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Vaibhav Pandey
Vaibhav Pandey

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Building SyncBoard Pro — A Multi-Tenant Agile SaaS Platform

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What is SyncBoard Pro?

SyncBoard Pro is a production-grade, multi-tenant Agile project management platform, combining Scrum and Kanban workflows into a single workspace. It's built to feel like a real SaaS product — something teams could actually adopt — rather than another portfolio-style CRUD app.

Core Features

  • Scrum + Kanban in one workspace — manage backlogs, plan sprints, assign user stories, and move tasks across customizable boards.
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) — separate permissions for owner, manager, and employee roles, each with a different dashboard experience.
  • True multi-tenancy — every company's workspace data is completely isolated, while a superadmin role manages the platform globally.
  • Showcase demo security — a custom middleware blocks all write/delete operations from the public demo account, so public demos stay safe without limiting real admin functionality.
  • Polished UI details — shimmer loading skeletons, responsive layouts, a custom toast notification system (replacing native window.alert), and smooth client-side routing with a Vercel SPA rewrite fix.

Tech Stack

Frontend: React 18, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Redux Toolkit, Axios
Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose (MongoDB), JWT Auth, Cloudinary, Nodemailer

The Architecture Challenge

The most interesting part of building this was the multi-tenant isolation layer. Every model is partitioned by companyId, ensuring users from one company can never access another company's data — while still allowing a superadmin to operate across all tenants for platform-level management.

What's Next?

This is just the core. The roadmap includes:

  • Real-time team chat using Socket.io
  • AI-powered task breakdown — automatically splitting user stories into subtasks
  • A global dark mode toggle

🔗 Live Demo: https://sync-board-pro.vercel.app
💻 GitHub: https://github.com/vaibhav348/SyncBoard_pro.git

🔑 Test Credentials:

  • Email: syncboard@dummy.com
  • Password: Dummy@123

Would love feedback from the community — especially on the multi-tenant architecture decisions or the RBAC implementation. Let me know what you'd approach differently!

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