Your team already lives in Telegram. Decisions happen there. Tasks get assigned there. Files get shared there. Then someone opens Jira to log the same information a second time β and that's where productivity goes to die.
Laraue Boards is built around a different idea: the task already exists the moment someone sends a message. You just need a place to organize it.
Why Teams Are Leaving Jira
Jira is powerful. It's also a full-time job to maintain. If you've spent more than a week with it you've probably experienced at least a few of these:
- Sprints configured by someone who left two years ago and nobody knows how to change them
- A backlog with 400 tickets, 350 of which are effectively dead
- Status meetings where half the time is spent updating Jira instead of actually discussing work
- New teammates who need a week just to understand the ticket structure
- Paying per-seat for people who open it once a month to close a ticket
For small teams and growing startups β especially in post-Soviet markets where Telegram is the de facto business communication tool β this overhead is not just annoying, it actively slows work down.
What Laraue Boards Does Differently
Your Telegram Is Already Your Backlog
When a client sends a request in a group chat, when a colleague flags a bug, when someone drops a voice message with three action items β that's your backlog. Laraue Boards connects directly to your Telegram and turns those messages into cards with a single tap.
No copy-pasting. No "please open a ticket for this." The message is the ticket.
Kanban Without the Ceremony
Each board is a set of columns β To Do, In Progress, Done, or whatever fits your workflow. Cards move between columns by drag and drop, same as any kanban tool. What's different is that every card already has context: who sent it, from which chat, at what time, with any media attachments intact.
You're not filling in a form. You're organizing conversations you already had.
Jira-Style Issue Keys, Zero Jira Complexity
Every card gets a unique key like WRK-42 or MOB-7. Reference it in Telegram: "see WRK-42" and everyone knows exactly what you mean. No projects-within-projects, no custom fields that require a consultant, no story points unless you want them.
Spaces and Organizations β Built for Teams
Boards can be grouped into Spaces β one space per client, product line, or department. Multiple people join an organization, share boards, and see each other's work in real time.
Permissions are simple: owners, admins, members. No 47-page permission matrix.
Works as a Telegram Mini App β and as a Web App
Open Laraue Boards inside Telegram and you're already logged in. No separate account, no OAuth dance, no password to forget. Your Telegram identity is your identity in the app.
Need to work from a desktop browser? The full web app is available at msgboard.laraue.com, with the same login via Telegram widget. As your team grows and some members prefer the web β that works too. Both interfaces share the same data.
Who It's For
Small product teams tired of maintaining a Jira instance that costs more in admin time than it saves.
Agencies managing multiple client projects in separate Telegram groups, who need a lightweight way to track what's been discussed and what's been done.
Startups that move fast and need a task tracker that doesn't require a two-day setup before it's useful.
Remote teams in CIS countries where Telegram is the primary business communication platform and every other PM tool is a context switch.
Honest Comparison: Laraue Boards vs Jira
| Laraue Boards | Jira | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Minutes | Days |
| Learning curve | Near zero | Steep |
| Telegram integration | Native | None |
| Task creation | From existing messages | Manual entry |
| Pricing | Free to start | Per seat, adds up fast |
| Mobile experience | First-class (it's a Mini App) | Usable but heavy |
| Customization | Boards, columns, attributes | Extremely deep (often too deep) |
| Best for | Teams under ~50 people | Enterprise with dedicated PM staff |
Jira is the right tool when you have a dedicated project manager, a complex organization with strict audit requirements, and the budget to maintain it. For everyone else it's usually overkill.
The Underlying Philosophy
Most project management software assumes that tasks are created by project managers and then handed to developers or agents. Laraue Boards assumes that tasks emerge naturally from team communication β and your job is just to give them structure.
This isn't a new idea. It's what sticky notes on a whiteboard were. It's what a Telegram chat already is, informally. Laraue Boards makes it explicit without adding overhead.
Try It
Visit the documentation page to get answers how to use Laraue Boards. Visit the product page to get the actual information.