# Backlog.md

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Backlog.md and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets people keep tasks as markdown in their repo, with a TUI, web UI and MCP for agents. One mixed reviewer found it insufficient for complex or multi-agent work.

## Why people recommend it

- Helps keep work organized (2 comments): "it has been nice to help with organization but it is not sufficient for complexity or multiagents etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890381)) "backlog CLI kept the work clear." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49358255))

## What people warn about

- Insufficient for complexity or multi-agent work (1 comments): "it has been nice to help with organization but it is not sufficient for complexity or multiagents etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890381))

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- [Beads by Steve Yegge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beads.md): 79 recommend
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- [ticket by wedow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ticket.md): 6 recommend
- [Beans by hmans](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beans.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Backlog.md", https://hackerapproved.com/p/backlog-md/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).