🚀 Introducing react-kanban-kit A Lightweight & Customizable Kanban Component for React

Hi everyone,
I’m excited to share react-kanban-kit, an open-source Kanban board package I’ve been working on!

If you’ve ever needed a Kanban-style task board in your React project, you know how tricky it can be to balance simplicity, customization, an…


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by hazem

Hi everyone,
I’m excited to share react-kanban-kit, an open-source Kanban board package I’ve been working on!

If you’ve ever needed a Kanban-style task board in your React project, you know how tricky it can be to balance simplicity, customization, and performance. That’s exactly why I built react-kanban-kit.

Features

âś… Lightweight and easy to integrate
âś… Drag-and-drop support (powered by Atlassian's pragmatic-drag-and-drop)
âś… Fully customizable (cards, columns, styles)
âś… TypeScript support
âś… Minimal dependencies

Installation

npm install react-kanban-kit

Basic Usage

import { Kanban } from "react-kanban-kit";

const MyKanbanBoard = () => {
  const dataSource = {
    root: {
      id: "root",
      title: "Root",
      children: ["col-1", "col-2", "col-3"],
      totalChildrenCount: 3,
      parentId: null,
    },
    "col-1": {
      id: "col-1",
      title: "To Do",
      children: ["task-1", "task-2"],
      totalChildrenCount: 2,
      parentId: "root",
    },
    "col-2": {
      id: "col-2",
      title: "In Progress",
      children: ["task-3"],
      totalChildrenCount: 1,
      parentId: "root",
    },
    "col-3": {
      id: "col-3",
      title: "Done",
      children: ["task-4"],
      totalChildrenCount: 1,
      parentId: "root",
    },
    "task-1": {
      id: "task-1",
      title: "Design Homepage",
      parentId: "col-1",
      children: [],
      totalChildrenCount: 0,
      type: "card",
      content: {
        description: "Create wireframes and mockups for the homepage",
        priority: "high",
      },
    },
    "task-2": {
      id: "task-2",
      title: "Setup Database",
      parentId: "col-1",
      children: [],
      totalChildrenCount: 0,
      type: "card",
    },
    // ... more tasks
  };

  const configMap = {
    card: {
      render: ({ data, column, index, isDraggable }) => (
        <div className="kanban-card">
          <h3>{data.title}</h3>
          {data.content?.description && <p>{data.content.description}</p>}
          <div className="card-meta">
            {data.content?.priority && (
              <span className={`priority ${data.content.priority}`}>
                {data.content.priority}
              </span>
            )}
          </div>
        </div>
      ),
      isDraggable: true,
    },
  };

  return (
    <Kanban
      dataSource={dataSource}
      configMap={configMap}
      onCardMove={(move) => {
        console.log("Card moved:", move);
        // Handle card movement
      }}
      onColumnMove={(move) => {
        console.log("Column moved:", move);
        // Handle column reordering
      }}
    />
  );
};

Why I Built This

Most Kanban libraries are either too heavy or hard to customize. I wanted something:

  • Simple enough to drop into any React project
  • Flexible enough for real-world apps (task management, project boards, etc.)
  • Developer-friendly (TypeScript, customizable UI...)

Docs & GitHub

👉 GitHub: https://github.com/braiekhazem/react-kanban-kit
👉 NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-kanban-kit


This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by hazem


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