What is Frostbyte?
Release-first project planning for small dev teams. What Frostbyte is, who it's for, and the four-concept model.
Frostbyte is release-first project planning for small dev teams. Four concepts, projects, releases, areas, and tasks, replace the workflow builders, epic hierarchies, and methodology ceremonies you don't need. You spend less time configuring the tool and more time shipping.
Who it's for
Small dev teams of two to ten: indie founders, startup teams, engineering groups inside larger orgs that want to opt out of Jira. If you've ever felt your planning tool asks more questions than it answers, Frostbyte is for you.
It's also built for agent-augmented workflows. Every tier (yes, including Free) gets full MCP server access and the Agent Plugin for Claude Code and Codex, so your agent can read, pick, and ship tasks alongside you.
How the model works
Work is organised through four pieces:
- Projects are workspaces, usually one per product or codebase.
- Releases are what you're shipping next, a version, a milestone, or a date.
- Areas are the systems you maintain over time, Auth, Billing, API, UI.
- Tasks are the actual units of work, each tagged to one release and one area.
The shape is intentionally flat. No epics, no swimlanes, no nested hierarchies. If a task feels too big for a release, split it. If a release feels too crowded, push work to the next one.
What's next
- Set up your first project: Getting started.
- The deeper look at how the four pieces relate: Core concepts.
- What each tier unlocks: Plans and limits.