# Install backlog-md with Homebrew

Markdown‑native Task Manager & Kanban visualizer for any Git repository. Version 1.48.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:backlog-md
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install backlog-md
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:backlog-md
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.48.0
- **Source summary:** Markdown‑native Task Manager & Kanban visualizer for any Git repository
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T18:27:53Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- backlog (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.48.0
## Project history and usage

Backlog.md is a Markdown-native task manager, terminal Kanban board, browser UI, and MCP-capable workflow tool for projects that want task state stored in the repository. Its identity is tightly tied to AI-agent and spec-driven development workflows.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in June 2025. Its README positions Backlog.md as a self-contained project board for any Git repo, powered by plain Markdown files and a zero-config CLI, with Git optional for local non-code projects.

Early releases moved quickly: the repository's GitHub releases show v0.1.0 in June 2025 and v1.47.1 by June 2026. The README documents installation through npm, Bun, Homebrew, and Nix, plus CLI instructions and optional MCP integration for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor, and similar tools.

### Adoption history

Backlog.md is young, but the official repository metadata shows substantial GitHub attention, and the README advertises multiple install channels. Its adoption path is unusually modern: instead of replacing GitHub Issues or Jira globally, it stores tasks as files in each repo so both people and coding agents can read, edit, commit, and review them alongside code.

### How it is used

Users initialize a project with backlog init, create and edit tasks through the CLI, inspect work with backlog board or backlog search, launch a local web UI with backlog browser, and optionally expose an MCP server with backlog mcp start. The README recommends using commands, MCP, or the web UI rather than hand-editing task files so metadata stays consistent.

### Why package nerds care

Backlog.md is significant because it packages a workflow pattern that became common with coding agents: project-local, reviewable task state rather than remote SaaS state. For package-manager people, it is also a neat cross-ecosystem artifact, distributed through npm/Bun, Homebrew, and Nix while remaining just a CLI over files.

### Timeline

- 2025: GitHub repository created for MrLesk/Backlog.md.
- 2025: v0.1.0 published in GitHub releases.
- 2025: README frames Backlog.md around spec-driven AI development and project-local Markdown task files.
- 2026: v1.47.1 published in GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly targets Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor, and other MCP or CLI-compatible AI assistants. It is adjacent to Git-native task trackers, terminal Kanban tools, Markdown issue stores, and MCP server tooling.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/MrLesk/Backlog.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/MrLesk/Backlog.md/releases>
- <https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md#readme>
- <https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md/blob/main/ADVANCED-CONFIG.md>
- <https://github.com/MrLesk/Backlog.md/blob/main/CLI-INSTRUCTIONS.md>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for backlog-md. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: backlog.config.yml, backlog/config.yml, .backlog/config.yml

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/backlog-md.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/backlog-md.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph