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MuralMural

Retro boards for teamsRetro boards for teams

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Role
Fullstack
Year
2026
Type
Team retrospectives
Built with
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
Mural, retro boards for teams: home page
Overview

Retros your team will actually look forward to. Use a column board or an open canvas, with a timer, voting and action items built in.Retros your team will actually look forward to. Use a column board or an open canvas, with a timer, voting and action items built in.

The challenge

Retros drift. Nobody keeps time, the loudest people set the agenda, and the action items are gone before the next sprint even starts.Retros drift. Nobody keeps time, the loudest people set the agenda, and the action items are gone before the next sprint even starts.

The approach

There are two kinds of board, structured columns and an infinite canvas, and both get the same tools: cards you write privately and reveal together, dot voting with a budget per person, a shared timer, and action items with owners that carry over to the next retro. Everyone edits live, and guests join with a link.There are two kinds of board, structured columns and an infinite canvas, and both get the same tools: cards you write privately and reveal together, dot voting with a budget per person, a shared timer, and action items with owners that carry over to the next retro. Everyone edits live, and guests join with a link.

Demo
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Mural's two board modes: structured columns and a free canvas
Mural's five steps of a retro and its templates
Mural on a phone
Design
Design system

Cinema Date Night, extendedCinema Date Night, extended

Mural starts from Cinema Date Night but needed more colours, since columns and post-its have to be easy to tell apart. I added sage, dusk and lilac at the same softness as rose and butter, so even a busy board feels calm. Before drawing any screens I mapped out the information architecture and screen zones, because a retro tool lives or dies by where the timer, the votes and the people sit.Mural starts from Cinema Date Night but needed more colours, since columns and post-its have to be easy to tell apart. I added sage, dusk and lilac at the same softness as rose and butter, so even a busy board feels calm. Before drawing any screens I mapped out the information architecture and screen zones, because a retro tool lives or dies by where the timer, the votes and the people sit.

Type
Plus Jakarta Sans · Inter
Colour
  • Cocoa#141010Background
  • Rose#E07A6BStop, main actions
  • Merlot#8E3B4EShared, merge
  • Butter#E9B872Votes, timer
  • Sage#9DB08AStart
  • Dusk#8FA3BFContinue
  • Lilac#B59AC4Extra notes
Mural information architecture: public pages, workspace, the create flow and the board, with desktop and mobile screen zones
Mural landing page: “Retros your team actually looks forward to.”
Mural structured board mid-vote: colour-coded columns, a card being merged and the column menu open
Mural free canvas: post-its grouped in sections, live cursors, the creation dock and a minimap
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Got a role in mind, a question about something I built, or just want to say hi? Send me an email. I usually reply within a couple of days.Got a role in mind, a question about something I built, or just want to say hi? Send me an email. I usually reply within a couple of days.

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