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A faster and more collaborative alternative to Jira for remote teams
Kitemaker is a faster and more collaborative alternative to Jira optimized for remote teams. It's helping teams spend less time and effort on collaboration by providing a place for discussing and documenting initiatives, it collects activities and discussions across tools, and it's fast and simple to use. Unlike tools like Jira and Notion, our primary focus is helping software development teams spend less time coordinating across tools and roles so they have more time figuring out and building the things their users want.
Kitemaker was a collaborative product development tool designed to replace traditional issue tracking by unifying feedback, specs, and task management in one place. It emphasized fast, real-time collaboration with integrations and a focus on planning, execution, and connecting user feedback to work items. The service has been acquired by ClickUp and discontinued as of September 1, 2025.
The product integrated user feedback collection with planning and execution in a single collaborative document. It supported planning and spec drafting, task breakdown within specs, and linking discussions to ongoing work. Features included custom workflows, filters, reusable templates, and an emphasis on speed with real-time sync and offline mode. It connected to tools like Figma, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Zapier, Discord, Intercom, Loom, and more, allowing discussions and activities to be linked to work items and enabling automated updates based on commits or pull requests.
Who it’s for: Startups and modern product teams seeking an all-in-one, fast, collaborative product development tool to gather feedback, draft specs, and track tasks.
Acquired by ClickUp; service discontinued on September 1, 2025
CEO and founder of Kitemaker. Long experience with product management from team to director level.
Managed software development teams for about 10 years. Big believer in autonomous, cross-functional, self-organizing teams that are obsessed with delivering value to users.
Everything you need to organize the product development process
Kitemaker provides a single workspace for specifications, tasks (to-dos), roadmaps, and user feedback, aiming to improve collaboration between engineering, design, and product management. It enables linking feedback to work items and offers integrations to centralize product development workflows.
From the original launch (Nov 2023) — may be outdated.
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