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🚀 Be able to add descriptions to projects #823
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Originally created by @heyvoon on GitHub (Sep 25, 2025).
Is this a feature for the backend or frontend?
Backend, Frontend
What would you like?
I'd like to be able to add a description or notes field to an entire project. Currently, a project only has a title. This description field would be similar to the one available on cards—a rich text/Markdown editor that allows for detailed notes, links, and formatting. It would be accessible from the main project view.
Why is this needed?
I want this because it provides crucial context for the project's purpose and scope. For example:
On my "Home Lab" project, I could describe its overall goal: "Central board for managing infrastructure tasks, server maintenance, and new service deployments."
For a "Web App Development" project, I could include links to the main repository, design mockups, and the staging environment URL.
It serves as a "project charter" or overview that helps team members understand the project's objectives at a glance, especially when working with multiple projects.
Other information
The description field should be prominently displayed at the top of the project board, perhaps below or next to the project title. It should be collapsible to save space. Ideally, it would support the same full Markdown features as card descriptions, and the content should be included in project data exports. This would make project documentation integrated directly into the Planka workspace.
@meltyshev commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2025):
Hey! I believe project descriptions are already in
v2.0.0-rc.4, but they're only shown when you hover over the project "card" on the home screen.@heyvoon commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2025):
@meltyshev
As you can see. There is no place to add a description on the project.
@meltyshev commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2025):
Ah, I see - it looks like you're using v1. In v2 (the current RC version), there's a description field and a switch to hide this project from the homepage.
@heyvoon commented on GitHub (Sep 28, 2025):
@meltyshev Thank you for the heads up on the version. I was finally able to upgrade to the test 2.0.0-rc.4. I can see the Description field on the Project.
Very nice. Even though I think that it should be like the one use din the cards and on the boards as well;
@NDCallahan commented on GitHub (Oct 13, 2025):
I would love to see the description added to the card as well.