, get_team_stats, get_milestones. ## Template - [GitHub PM template](https://github.com/octoboardio/github-pm-template): Free, open source GitHub project management setup: issue forms, 26 labels, a board standard, 30 workflows, AI agents for sizing, refinement, backlog triage, docs verification and milestone tidy, MIT licensed. ## Compare - [Compare Octoboard: Free GitHub Alternative to Paid PM Tools](https://octoboard.io/compare/): See how Octoboard compares to Jira, Linear, Monday.com, Asana, and ZenHub. Free, built on GitHub. - [Octoboard vs Asana: Free GitHub Dashboard for Engineering](https://octoboard.io/compare/asana/): Asana works for marketing teams, not engineering. Octoboard is built for developers who already use GitHub. - [Octoboard vs Jira: Free GitHub Alternative for Startups](https://octoboard.io/compare/jira/): Why startups are switching from Jira to GitHub + Octoboard. No per-seat pricing, no context switching, 5 minute setup. - [Octoboard vs Linear: Free GitHub Dashboard for Startups](https://octoboard.io/compare/linear/): Linear is great but costs money. If your team already uses GitHub Issues, Octoboard gives you the same visibility for free. - [Octoboard vs Monday.com: Free Alternative for Dev Teams](https://octoboard.io/compare/monday/): Monday.com isn't built for developers. Octoboard connects directly to GitHub, your team's real workflow, for free. - [Octoboard vs ZenHub: Free GitHub Dashboard](https://octoboard.io/compare/zenhub/): ZenHub adds project management to GitHub but charges per seat. Octoboard gives you dashboards, DORA metrics, and AI insights, completely free. - [Octoboard Alternatives & Comparisons](https://octoboard.io/alternatives/): Compare Octoboard to Jira, Linear, Monday, ZenHub, and other project management tools. See why teams choose Octoboard for GitHub-native project tracking. - [Best Free GitHub Dashboard for Engineering Teams](https://octoboard.io/alternatives/free-github-dashboard/): Looking for a free GitHub dashboard? Octoboard gives you DORA metrics, delivery visibility, risk detection, and AI insights, all from your GitHub data, completely free. - [GitHub Project Management Tool: Free Dashboard for Dev Teams](https://octoboard.io/alternatives/github-project-management-tool/): Use GitHub as your project management tool. Octoboard adds the missing analytics layer: DORA metrics, risk detection, AI insights, and delivery dashboards. - [Best Jira Alternative for Startups Using GitHub](https://octoboard.io/alternatives/jira-alternative-for-startups/): Stop paying for Jira. Octoboard is a free, GitHub-native dashboard that gives startups delivery metrics, DORA, risk signals, and AI insights, with no per-seat pricing. ## Guides - [Guides](https://octoboard.io/guides/): Practical guides for startups using GitHub as a project management tool. Free engineering metrics, workflows, and best practices. - [Engineering Metrics for Startups: A Free, Practical Guide](https://octoboard.io/guides/engineering-metrics/): DORA metrics, cycle time, throughput: what they mean and how to track them for free using GitHub and Octoboard. - [How to Use GitHub as Your Project Management Tool](https://octoboard.io/guides/github-project-management/): A complete guide to using GitHub Issues, Projects, and Milestones for project management. Plus how Octoboard adds the dashboard layer. ## Blog - [Why Startups Don't Need Jira](https://octoboard.io/blog/no-jira-needed/): Jira, Linear, Monday: they all cost money and add complexity. Here's why GitHub + Octoboard is all your startup needs for project management. - [GitHub Issues vs Jira: The Honest Comparison](https://octoboard.io/blog/github-issues-vs-jira/): GitHub Issues isn't Jira-lite. It's a different philosophy. Here's when GitHub Issues + Octoboard beats Jira for engineering teams. - [How CloudDrove Manages 60+ Repos Without Jira](https://octoboard.io/blog/clouddrove-case-study/): CloudDrove replaced Jira with GitHub + Octoboard for their 30+ engineer team. Here's how they did it and what changed. - [Why Engineering Teams Need Delivery Visibility](https://octoboard.io/blog/why-delivery-visibility/): Scattered data across GitHub, Jira, and spreadsheets slows teams down. Learn why a single pane of glass for delivery metrics changes everything. - [How to Reduce Stale PRs and Unassigned Work](https://octoboard.io/blog/reduce-stale-prs/): Stale pull requests drain productivity and morale. Discover proactive strategies, from an in-app notification centre to staleness thresholds, that keep work flowing. - [From GitHub to DORA Metrics in 5 Minutes](https://octoboard.io/blog/github-to-dora/): DORA metrics are the gold standard for measuring software delivery. Here is how to go from a GitHub connection to a live DORA dashboard in minutes. ## Optional - [Full text of the key pages](https://octoboard.io/llms-full.txt): Home, features, AI agents, pricing, about and FAQ as plain text. - [Contact](https://octoboard.io/contact/): Questions about the free GitHub dashboard or enterprise support? We're here to help. - [Privacy Policy](https://octoboard.io/privacy/): Octoboard privacy policy. We only access GitHub metadata, never your source code. - [Terms of Service](https://octoboard.io/terms/): Octoboard terms of service. Free to use for all teams.