Retro Harbour
Retro Harbour is a web-based retrospective tool for agile and scrum teams, including remote teams.
What Retro Harbour is
Retro Harbour is a web-based retrospective tool for agile and scrum teams, including remote teams. Participants can write cards privately, reveal and group them, vote, and record action items. Cards, votes, timers, and phase changes synchronize live through WebSocket. The site lists 10 retrospective templates, and teams can add, remove, or rename columns. Participants join with a shared board link and do not need accounts. Card text is masked during writing, and votes remain private until the voting round ends. Boards sit behind an unguessable URL and disappear when users are done. Teams can download a board as a Markdown file containing cards, votes, and actions for use in wikis and issue trackers. Retro Harbour has a free plan at no cost, with no limits on boards or participants and no paid tier. The access model has limits: the URL serves as the access token, with no authentication layer behind it. There is no built-in long-term board history, SSO, or enterprise admin functionality, and Jira and Confluence integrations are not available.
Good
- No account is required to join a board.
- Cards, votes, timers, and phases sync live.
- Lists 10 retrospective templates.
- Markdown downloads include cards, votes, and actions.
- Free plan has no board or participant limits.
Watch out
- Board URL is the access token, without authentication.
- No built-in long-term board history.
- No SSO or enterprise admin features.
- Jira and Confluence integrations are unavailable.
Who it suits
It suits agile and scrum teams that want a browser-based board for collaborative retrospectives, including remote groups. Teams needing persistent history, authentication, or enterprise administration may need other arrangements.
Verdict
Retro Harbour covers the core flow of a collaborative retrospective and offers Markdown export for keeping records. Its shared-link access and lack of built-in history or enterprise controls are important limits to consider.
Plans and prices
From Retro Harbour's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No limits on boards or participants · no paid tier |
The facts
Each one read from Retro Harbour's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access
- Participants join a board through its shared link without creating accounts.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Board access and lifetime
- The site says boards are behind an unguessable URL and disappear when users are done.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Board workflow
- Teams can write cards privately, reveal and group them, vote, and capture action items.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Enterprise features
- The site says Retro Harbour has no SSO or enterprise admin features.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Export
- Users can download the board, including cards, votes, and actions, as a Markdown file.checked 7 Oct 2026
- History limit
- The site says the tool has no built-in long-term board history and recommends Markdown export for keeping records.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes Markdown export for use in wikis and issue trackers; it says Jira and Confluence integrations are not available yet.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Live collaboration
- Cards, votes, timers, and phase changes sync live via WebSocket.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The site says card text is masked during writing and votes remain private until the round ends.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Retro Harbour is an online retrospective tool for agile and scrum teams.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The site says the board URL acts as the access token and that there is no authentication layer behind it.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Templates
- The site lists 10 retrospective templates, and says columns can be added, removed, or renamed.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- The site describes the product as a browser-based board for software, agile, and scrum teams, including remote teams.checked 7 Oct 2026
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