Boardly – Canvas for Azure DevOps Boards

Zoomable canvas for Azure DevOps Boards: see epics, features and backlog items as a connected tree, filter and add notes.

Boardly turns your Azure DevOps Boards backlog into a zoomable, visual canvas, so you can finally see the whole picture instead of scrolling through long lists. Open any Boards, Backlogs or Sprints page in Azure DevOps and click the Boardly button. Your epics, features and backlog items are laid out as a connected tree, with arrows showing parent/child relationships, dependencies and related items. WHAT YOU GET • Top-down tree – each epic sits on top, its features in a row below, and their backlog items, user stories and bugs underneath • Infinite canvas – drag to pan, scroll to zoom, Fit to see everything at once • Dependency arrows – predecessor/successor and related links drawn between cards • Collapse and expand – hide the items of any feature or epic, or collapse everything with one click • Compact mode – smaller cards to fit large backlogs on one screen • Filters – search by title or ID, filter by tags, assignees and state; parent features and epics stay visible for context • Details panel – click a card to see state, assignee, iteration, effort, progress, tags, description and all linked items • One click to the real ticket – open any work item in Azure DevOps, or double-click a card • Private notes – add your own notes to any card; they appear as a badge and as sticky notes on the canvas WORKS WITH YOUR EXISTING LOGIN Boardly uses the Azure DevOps session you are already signed in with. No personal access token, no account, no setup. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Work items are loaded directly from your Azure DevOps organization into your browser and are never sent anywhere else • Notes and preferences are stored locally in your browser (Chrome storage) and are never written to Azure DevOps • No analytics, no tracking, no external servers SUPPORTED • dev.azure.com and *.visualstudio.com organizations • Agile, Scrum, Basic and CMMI processes (Epics, Features, User Stories, Product Backlog Items, Requirements, Bugs) Includes a Demo data mode so you can try it without loading real work items. Boardly is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft. Azure DevOps is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.