Boards
Flexible kanban boards
Drag a card from Backlog to Shipped and watch dependencies, owners, and due dates update across every connected view. Boards adapt to your workflow, not the other way around.
Features
Built for teams that are done narrating status.
Tess treats project management as infrastructure: quiet when it works, clear when you ask, and impossible to outgrow.
Timelines
Timelines that stay honest
Plan a quarter on a Gantt-style timeline, then let Tess flag the slip the moment a dependency moves. No more roadmaps that quietly drift away from reality.
Automation
Automations without scripts
When a PR merges, move the card, notify the channel, and close the loop on the linked issue. Build rules in plain language — no YAML, no brittle webhooks to babysit.
Collaboration
Real-time collaboration
Comment, mention, and assign in the same second your teammate does. Cursors, threads, and presence keep everyone on the same card without a single refresh.
Insights
Sprint analytics built in
Velocity, cycle time, and burndown render the moment a card moves — no spreadsheet export, no analyst required. Spot the bottleneck while you can still fix it.
Marketplace
Integrations marketplace
Connect GitHub, Slack, Figma, and 90+ tools in two clicks, or ship your own connector with a typed SDK. Your stack talks to Tess; Tess keeps everything in sync.
11k+
Teams planning their week in Tess
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Average drop in cycle time after 90 days
90+
Apps in the integrations marketplace
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Average rating across review sites
The loop
Plan, ship, learn — on repeat.
The same three-step rhythm every sprint, with Tess handling the parts that used to live in a spreadsheet.
01
Plan the sprint
Pull from the backlog, set owners and dates, and sketch the quarter on a timeline. Tess flags overcommitment before the sprint starts.
02
Do the work
Cards move as the work moves. Automations close issues, ping channels, and update timelines so nobody narrates status by hand.
03
Learn and adjust
Velocity and cycle-time charts render live. End the sprint knowing exactly where it slowed — and what to change next time.
automation in plain language
when a pull request is merged and it links to a card in "In progress" then move the card to "Shipped" and post a summary to #launch and close the linked issue
Plan the work. Ship the plan.
Bring your next sprint into focus.
Spin up a workspace in minutes, invite your team, and watch the first board come together. Free for up to five people, forever.