Open-source project management platform built for modern engineering teams.
Worklyn is a self-hostable, multi-module workspace platform that brings project management, team communication, attendance tracking, and role-based access control into one cohesive interface — powered by a Next.js frontend and a FastAPI backend.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| 🗂 Kanban Boards | Drag-and-drop project boards with custom columns and task assignment |
| 💬 Team Chat | Real-time channels, group chats, and direct messages per project |
| 📊 Analytics Dashboard | Live charts — task distribution, project velocity, team workload |
| 🕐 Attendance Tracking | Clock-in / clock-out with daily standup logs |
| 👥 User & Role Management | Dynamic roles with granular per-module permission control |
| 🧩 Multi-Software Switcher | Switch between PM, Finance, and HR modules from the sidebar |
| 🌗 Dark / Light Mode | System-aware theming with instant toggle |
- Next.js 16 — App Router, Server Components, standalone output
- shadcn/ui — Accessible, unstyled component primitives
- Tailwind CSS v4 — Utility-first styling
- ApexCharts — Interactive analytics charts
- TanStack Query — Server state management
- FastAPI — High-performance async API framework
- uvicorn — Lightning-fast ASGI server
- uv — Ultra-fast Python package manager
- Docker + Docker Compose — Containerised, one-command deployment
- Docker ≥ 24
- Docker Compose ≥ 2.x
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/klixsoft/worklyn.git
cd worklyn
# Start all services
docker-compose up --build| Service | URL |
|---|---|
| Frontend (Next.js) | http://localhost:3000 |
| Backend (FastAPI) | http://localhost:8000 |
| API Docs (Swagger) | http://localhost:8000/docs |
cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev # http://localhost:3000cd backend
uv sync # install dependencies
uv run uvicorn main:app --reload # http://localhost:8000worklyn/
├── frontend/ # Next.js application
│ ├── app/ # App Router pages & layouts
│ ├── components/ # Reusable UI components
│ │ ├── ui/ # shadcn/ui primitives
│ │ ├── sidebar.tsx # Navigation sidebar
│ │ └── dashboard.tsx # Analytics dashboard
│ └── Dockerfile
│
├── backend/ # FastAPI application
│ ├── main.py # App entry point & routes
│ ├── pyproject.toml # Python dependencies
│ └── Dockerfile
│
├── docker/ # Docker entrypoint scripts
│ ├── frontend/entrypoint.sh
│ └── backend/entrypoint.sh
│
├── docker-compose.yml # Compose orchestration
├── LICENSE # MIT License
└── README.md
We love contributions! Please read our Contributing Guide to get started.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feat/my-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'feat: add my feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feat/my-feature) - Open a Pull Request
See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.
If you discover a security vulnerability, please read our Security Policy before disclosing it publicly.
Worklyn is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.
Made with ❤️ by Klixsoft and the open-source community.