Kyber

Kyber

Kyber · Writing · Productivity

Kyber is a Slack app that turns messages into tasks, meetings and a shared to-do list for Slack, so teams can plan their week without leaving the chat.

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About Kyber

What Is Kyber

Kyber is a work management app built to live inside Slack. You send a normal message, and Kyber reads it as a task, a meeting invite, or a reminder, then keeps everyone updated as things change. There's also an iOS app for the same account, so you can check your day away from a desk.

The problem it targets is tool switching. Teams often bounce between Slack for chat and a separate app for tasks and calendars, and work gets lost in the gap. Kyber closes that gap by keeping a shared calendar for Slack, tasks, reminders and standups in the same place people already talk. It also runs a few things around the conversation: links to maps when a task has a location, checklists broken out of a bigger task, and directions ready when it's time to leave for a meeting.

The limits are worth knowing. Kyber is Slack-first, so it won't help a team that works outside Slack. The free plan is small, aimed at teams of five or fewer, and it caps the heavier features. Personal use is possible, but the product is clearly built around teams rather than solo planning.

Getting Started

  1. Install Kyber from the Slack App Directory and connect it to the workspace you want to use it in.
  2. Link a calendar so Kyber can check availability and sync meetings to the apps you already use.
  3. Add a task list to a channel, a private channel, a direct message, or a group, then assign tasks to people.
  4. Send a message like "remind Ana to send the report tomorrow at 9" and Kyber creates the task and notifies the assignee.
  5. Run a standup or a poll from Slack, and review to-dos, reminders and events in one daily view.

Product Information

A quick look at Kyber's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.

Free PlanYes
Paid Plans$3 per user per month
PlatformSlack, iOS
DeveloperKyber
CategoryWriting · Productivity
Release DateSep 2014
Latest UpdatedJun 2026
Website Visits2.8K
Website Global Rank5.3M
API AvailabilityN/A

Best for

The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.

Users

  • Small teams already living in Slack
  • Managers who track who is doing what
  • People juggling meetings and to-dos

Tasks

  • Turning chat into tasks
  • Scheduling meetings
  • Running async standups
  • Collecting quick feedback

Scenarios

  • A small startup coordinating projects in Slack
  • A remote team that meets rarely
  • Planning a packed day

Key features

Tasks from messages

Kyber's core idea is that you manage work by typing. Send a message to a colleague, and Kyber turns it into a task with a due date and an owner. When it's done, the sender gets a notification, so a request never quietly disappears. You can also edit a task name, reminder or due date later, and any change notifies the channel or the assignee.

Shared calendars

Kyber checks availability before a meeting and syncs the invite to the calendars people already use, including Google Calendar, Apple iCloud, Microsoft Outlook and Office 365. A meeting created in a channel lands on everyone's schedule. This is what makes Kyber useful for teams that plan live, since a booking no longer needs a separate calendar app open.

Per-channel task lists

Every channel, private channel, direct message or group can hold its own task list. A project channel keeps its own tasks, and a side conversation keeps its own, which stops unrelated work from piling into one giant list. You can assign tasks to people and attach checklists to break a bigger job into steps.

Standups and polls

Kyber runs asynchronous standups, so a team reports progress through Slack instead of a live meeting. The same app handles polls and surveys, which collect quick answers or feedback inside the channel. For teams in different time zones, this replaces a daily call that's hard to schedule at all.

iOS app and mobile access

A native iOS app covers the same account. You can review to-dos, reminders and calendar events from a phone, mark tasks complete, and reply to meeting invitations while away from a desk. It isn't a full desktop replacement, but it keeps the plan visible when you're out.

Reminders and daily view

Kyber pulls calendar events, reminders and tasks into a single daily view, so you can plan the day in one pass and track what's still open. Reminders fire on schedule, and the same view works for personal planning, not just team work, which makes the app useful for solo to-dos too.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Stays inside Slack: tasks, calendars and standups run where the team already talks, so there's no second app to adopt or pay for.
  • Fast task creation: a normal message becomes a tracked task, which lowers the effort of logging work.
  • Calendar sync: meetings import from Google Calendar, iCloud, Outlook and Office 365, so invites match what people use.
  • Async standups and polls: these cut the need for live calls, which helps remote and multi-time-zone teams.
  • An iOS app: the same account is reachable from a phone, useful for checking tasks and reminders on the move.

Cons

  • Slack-only: a team that doesn't use Slack gets no benefit, since the whole product is built around that workspace.
  • Small free tier: the free plan is aimed at teams of five or fewer, and growing past that means paying $3 per user each month.
  • The mobile app is iOS-only: Android users have to rely on the Slack app rather than a dedicated Kyber app.
  • Some parts take getting used to: reviewers note that a few features aren't obvious to beginners and need a look at the docs.

Frequently asked questions

Kyber is a work management app that runs inside Slack. It turns messages into tasks, schedules meetings against shared calendars, and runs standups and polls, so a team can plan work without leaving the chat.